Wealth

Standard starting wealth for late TL5 should normally be be $750 (or 150 pounds). The table below only includes normal TL5 technology, not any Martian devices. If a player wishes to own one of these then (with the GM's permission of course) he can do so by purchasing them as 'super-equipment' using the rules from GURPS Supers.

Equipment

Item Cost Weight
Scientific Instruments and Reference Materials
Binoculars $20 2
Conklins Atlas of the World $0.25 .5
Dissecting Kit $2 1
Doctor’s bag $15 10
Edison’s Encyclopedia of General Information $0.25 1
Laboratory Apparatus, Chemical $25 15
Laboratory Apparatus, Electrical $30 8
Magnifying Glass $3 -
Microscope $25 3
Navigation Instruments $60 8
Robb’s Medical Companion $0.50 1
Telegraphic Instruments $5 1
Telephonic Instruments $10 3
Telescope (Spyglass) $10 1
The Millwright’s Companion and Handy-Book $2 1
Surveying Instruments $60 1
Wire, Insulated $5/mile 100/mile
Tools
Axe $0.50 3
Forge, Portable $30 500
Hatchet $0.12 1
Machete $0.18 2
Knife, Two-bladed Jack $0.25 -
Lockpicks Set $4.50 -
Photographic Lab, Portable $35 30
Pick, Mattock, Shovel etc. $0.50 5
Tools, Carpenter $20 30
Tools, Instrument Maker $35 10
Tools, Metalmaker $30 60
Trap, Bear $0.25 3
Trap, Small Animal $0.12 1
Travelling Gear
Bag, Carpet $0.50 3
Camera, Portable $20 1
Camp Stove, Portable, Coal Oil $2.50 2
Camping Outfit (Stove, tent, cot, folding stool, $10 80
cooking pots, dinning utensils, toilet requisites etc.)
Food, Canned $0.16/day 4
Clothing, Foul Weather $2 - $3 3
Clothing, Rough Living $5 3
Cot, Folding $3.75 15
Fishing Tackle $3 1
Gramophone $5 3
Hammock $1 1
Lamp, Miners Safety $0.18 .3
Lantern, Carbide $.25 1
Lantern, Kerosene or Gasoline $1.25 1
Rope, 100 ft. $0.50 5
Trap, 10 x 10 $0.20 2
Ten, 10-man $30 35
Tent, 2-man $15 12
Trunk, Steamer $2 6
Watch $1.25 - $10 -
Watch, Stop $15 -
Explosives
Gunpowder, per Keg $2.50 6
Dynamite, per Case (25 sticks) $25 50
Nitroglycerine, per Bottle $5 1
Fuel
Coal $5 / ton -
Petroleum $15 / ton -
Liquid Fuels (Kerosene, Gasoline, coal oil etc.) $30 / ton -
Carbide, per tin $0.10 1
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