GURPS 4e - Low-Tech.pdf - 4th edition - kamilol68

Covering the Paleolithic to the Age

of Sail, GURPS Low-Tech is your

guide to TL0-4 equipment for historical adventurers, modern

survivalists, post-apocalypse survivors, and time travelers.

It surveys current historical and archaeological research to

present accurate gear, including:

Weapons. Stone axes, steel blades, muskets, and heavy weapons (from catapults

to cannon) to grant a fighting edge whether you face bears, phalanxes, or high-seas

pirates.

Armor. Pick coverage, quality, and materials (even exotica like jade!) to suit

your budget, and then calculate protection, weight, impact on stealth, and more.

Transportation. Travel aids such as skis and floats; riding gear for horses, camels,

and elephants; and vehicles ranging from oxcarts and rafts to war wagons and

low-tech submarines.

Survival Gear. Simple tools and local materials to let you find your way, stay warm

and dry, and feed yourself in the wilderness.

Tools. Everything you need to gather basic resources, craft finished goods, work in

the literate professions, spy, or thieve.

Medicine. Treat illness and injury with herbs, acupuncture, and surgery.

GURPS Low-Tech requires the GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition.

The information on real-world equipment is useful for any campaign set

prior to 1730, as well as historical fantasy.

By William H. Stoddard, with Peter Dell’Orto, Dan Howard, and Matt Riggsby

Edited by Sean Punch Cover Art by Bob Stevlic

Illustrated by Alan Azez, Eric J. Carter, Igor Fiorentini, Angela Lowry,

Matthew Meyer, Rod Reis, and Bob Stevlic

1 ST E DITION , 1 ST P RINTING

P UBLISHED D ECEMBER 2010

ISBN 978-1-55634-802-0

$29.99 SJG 01-0108

Printed in

the USA

Written by WILLIAM H. STODDARD,

with PETER DELL’ORTO, DAN HOWARD, and MATT RIGGSBY

Additional Material by C.J. CARELLA, GRAEME DAVIS, STEPHEN DEDMAN,

SHAWN FISHER, LEE GOLD, MICHAEL HURST, EVAN JAMIESON,

J. HUNTER JOHNSON, THOMAS M. KANE, AURELIO LOCSIN III, PHIL MASTERS,

RICHARD MEYER, DAVID MORGAN-MAR, KENNETH PETERS, DAVID L. PULVER,

SEAN PUNCH, S. JOHN ROSS, HANS-CHRISTIAN VORTISCH, and JON F. ZEIGLER

Edited by SEAN PUNCH

Cover Art by BOB STEVLIC

Illustrations by ALAN AZEZ, ERIC J. CARTER, IGOR FIORENTINI,

ANGELA LOWRY, MATTHEW MEYER, ROD REIS, and BOB STEVLIC

ISBN 978-1-55634-802-0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

STEVE JACKSON GAMES

C ONTENTS

5. W EAPONS . . . . . . 53

M ELEE W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Pike and Shot and Bayonet . . . 55

Optional Rule: Sheaths . . . . . . . 57

Weapons of Quality . . . . . . . . . . 59

First Encounter With

a New Way to Die . . . . . . . . . 60

Fighting in Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Tip Slash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Improvised Weapons . . . . . . . . . 63

Melee Weapon Table . . . . . . . . . 64

Weapon Composition . . . . . . . . . 71

B OWS , S LINGS , AND

T HROWN W EAPONS . . . . . . . . 72

Alternate Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Bows, Crossbows,

and Rated ST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Muscle-Powered

Ranged Weapon Table . . . . . 75

Harsh Realism for

Ranged Weapons . . . . . . . . . . 75

Arrow Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Panjagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

M ECHANICAL A RTILLERY . . . . . . . 78

Heavy Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Aiming Fixed-Mount Weapons . . 80

Mechanical Artillery Table . . . . 81

Alternate Catapult

Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Personal Artillery Table. . . . . . . 83

C OMBUSTION -B ASED

W EAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Incendiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Black Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

