Cheaper Gear

#Rules #rules_analogue #character_option
You can buy one category of gear more cheaply. Explain why: “in” with a dealer, guild membership, belong to a race that favors its own, etc. If you can’t exploit these ties – e.g., you’re buying guns from a Tennessee shop, not Yuri the Russian – you pay full price.

The discount depends on scope:

• Broad Category (ground vehicles, dwarven goods, guns): 10%.
• Large Subcategory (cars, dwarven weapons, rifles): 20%.
• Small Subcategory (sports cars, dwarven blades, sniper rifles): 30%.
• Specific Class (Italian sports cars, dwarven axes, Russian sniper rifles): 40%.

The GM may allow another 10% off if such purchases are hard to set up (e.g., you must journey to the Pixie Lands).

Halve the final discount for items worth more than campaign starting money (e.g., spacecraft).

If both Better Gear and Cheaper Gear would apply, you must choose one per acquisition.

Note: These rules are also found in PU2, pg. 9

gurps_name::Cheaper (Gear)
gurps_source::PU2, pg. 9