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.
Item | Cost | Weight |
Scientific Instruments and Reference Materials | ||
Binoculars | $20 | 2 |
Conklins Atlas of the World | $0.25 | .5 |
Dissecting Kit | $2 | 1 |
Doctors bag | $15 | 10 |
Edisons 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 |
Robbs Medical Companion | $0.50 | 1 |
Telegraphic Instruments | $5 | 1 |
Telephonic Instruments | $10 | 3 |
Telescope (Spyglass) | $10 | 1 |
The Millwrights 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 |