GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor

[Kromm]

Helm upon his head
Stout breastplate atop hauberk
He stood girt for war

— Some hack

What, you thought we were done with the GURPS Low-Tech series? Never! From e23 comes the next-best labor-saver after a squire for your armored warriors: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor.

No longer will you have to fumble around matching this armor technology with that body part, figuring out how much the results cost and weigh . . . assuming you didn't miss some footnote or special case. This handy supplement breaks down armor by location and type, enabling you to read all the stats off a table in an instant. Even gamers who like to do math in their head will appreciate the item-by-item donning times and Holdout stats, adjusted to take into account the peculiarities of each piece of armor. They'll also find it handy to have all the special notes in one place – and to have exceptions to TL accounted for in cases where some pieces become available a little earlier than others.

And you get more than just armor tables (or we would have called this GURPS Low-Tech: Armor Tables). All the special materials and modifications for armor are tabulated by TL, showing applicability, cost, and effect, with page references to GURPS Low-Tech. There's also a list of historical helmets, which are among the trickiest bits of armor to work out. Finally, there are new optional rules for sublocations within the abdomen; for arming garments, boots, cloaks, gauntlets, and pectorals; and for layering, looting, and sleeping in armor.

Do you like low-tech armor? Then you'll love Low-Tech: Instant Armor!