I just finished reading the core rules cover to cover, generally getting ready for my first campaign here (and as I side note, I'm seriously amazed at how straight-forwardly playable everything looks in general, particularly compared to, say, GURPS Transhuman Space). Hitting the description of Spray Armor stopped me in my tracks though. Firstly just because it's one of the more blatantly fetishistic blocks of text in the book, but then I noticed the stats on it were 2/2... and the cost was Low rather than Trivial, and that really, it has no real viable layering options. Is there any point to it besides kinky novelty? Or something I'm missing that makes it less suicidal as the armor of choice for people who want kinky novelty? As I understand it, while you can theoretically wear every single listed piece of armor in the book simultaneously if you're willing to take an 80% penalty to everything, the following options are what you can get before hitting penalties: - Clothes and a Vest: 9/10 - Light Armor: 10/10 - Heavy Armor: 13/13 - Crash Suit: 4/6 - Spray Armor: 2/2 It's also worth noting here that practically every weapon in the book has at least 2 points of armor penetration, and most of the exceptions still have 1. Unless you're combining it with something else, it's more or less completely worthless... and frankly it's much harder to justify than with anything else. Riot shields and helmets are going to be out of place with most looks, sure, but throwing on a second skin under armored clothing seems perfectly sensible, but wearing a lycra body stocking over full body latex paint seems a bit weird, and defeats the stylistic reason to go with the spray to begin with, and smart skin apparently also goes for direct skin contact, making it absolutely impossible to combine the two. That's another +4/+4 we can give the other four options up there over Spray if we're committed to dressing in layers. Rationalizing any mods is tricky too. Does chameleon coating work as an aerosol? Now, granted, not all armor configurations are sensible in most situations. If you're heading to a meeting in a bar where you're expecting an ambush (or trying to set one up), you're not going to go in wearing a full armored suit, and you're going to want to leave the vest at home. That's still a 3/4 vs. a 2/2. Or a 7/8 if you dress in layers. Plus it's less conspicuous. Armored clothing (and anything you wear under it) passes for standard dress, but a candy coated exhibitionist is clearly showing what slight edge they're getting. Smart skin by itself has it beat on both protective value and making for a convincing nudist. You're also losing out to clothing since, frankly, if you're expecting a fight to break out, spray armor kinda leaves you with a complete lack of pockets to conceal a sidearm in. And all this still isn't addressing how it's (marginally) costlier than various more viable options, can't be re-used (at least, my interpretation is that the cost is listed for a single coating's worth), degrades to nothing over the course of a day, and frankly has to take a whole lot longer to get on than the other options, and probably needs a second set of hands if you aren't unusually limber. Getting it on in a hurry with trouble on the way is going to cause a distraction for anyone else in the room too I'm sure. Now, granted, none of this takes away from the appeal taking your favorite pleasure pod out on the town skirting the narrowest definition of being as fully clothed as local standards allow, or making everyone jealous of the uniforms you came up with for your fury bodyguard squad, but at this point, I have to wonder why this is listed in the armor section, rather than everyday technology?