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Equipment is a form of asset. Equipment comes in , rather than Points. Equipment may be purchased, lost, replaced or destroyed. As a rule of thumb, if equipment has no mechanical effect on game play and you could have it, then you have it. If equipment does have an impact on game play then it becomes an asset.

Starting Equipment

Regardless of a band's power level, all members start with 3 tier 0 assets. All or none of these may be used for cheap or reasonable equipment items. Your power level, loyalty, or abilities may add extra asset slots that you may use to purchase more expensive equipment. Note that you may purchase or find more assets during play, but they may not be permanent. During a respite you reset to the number of assets you could start with. If you have more than normally allowed then you must choose which assets to keep. The lost equipment is returned, stolen, shipped off to relatives, or otherwise out of your reach.

Equipment Value

Currency is a generic term for money in different game worlds. Within a game world it could be dollars, doubloons, gold pieces, or even bottle caps. Rather than try to track the exact amount of currency you have, you either have currency or you are strapped, a state that indicates you are very low on money. You may also accrue excess currency called profit which allows you to eliminate the strapped state or buy more expensive equipment. Equipment comes in four levels of value. Cheap equipment can be purchased, found or stolen easily even when you are strapped. Cheap equipment almost never has game statistics, except for possibly negative keywords. Reasonable equipment can be purchased with a negotiate check, and you become strapped if the check fails. Reasonable equipment is commonly available can provide some game play benefits. A cheap or reasonable item counts as a tier 0 asset. Expensive equipment provides better benefits and counts as a tier 1 asset. To purchase an expensive item you must either give up a profit or become strapped. You get the item whether a negotiate check succeeds or not, but a failure adds a negative keyword called a flaw. Extravagant equipment is very rare and powerful, and counts as a tier 2 asset. There's no check to purchase extravagant equipment, you must trade either a treasure or 10 profit to gain it. Finally priceless equipment represents unique or unparalleled items that are beyond purchasing or selling.

Selling and Rarity

You may use a negotiate project to sell items as a complication with a target of 5. Your success margin is the number of reasonable items you sell. A failure margin is the number of reasonable items you sell without making progress to the target. Every 5 success margin gives you one profit asset. If you end up with failure margin in excess of the items you can sell, you lose a profit or become strapped. An expensive item may be sold with a single negotiate check. If the check succeeds you gain 2 profit, if it fails you gain only 1. Equipment may be more common in some regions, or rare in others. If a specific item is common you gain a bonus (+2) on any attempt to buy it, or a penalty (-2) on any attempt to sell it. If an item is rare it's the opposite, giving you a bonus to sell but a penalty to purchase. Rarity varies by location, so it is advantageous to purchase items where they are common and sell them where they are rare.

Finding Wealth

You can discover or earn currency, or items that directly translate into currency. A small amount of wealth is called profit, and is useful for purchasing equipment or eliminating the strapped state. Most rewards for jobs are given as 1 profit or 1 profit for each participant. A large amount of wealth is called treasure, and can be traded for tier 2 assets or split into 10 shares of profit.

Encumbrance

By default equipment is light enough that you can carry any amount without issue, and it takes 1 hand to use. A character has 2 hands to use equipment, unless facets or faults change that. Several keywords modify this. The apparel keyword means you wear the equipment. It takes an exchange to put an item on or take it off, but you don't need to use any hands to operate it. The bulky keyword requires 2 hands to use instead of 1. You can only carry bulky items up to your strength control, and if you carry the maximum you are burdened and suffer a penalty (-2) to any check for strength or a skill controlled by strength. If a bulky has a rating it counts as that many bulky items.

• Apparel: The item is worn and needs no hands to use. It takes an exchange to equip, store, or drop the item.
• Bulky: You may carry bulky items under your stamina without effect, or equal to your stamina and be burdened. A Bulky 2 items needs two hands to equip, and Bulky 3 or more may not be equipped except as apparel.

Equipping and Storing Equipment

Items are stored until they are needed to keep your hands free. You can draw a stored item as a snap to equip it, or likewise use a snap to store an item that you were holding. A bulky item takes an action to equip or store instead of a snap. Apparel takes a full exchange to store or equip. You can drop a regular or bulky item for free without using a snap or an action, but apparel can not be dropped.

Attacking and Damaging Equipment

Normally equipment only suffers damage if targeted by a precision attack. Some keywords can cause interference or other circumstances to damage an item directly. Equipment ignores Grit or Wits damage. Hits damage is normal, and forces an item to check or be destroyed like a character. When an item needs to make a check use a score based on its value: 6- for a cheap item, 9- for a reasonable item, 12- for an expensive item, 15- for an extravagant item, and 18- for a priceless item. Some equipment will have keywords or statistics that override these default numbers. If the check fails the item suffers a hits marker just like a character, and any check by the item or using the item suffers a penalty. A second marker breaks the item. It is out, and no longer grants any benefit. A third marker completely destroys the item, putting it beyond repair or salvage.

Flaws

If you fail a negotiate check when purchasing an expensive item then what you purchase has a flaw. Below are sample flaws. In general removing a flaw costs as much as purchasing a new version of the item. When you sell an item with a known flaw you suffer a penalty (-2), and use the lower score between your negotiate or perform to make the check.

• Defective: Any check using the item or by the item suffers a penalty (-2).
• Fragile: Any blue or red result destroys the item.
• Prototype: If you gain interference while checking with or for the item it is automatically out until you repair it.
• Sought: The item has a previous and ruthless owner who wants it back without compensation.

Item Lists

Different Game Worlds will list their own available equipment. Available items will always list a value level plus any properties and keywords. Any items that you can purchase you may also build if you have the correct ability and material.

• List of Equipment
• Shiyan Equipment

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