Gurps Low-tech - Pdf ~repack~
You can purchase the directly from Warehouse 23, the official online store of Steve Jackson Games. It is also available on popular digital tabletop sites such as DriveThruRPG. File Format: PDF (Portable Document Format)
is a comprehensive tech-level supplement for the GURPS 4th Edition roleplaying game. It serves as an essential guide for campaigns set in historical or fantasy eras prior to the industrial revolution. Core Content & Scope
This focuses on . Want to run a campaign where the players are merchant princes in Venice or slaves in a Roman latifundium? This PDF contains rules for Status, Wealth, Rank, and the cost of maintaining a noble household. It also includes the "Biorhythms" rules for pre-modern medicine.
Your spaceship crashes on a planet with a Bronze Age civilization. The engineer uses GURPS Low-Tech to figure out how to build a smelter to turn local iron ore into replacement parts. gurps low-tech pdf
The original 128-page version for the older edition of the game. GURPS Low-Tech - Steve Jackson Games
A world is more than just its weapons. Low-Tech shines by detailing the mundane technologies that shaped human civilization:
A cold rain hammered the slate roofs of New Braintree as Wren Tolland ducked beneath an awning, the leather satchel at her hip slick with water. Inside the satchel, wrapped in oilcloth, was a relic that had become rare currency in the back alleys and campfires of the Wastes: a GURPS Low-Tech PDF, pirated and printed into a single battered codex. Its pages smelled of dust and iron, and its margins were scored with hastily scribbled notes in a dozen hands. You can purchase the directly from Warehouse 23,
Many weapons and armor statistics from the GURPS Basic Set have been revised here for the sake of historical accuracy. As one RPGnet reviewer noted, the book functions not just as a game supplement, but as a highly informative historical background and advice book.
This is the ultimate simulationist supplement. It covers:
Covers food production, trade, and living conditions. Where to Buy the GURPS Low-Tech PDF It serves as an essential guide for campaigns
rules to stay fed without losing time. Players might have to choose between keeping their heavy plate armor (protection) or discarding it to avoid encumbrance penalties while climbing the peaks to scout. Tactical Resourcefulness:
The rest of this guide will focus primarily on the more comprehensive and up-to-date GURPS Fourth Edition: Low-Tech .
Early metallurgy, chariots, and the rise of organized armies.
If you want to tailor this resource to your specific campaign, let me know: What or historical era is your game set in?