GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor

[Landwalker]

Originally Posted by PseudoFenton

Well what guy doesn't want the best protection they can get down there??

Certainly no guy I know. I was just observing that it doesn't seem like those armor options were "assumed to be extrapolated," because they appear in other location tables.

[Gef]

Originally Posted by Landwalker

I just now noticed that none of the Arm and Leg tables, nor any of their respective sublocations, have Heavy Plate or Heavy Segmented Plate on the list.

I have no idea how it stacks up historically, but game mechanically, you can use plate on the forearms and shins and then use medium segmented + layers of padding on the balance of the limbs to match their DR, if you're aiming for the simplicity of a single DR value for the whole limb. -GEF

[Landwalker]

Originally Posted by Gef

I have no idea how it stacks up historically, but game mechanically, you can use plate on the forearms and shins and then use medium segmented + layers of padding on the balance of the limbs to match their DR, if you're aiming for the simplicity of a single DR value for the whole limb. -GEF

I know you can use plate on the forearms and shins (and everywhere else on the limbs). My point is that the tables for those locations don't go beyond Medium Plate and Medium Segmented Plate, and I'm wondering if that means that Heavy version are not available for them.

[DanHoward]

None of the thicker armours should be available anywhere except the torso and head.

[mook]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I thought he was going to include the locations from Martial Arts, all the "miss by one" and "roll 1d" rules and the Pelvis.

I'd really like something like this, if that matters to anyone.

Does this help at all?

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I thought he was going to include the locations from Martial Arts, all the "miss by one" and "roll 1d" rules and the Pelvis.

I'd really like something like this, if that matters to anyone.

There is an abdominal sublocations rule that includes the pelvis. ...I'm a bit dubious about it, given that it implies that a crushing Major Wound is likely to rupture the digestive tract.

Originally Posted by DanHoward

None of the thicker armours should be available anywhere except the torso and head.

Is that based on mechanical limitations, or just historical usage?

[demonsbane]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

None of the thicker armours should be available anywhere except the torso and head.

It's good to see that this is a thread with the value of being a sort of Designer's Notes article.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by mook

Does this help at all?

I have that (printed out poster sized in-fact), it is awesome! But what I'm talking about would also include the sublocations from Low-Tech (shoulders, forearms, upper chest, abdomen, and so on) and Tactical Shooting (pelvis) with "roll 1d" and "miss by 1" results that fully integrate all of them.

[DanHoward]

200 sales already. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy. Hope it is helpful.

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

200 sales already. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy. Hope it is helpful.

As the various threads on making complete suits from it indicates, it's very helpful. Thanks muchly, Dan.