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Re: Low Tech 4e Errata
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10-14-2010, 01:21 PM | #32 |
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Re: Low Tech 4e Errata
To be fair, I'm sure that with editorial and production tricks, and lots of extra columns and footnotes, we could create fine-print tables that include every possibility, but these would be complex and space-consuming. Thus, we bet that most people would prefer multiplying a weight and a cost from a short, simple table by a number like 0.1 or 0.25 to being asked to cross-index the result on a chapter-length table and then consult a two-page spread of footnotes and exceptions.
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10-14-2010, 01:28 PM | #33 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech
Trying to puzzle this out: on the armor table, is there any way to get full protection for, say, the upper arm, without buying armor for the entire arm?
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Re: Low Tech 4e Errata
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The fact that you can have variations on them is not the point, someone coming to a low-tech book wants to choose equipment like helmets and look at how they stack against other helmets in order, which is what you do with a table. No one expects to see a table with 6 different types of Coifs listed, but they do expect to see a table with a Coif listed next to a Pot Helm and such. |
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10-14-2010, 01:36 PM | #35 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech
You mean ... short-sleeved armor?
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10-14-2010, 01:47 PM | #36 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech
Yep. Apply the 10% listed for "Upper Arms" on p. 100 to the desired armor type on pp. 110-111. For one arm, halve this. This gives full protection for the upper arm. Of course, that's only hit on a "5" on 1d on an arm shot. On 1-3, an arm blow hits the forearm; on a 4, the elbow; and on a 6, the shoulder.
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10-14-2010, 01:53 PM | #37 | |
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10-14-2010, 01:53 PM | #38 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech
Are there fastdraw scabbards?
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10-14-2010, 01:56 PM | #39 | |
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10-14-2010, 01:59 PM | #40 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech
Oh my God...
Oh my God... OH MY FREAKING GAWD IT'S OUT!!! IT'S REALLY OUT!!! YEEEAAAHHH!!! WOOOHOOO!!! When I first saw this thread, I was like, "Who the heck started another Low-Tech thread." Didn't notice it was Kromm. Then, I was like, "Why is it four pages long?" Then I was like... O_O Downloaded but not yet opened.
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