Modern Armor adjusted for Behind Armor Blunt Damage.

 Following my version of edge protection, here's my take on making modern armor less "all or nothing".

The basic idea is from: https://jetgurps.blogspot.com/ 

The idea for my version is simple: Instead of just turning piercing damage to blunt, which doesn't really do anything if the enemy didn't hit the vitals (or making it worse, as pi- would have its damage increased!), the damage is halved and turned into blunt. 

BABT Modern Armor Table

The armor on this table covers all body parts except Neck, Face and Eyes.

To help choosing armor, also provided is the cost and weight for a "Vest" which covers only the Torso.

Armor	DR	Weight	Cost	Layer	Flexible?	Vest Weight	Vest Cost	TL
Silk	1/31	34	180	Outer	Y	11	61	6
Rubber	2/61ª	37	186	Outer	Y	12	62	6
Elastic Polymer	2/61	13	1,344	Inner	Y	4	456	7
Kevlar	4/121	13	1,608	Inner	Y	4	546	8
Heavy Kevlar	6/181	20	2,412	Outer	Y	6	820	8
Ballistic Polymer	7/211	11	2,940	Inner	Y	3	999	8
Heavy Ballistic Polymer	13/361	20	5,040	Outer	Y	6	1713	8
Steel Inserts	2/61	42	144	Insert	N	14	48	6
Steel Plate	5/151	105	360	Outer	N	35	122	6
Light Ceramic Inserts	4/121ª	33	840	Insert	N	11	285	7
Ceramic Inserts	8/241ª	67	1,680	Insert	N	22	571	7
Ceramic Plate	11/331ª	92	2,310	Outer	N	31	785	7
Light Adv. Ceramic Inserts	4/121ª	25	2,520	Insert	N	8	831	8
Adv. Ceramic Inserts	10/301ª	63	6,300	Insert	N	21	2142	8
Adv. Ceramic Plate	14/421ª	88	8,820	Outer	N	29	2998	8

1Behind Armor Blunt Trauma: Any Piercing damage that is lower than 3 times the DR of the armor is halved and turned into crushing damage. This is indicated by having two values: the first value the actual DR; any damage below the second value is halved and turned to crushing damage.

ªAblative: Each 10 points of damage reduce the DR by 1.

 

Layers

Inner and Insert layers are Concealable under or as clothing.

Insert layers may be layered on top of any other Layer without any penalties.

Outer layer may be layered on top of the inner Layer but this gives a -1 to DX.

  

Armor Pieces

The armor table shows full body armor, that protects all parts of the body, except the neck, face and eyes. To buy armor that protects only a small part, multiply the price and weight by the modifier in the table below:

Location	Modifier
Skull	4%
Face*	3%
Neck**	2%
Torso	33%
Arms	27%
Legs	35%

*Armor that protects the eyes have transparent visors. Transparent visors halve the DR of the eyes.

**Anyone who wears outer armor on their neck suffers a -1 penalty to DX as if he was layering an extra layer of armor.

 

BABT Modern Weight and Cost per DR

Materials Cost and Weight per DR, in case you want to fully customize your armor.

The armor on this table covers all body parts except Neck, Face and Eyes.

Armor	Weight per DR	Cost per DR	Max DR*	Flexible?	TL
Silk	34.2 1	60	5	Y	6
Rubber	18.91ª	31	7	Y	6
Elastic Polymer	6.721	224	8	Y	7
Kevlar	3.361	134	20	Y	8
Ballistic Polymer	1.681	140	36	Y	8
Steel	211	24	16	N	6
Ceramic	8.41ª	70	35	N	7
Ultra-Strength Steel	14.71	147	23	N	8
Adv. Ceramic	6.31ª	210	44	N	8

1Behind Armor Blunt Trauma: Any piercing damage that is lower than 3 times the DR of the armor is halved and turned into crushing damage. This is indicated by having two values: the first value the actual DR; any damage below the second value is halved and turned to crushing damage.

ªAblative: Each 10 points of damage reduce the DR by 1.

Max DR*: This is the max DR that can reasonably be carried by a human without becoming completely immobile from not being able to bend. Doesn't apply to vehicles, monsters, and things bigger than humans in general.