Steve Jackson Games GURPS – Generic Universal RolePlaying System

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

Copyright © by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated.

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:

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:

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

P. 60. In the Miles Herculaneus sidebar:

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:

P. 108. Under Polearm:

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.

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.