[LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight

CarrionPeacock · 03-25-2019, 08:47 AM

Browsing some gambesons available for sale I noticed they're very light, none weighting more than 10 lbs, and after googling some more I found no evidence that gambesons and padded jacks are as heavy as shown on Low-Tech (lightest version with only 1 dr weights 9 lbs, dr 2 jumps to 18 lbs).
Why are textile armor in GURPS so heavy? Is it to balance their low cost?

03-25-2019, 08:47 AM	#1
CarrionPeacock Join Date: May 2018	[LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight Browsing some gambesons available for sale I noticed they're very light, none weighting more than 10 lbs, and after googling some more I found no evidence that gambesons and padded jacks are as heavy as shown on Low-Tech (lightest version with only 1 dr weights 9 lbs, dr 2 jumps to 18 lbs). Why are textile armor in GURPS so heavy? Is it to balance their low cost?