Errata for GURPS Low-Tech

ERRATA – GURPS Low-Tech – Updated February 17, 2004

P. 1. On the cover page, the following playtesters were accidentally omitted: Glen Barnett and Robert Prior. Also, remove the name Tomansky and replace it with David Levi.

P. 13. In The Ice Man sidebar:

Raise the point total back to the printed value of 60 (see the second erratum following) (Note: This reverses a previous erratum.)
Change Oetzi's "Armoury (Stone Knapping)" skill to "Stone Knapping"
Raise "Survival (Woodland)-9 [1]" to "Survival (Woodland)-10 [2]"

P. 19. In the sidebar Bridges, change the second and third paragraphs to read as follows:

How much a suspension bridge can support can be calculated as follows. Assume, for example, a 100' gap to be bridged with a 1" rope. The rope cannot be made perfectly taut; assume an extra 15% length to allow for this, or total length 115 feet. The rope has a strength of 1,800 lbs. The rope weighs 34.5 lbs., so it can support over 1,765.5 lbs., or over 8 men.

The same calculation can be made for a rope-and-board bridge. Two ropes can each support 1,800 lbs.; the two ropes weigh 69 lbs., and 115' of boards 1" thick and 2' wide weigh 575 lbs., for a total of 644 lbs. The bridge can thus support 2,956 lbs., or over 14 men.

P. 35. In The Pazyryk Ice Maiden sidebar:

Raise Ledi's point total to 65
Add "Clerical Investment [5]" to her list of advantages

P. 46. The lancet page reference should be to p. 122, not 121.

P. 60. In the Miles Herculaneus sidebar:

Raise the point total to 110
Change "Broadsword-12 [4]" to "Shortsword-12 [4]"

P. 72. In the first paragraph, the text should reference the sidebar on p. 65, not 72.

P. 84. In The Ladby Ship Jarl sidebar, raise the cost of "Status 5" to 20 points. Raise the character's point total to 177 points.

P. 93. In the second paragraph of Astronomy and Navigation, change "such as a sextant at Samarkand with a radius of 130'" to "such as a quadrant at Baghdad with a radius of 20' and a sextant with a radius of 56'".

P. 95. The labels under the weapons pictures have been switched. "Japanese Swords" should be "Indian Sword" and "Indian Swords" should be "Japanese Sword".

P. 107. Under Broadsword:

Shotel – delete "[5]" from the Special Notes column
Bastard Sword and Thrusting Bastard Sword – replace "[5]" in the Special Notes column with "[2]"

P. 108. Under Polearm:

Gaff – replace "[2]" in the Special Notes column with "[5]"
Light Horse-Cutter – add an * to the Reach entry for the imp attack
Naginata – delete the * from the Reach entry for the cut attack

Pp. 108-109. Spear costs and weights should be as follows:

	Cost	Weight
Fire-Hardened Spear	$20	2 lbs.
Small-Pointed Spear	$30	3 lbs.
Spear	$40	4 lbs.
Wooden Spear	$10	2 lbs.

P. 109.

Under Staff, repeat the Cost, Weight, and Min ST entries for the light horse-cutter and the naginata, from their entries under Polearm on p. 108. Change the Special Notes entry from "Staff technique." to "Using staff technique."
Scythe – under Special Notes, add "-2 to hit when impaling."
Warhammer – add an * to the Reach entry for the cr attack
Under Two-Handed Sword, change the Special Notes entry for quarterstaff from "Sword technique." to "Using sword technique."
At the bottom of the page, under Notes, change "[5]" to read "Quick Contest of weapon skill vs. Dodge to engage target; Contest of ST for wielder or target to pull each other; damage inflicted only while pulling; hold on target lost after crippling damage to a limb." (Note: This alters a previous erratum.)
There is no note [12]; it was inadvertently left out of the numbering scheme.

P. 112. Under Spear Thrower and Spear Throwing, spear costs and weights should be as follows:

	Cost	Weight
Fire-Hardened Spear	$20	2 lbs.
Small-Pointed Spear	$30	3 lbs.
Spear	$40	4 lbs.
Wooden Spear	$10	2 lbs.

P. 115. Under Headgear, the Locations column for the "Reinforced Coif" entry should say "3-4, 5 (rear)" rather than "3-4; 5 (back)".

P. 124. Add the following entry to the bibliography:

Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs and Steel, W.W. Norton & Co, 1997. A highly readable study of how and why some cultures advanced more than others in various technologies, and what the historical consequences were.

P. 125. Add the following entry to the bibliography:

Needham, Joseph (and others), Science and Civilisation in China, Cambridge University Press, 1956-1998. This monumental, definitive multi-volume study is also available in an abridged form, The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China.