Equipment

Markets and Currency. Listed prices assume a well-stocked city: 10 CP equal 1 SP, and 10 SP equal 1 GP.

Availability and exchange

The lists in this chapter are game tools, not a complete economic model. Their prices and full selection assume a prosperous city with organised markets. Towns carry less, villages mainly offer local goods, and isolated settlements may demand higher prices or barter.

For barter or a contested bargain, make an opposed Trade test between buyer and seller. A result sets the price or terms; it does not make unavailable goods appear.

Equipment also has consequences. Encumbrance slows an overloaded traveller, displayed wealth attracts thieves, and openly carried arms may provoke fear, legal scrutiny, or the local watch.

Weapons and Ammunition. A weapon lists its damage, minimum STR/DEX, ENC, size, and cost; melee and thrown attacks add DM, while bows, slings, and crossbows do not. Also known as close combat weapons, ranged weapons, ammunition, weapon size.

Use Close Combat for hand-to-hand attacks and Ranged Combat for attacks made at distance. If either STR or DEX is below a weapon’s listed minimum, attacks and Parries with it suffer -1P; being below both still applies only -1P.

Damage Modifier (DM) applies to melee, unarmed, and thrown attacks. Bows, slings, and crossbows use only their listed damage unless a Talent says otherwise.

Weapon size

Weapons use four sizes: Light, Medium, Heavy, and Huge. Size determines how much damage a Parry blocks:

Unarmed attacks such as punches and kicks are Light. A natural weapon uses the Size in its creature profile, or Medium when none is listed. A thrown weapon uses the Size in the ranged table when Parried.

Close Combat weapons

1H: Requires one hand. 2H: Requires two hands. Flex: May be used in two hands for +2 damage and a STR requirement 2 lower than listed. Set: May be set against a charge using the Combat rules. Thrown: May use its ranged profile without an improvised-weapon penalty.

Primitive or improvised versions of listed weapons deal 1 less damage, to a minimum of 1.

Ranged weapons

A target within Range can be attacked normally. A target beyond Range but no farther than twice Range may be attacked at -2P; anything farther away cannot be hit.

Close: Within 2 metres, attack with Close Combat and the listed damage. Thrown: The ranged attack adds DM. Missile: Bows, crossbows, and slings do not add DM. A weapon without Close used within 2 metres is an improvised Light club (1D6+DM) and attacks at -1P.

A small shield may be strapped to the arm while carrying a 2H ranged weapon, but it cannot attack, Parry, or provide Active Guard until the ranged weapon is no longer being wielded.

Reloading crossbows

• Reloading a light crossbow spends the character’s Movement Action and base Reaction.
• Reloading a heavy crossbow consumes the entire round: Combat Action, Movement Action, and all Reactions.

Ammunition

Armour. Armour subtracts its fixed AP from damage; its ENC reduces Combat Order and contributes to carried load. Also known as armor, armour points, AP.

Armour Points (AP) reduce incoming damage after any Parry. Armour ENC counts toward carried load and is also subtracted from the wearer’s base Combat Order.

• Leather includes padded, boiled leather, or layered linen protection.
• Ringmail is a padded suit reinforced with sewn metal rings.
• Scalemail is a padded suit covered with overlapping metal scales.
• Chainmail is a suit of interlinked metal rings.
• Platemail is fitted steel plate over a chain backing.

Size and fit

• Armour made for SIZ 1–5 has half the listed cost and ENC.
• Armour made for SIZ 21 or more has double the listed cost and ENC.
• Ill-fitting plate may be worn at double ENC. Other armour must fit well enough for the Gamemaster to allow it.
• Armour cannot be layered to combine AP.

General Gear. Adventuring gear provides its listed capacity or situational benefit; a Healing Kit has five uses and a torch goes out only on an attack fumble. Also known as supplies, healing kit, torch.

Containers and supports

Containers make their contents manageable but do not remove the contents’ ENC.

Tools

• Block and Tackle: Requires at least 10 metres of rope. Grants +1B to Mechanisms tests involving large traps and enables suitable Engineering tasks.
• Climbing Kit: Grants +1B to Athletics tests made to climb.
• Crowbar: Grants +1B to brute-force Athletics tests. As a weapon, it is a club at -1P.
• Healing Kit: Provides five Healing or Surgery attempts; an attempt expends one use whether it succeeds or fails.
• Fish Hook: Allows Natural Lore to catch fish without an equipment penalty.
• Fishing Kit: Grants +1B to Natural Lore tests made to catch fish.
• Flint and Tinder: Starts an ordinary fire in one minute without a Natural Lore test under normal conditions.
• Lock Picks: Grant +1B to Mechanisms tests made to open locks.
• Hammer, Mining Pick, or Spade: As a weapon, treat it as a club at -1P. A hammer or mining pick may strike hard objects without being ruined automatically.
• Scythe: As a weapon, treat it as a polearm at -1P.

Light and fuel

• A candle burns for one hour, lights a 1-metre radius, and goes out in more than a slight breeze.
• A lantern burns for two hours on one flask of oil and lights a 3-metre radius.
• Spilled and ignited lamp oil sustains a small fire for one minute.
• A torch burns for one hour and lights a 3-metre radius. As a weapon, attack as with a club at -1P, but deal 1D4 fire damage instead of normal club damage. Only an attack fumble extinguishes it.

Transport, Food, and Lodging. Common animals, vehicles, fares, meals, and lodging use the listed baseline city prices. Also known as animals, mounts, food, lodging.

These are baseline prices in a settled market. Training, scarcity, pedigree, danger, and local custom may change them.

Animals and transport

Food and lodging