“Can We Have Gunpowder?” . . . 85

Gunpowder Artillery . . . . . . . . . 87

The Cost of Ammunition . . . . . . 87

Alternate Cannon Ammunition . . 88

Personal Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Water and Firearms . . . . . . . . . . 90

Using Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Firearm Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Variant Ammunition . . . . . . . . . 95

Careful Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Firearm Accessories . . . . . . . . . 96

I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . 4

1. T HE A GE OF L ABOR . . 5

A GES OF T ECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . 6

V ARIANT P ATHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

A LTERNATIVE T ECHNOLOGIES . . . . 7

Roads Not Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Blocked Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Technology for Nonhumans . . . . 8

Adjusting for SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

TL S AND C HARACTER T RAITS . . . . 8

Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Combining Strength . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Perks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

L OW -T ECH I NVENTORS . . . . . . . . . 13

Gadget Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

T HE E CONOMICS

OF E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Buying Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 13

Custom-Made Equipment . . . . 14

Combination Gadgets . . . . . . . . . 14

M AINTAINING E QUIPMENT . . . . . . 15

Repairing Equipment . . . . . . . . 15

Storing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 15

E QUIPMENT S TATISTICS . . . . . . . . 15

Tech-Level Specialization . . . . . . 16

Domestication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Asbestos (TL2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Rope Deterioration . . . . . . . . . . . 24

C HEMISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

F UEL AND P OWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

T OOLS AND B ASIC

E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Tool Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3. G ENERAL

E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . 31

S HELTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

D OMESTIC C ONVENIENCES . . . . . 33

Heating and Cooling . . . . . . . . . 33

Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Containers and Storage . . . . . . 34

P ERSONAL G EAR AND

C ONSUMER G OODS . . . . . . . . 35

Luxuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4. I NFORMATION

T ECHNOLOGIES . . . . 41

O BSERVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Defective Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

M EASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

W RITING AND R ECORDS . . . . . . . . 45

Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Maps and Globes . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Writing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Palimpsests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Written Documents . . . . . . . . . . 47

Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

S IGNALS AND M ESSAGES . . . . . . . 48

Horizon Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

C ALCULATION AND

C OMPUTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

N AVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

2. C ORE

T ECHNOLOGIES . . . . 17

M ATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Stone and Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Precious Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Race for Porcelain . . . . . . . . 19

Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Organics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Furs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

GURPS System Design

❚

STEVE JACKSON

Managing Editor

❚

PHILIP REED

WILL SCHOONOVER

Marketing Director

Art Director

❚

GURPS Line Editor

❚

SEAN PUNCH

Asst. Managing Ed.

❚

MONICA STEPHENS

❚

PAUL CHAPMAN

Page Design

❚

PHIL REED and ––––

JUSTIN DE WITT

Production Artist

❚

NIKOLA VRTIS

ROSS JEPSON

GURPS FAQ Maintainer

❚

Indexer

❚

NIKOLA VRTIS

–––––––

VICKY “MOLOKH” KOLENKO

❚

Print Buyer

❚

PHILIP REED

Research Assistance: Susan Koziel and John Brent Macek Master Armorer: John Brent Macek

Lead Playtester: Jeff Wilson

Playtesters: Douglas Cole, Shawn Fisher, Martin Heidemann, Leonardo Holschuh, Rob Kamm, MA Lloyd, Paraj Mandrekar,

Garðar Steinn Ólafsson, Leigh O’Neil, Kenneth Peters, Emily Smirle, Shawn K. Stevenson, Antoni Ten Monros, and Dustin Tranberg

GURPS , Warehouse 23, and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Pyramid, Low-Tech , and the names of all products

published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated are registered trademarks or trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, or used under license.

The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal, and punishable by law.

Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

C ONTENTS

Director of Sales

6. D EFENSES . . . . . . . . 97

C LOTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Hand and Footwear . . . . . . . . . 98

Hobnails (TL2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Headgear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Protective Clothing . . . . . . . . . . 99

Clothing and Status . . . . . . . . . . 99

A RMOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Armor Locations Table . . . . . . 100

Optional Rules for Armor. . . . 101

Blunt Trauma and

Edged Weapons . . . . . . . . . . 102

My Armor Doesn’t Fit! . . . . . . . 103

Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Feathers (TL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Arrow Curtains . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Leather of Quality . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Reinforced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Other Nonmetallic Armor. . . . 105

Jade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Metallic Armor. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chinese Mountain Scale . . . . . 106

Mail Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Copper and Bronze . . . . . . . . . . 108

Armor of Quality . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Heavy Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Sliding Rivets (TL4) . . . . . . . . . 109

Armor of Proof (TL4) . . . . . . . . 110

Armor Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

H ELMETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Face Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Neck Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Plumes and Crests (TL1) . . . . . 113

S HIELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Shield Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Shield Bosses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Types of Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Sample Armor Loadout: Roman

Imperial Legionary . . . . . . . 115

Moveable Cover (TL1). . . . . . . 116

Shield Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

A NIMAL A RMOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

7. S ECURITY AND

C OVERT O PS . . . . . 118

S ECURITY AND

S URVEILLANCE . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Barriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Concealed Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Bars, Bolts, Latches,

and Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Breaking and Entering . . . . . . . 122

Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Identification and

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . 124

I NTRUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Climbing Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Camouflage and Disguise . . . . 126

Covert Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Smuggling Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

D ECEPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Secret Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . 128

P OISONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E NFORCEMENT AND C OERCION 130

Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Torture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Iron Maiden (TL3) . . . . . . . . . . 131

8. M OBILITY AND

T RANSPORTATION . . 132

O N L AND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Riding Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Land Vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Litters (TL0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

O N W ATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Riding on Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

U NDER W ATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

9. M EDICINE AND

S URGERY . . . . . . . . 144

D IAGNOSTIC M ETHODS . . . . . . . . 144

F IRST A ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Optional Rule:

Tight Tourniquets . . . . . . . . 146

Transporting the Injured. . . . . 147

S URGERY AND S URGICAL

E QUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Stone Age Surgeons . . . . . . . . . 148

Early Prosthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

D RUGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Herbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Belladonna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Inorganic Substances . . . . . . . 152

N ONDRUG T HERAPIES . . . . . . . . . 152

Acupuncture and

Moxibustion . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Pain Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Antidotes and

Detoxification . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Bleeding and Purging . . . . . . . 153

Dietary Regimens . . . . . . . . . . 153

Electrical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . 153

Heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Lotions and Salves . . . . . . . . . 154

Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Variolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

B IBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . 155

I NDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

W EAPONRY I NDEX . . . . . . . . . .160

About GURPS

Steve Jackson Games is committed to full support of GURPS players.

Our address is SJ Games, P.O. Box 18957, Austin, TX 78760. Please include

a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) any time you write us! We can

also be reached by e-mail: info@sjgames.com . Resources include:

New supplements and adventures. GURPS continues to grow – see

what’s new at www.sjgames.com/gurps .

e23. Our e-publishing division offers GURPS adventures, play aids, and

support in PDF form . . . digital copies of our books, plus exclusive mate-

rial available only on e23! Just head over to e23.sjgames.com .

Pyramid ( www.sjgames.com/pyramid ). Our monthly PDF magazine

includes new rules and articles for GURPS , systemless locations, adven-

tures, and much more. Look for each themed issue from e23!

Internet. Visit us on the World Wide Web at www.sjgames.com for

errata, updates, Q&A, and much more. To discuss GURPS with our staff

and your fellow gamers, visit our forums at forums.sjgames.com . The

GURPS Low-Tech web page is www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/low-tech .

Bibliographies. Many of our books have extensive bibliographies, and

we’re putting them online – with links to let you buy the resources that inter-

est you! Go to each book’s web page and look for the “Bibliography” link.

Errata. Everyone makes mistakes, including us – but we do our best to

fix our errors. Up-to-date errata pages for all GURPS releases, including

this book, are available on our website – see above.

Rules and statistics in this book are specifically for the GURPS Basic

Set, Fourth Edition. Page references that begin with B refer to that book,

not this one.

C ONTENTS

GURPS 4e - Low-Tech.pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: