Chapter V: Equipment
Gin Trap: This small metal device is used for catching medium game, like badgers, foxes, pheasants and so on. Snare: A two-foot length of cat gut, waxed linen thread, wire, or other similar cordage, a snare is used to capture small game such as rabbits. Mostly used by the poor, in some provinces unlicensed possession of snares can lead to prosecution as a poacher.
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Item
Cost
Enc
Availability
Abacus Gin Trap
10 gc
5
Rare
2 gc
20
Common Common Very Rare Very Rare
Snare
1 s
2
Book, Illuminated Book, Printed Chain, per yard
350 gc 100 gc
50 35 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 10 40 20 5 2
Books: These overlarge tomes are nearly all hand copied, though with the emergence of the printing press, the old methods of transcribing books are starting to fade. Still, block printing is not much faster, at least now, than the traditional ways.
30 s 10 s 5 gc
Rare
Crowbar
Common
Disguise Kit
Scarce
Fish Hook and Line Grappling Hook
3 s
Common Average Average Average Average Average Plentiful Common Common Common Average Plentiful
4 gc
Books are rare and expensive, limited to scholars, priests, and other educated types. Covers are usually wooden, wrapped in leather and stamped with a metallic foil. The pages are vellum or sometimes paper. Books are all hand stitched. They can be used as improvised weapons. Chain: This thick set of interconnected links measures three yards long. Crowbar: A crowbar is a thick bar of metal with a tapered end. When used to open doors, chests, or other similar containers, the wielder gains a +5% bonus to Strength Tests. Crowbars can be used as improvised weapons. Disguise Kit: This small box contains a palette of make-ups and dyes, with possibly prosthetic noses, or other enhancements to conceal one’s features. If you use a Good or better disguise kit you gain a +5% to Disguise Tests. Fish Hook and Line: This sharp j-hook is tied to ten feet of thin cord. Grappling Hook: A grappling hook is a heavy three or four pronged device that looks something like an anchor. Intended for climbing, you can use it as an improvised weapon. Lock Picks: This is a small wallet filled with an assortment of files, screwdrivers and wires. To make a Pick Locks Test, you must have a set of lock picks. Manacles: This set of heavy irons fits over a subject’s wrists. They are not adjustable, so they may not fit over the wrists of large creatures, or may conversely be too loose for smaller creatures. A set of manacles comes with a single key. Metal Ingot: This is a bar of metal, iron for the listed price. Other types of metal, silver, copper, and so on, increase the price. A metal ingot can be used as an improvised weapon. Pick: A pick is a tool consisting of a haft that meets a spike perpendicularly. On one side of the spike is a blunted end to crush rock. Picks count as hand weapons. Pole: This slender wooden pole measures three yards long. Sledge Hammer: This is a long hafted hammer with a large metal head. It can be used as an improvised weapon that requires two-hands to wield. Spade: A simple shovel with an iron or wooden head. It can be used as an improvised weapon. Spikes: Useful for climbing, nailing doors shut, or piercing the chests of vampires, spikes are a useful adventuring tool. The indicated price is for one spike. A wooden spike is a stake, and these are available for 5 p each or even crafted by hand, though they are not suited for hammering into stone, just people.
Lock Picks Manacles
10 gc
5 gc 25 s 25 s 20 s 25 s 1 s
Metal Ingot, Base
Pick
Pole, Yard
Sledge Hammer
Spade Spike
5 s
5
Trade Tools
50 gc
50+
Wooden Wedge
8 p
2 5
Writing Kit
10 gc
Averag
Paper and Parchment: Paper is made from cloth or plant fibres, while parchment is thin strips of animal hide. These materials are expensive and hard to find, as only the largest cities have skilled papermakers. Perfume or Cologne: Bathing is at a premium and with dense populations living in proximity the stench is terrible. In the Old World, many people rely on scents to mask not only their odour, but that of others. Religious Symbol: Religious symbols are commonly small wooden representations of a God or a church. For details on the Gods, consult Chapter 8: Religion and Belief . Rope, 20 yards: This is a slender cord of rope made of twisted hempen fibres. Tankard, pewter or wooden: A tankard is a large wooden or pewter drinking mug. Telescope: A telescope, or spyglass, magnifies an object by 5 times. Each quality grade above common increases the magnification by 5 times more. Tent: This small tent is large enough to house one man. Larger tents are available, doubling the price for each additional person it sleeps. Cheap tents, those of poor craftsmanship, leak, while the best tents are waterproof. Tinderbox: This small box holds curls of wood shavings and other flammables and comes equipped with pieces of flint and steel to generate the spark. A tinderbox has enough tinder to light six fires, though you can easily refill it provided supplies are on hand. T ools Abacus: An abacus is a device used to make arithmetic calculations. It is a frame set with rods on which balls or beads slide. This is a common tool for merchants.
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