Equipment

A naked warrior presents nowhere near the threat as a killer in full harness. Surviving, and thriving, will often be determined by how prepared an adventurer is based on the tools at their disposal. This section details gear, statistics for weapons, and general prices.

Each piece of equipment lists a rarity and average price. These are considered relevant where trade is common, usually for cities along the Valles. For adventurers far from civilization there are no listed prices; each negotiation is its own event. A manticore may sell a dozen swords for fresh meat, while suspicious back-countrymen may have little use for coin. Where civilized trade is possible, the GM should consider the rarity when purchases are being made. If an adventurer requires equipment on short notice this may need a Charisma + Trade check based on rarity. Failure may instead require an adventure to acquire the gear, otherwise most merchants will accept a special order for triple normal price to deliver the goods next season.

Rarity	Difficulty to Find
Common	-
Uncommon	7
Scarce	10
Rare	13
Incomparable	16

Arms

Sharpened bronze meant to deal death. Many weapons are extensions of a culture’s martial traditions. Many weapons have additional properties that makes them unique. Special properties are only useable by someone who has a specialization that applies to that weapon - either from a fighting-man’s familiarity with his cultural weapons or some other applicable specialty in that fighting style.

Bows should be taken with a quiver. Each of which can hold 20 arrows. While camping a character with at least 1 rank in Archery can fletch more arrows, unless in exceptionally sparse terrain where materials are lacking.

Generic Weapon	Damage	Type	Properties	Cost
Punching	1 B	Brawl	Unarmed	free
Small blade	1d4 S/P	Hand	Small, Finesse	10
Sword	1d8 S/P	Hand		40
Spear	1d8 P	Polearm	Brace	10
Javelin	1d6 P	Thrown	Javelin, Range 12	5
Shortspear	1d6 P	Polearm		5
Large bludgeon	1d10 B	Great	Impact 1	10
Club	1d6 B	Hand		1
Staff	1d6 B	Polearm		1
Short Bow	1d6 P	Archery	Range 30	50

Noctian Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Kukri	1d4 S	Hand	Small, Finesse	Deadly	15
Chakram	1d6 S	Thrown	Range 6, Small	Elegant, Quick	10
Great Ax	1d12 S	Great		Potent	40
Macuahuitl	2d6 B/S	Great	Impact 1	Impact 3	40
Net	-	Thrown	Range 4	Range 8	20

Alcheran Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Sling	1d4 P	Thrown	Range 20	Masterful	1
Xiphos	1d6 P	Hand	Accurate 1	Accurate 2	20
Hand Ax	1d6 S	Hand		Thrown	5
Longspear	1d8 P	Polearm	Reach	Brace	30
Kopis	1d6 S/P	Hand		Accurate 1	10

Mortanian Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Flamberge	3d4 S	Great	Demanding, Rust-Prone 3	Masterful, Deadly	100
Spring Tube	1 P	Exotic	Range 5, Small, Rust-Prone 2	special*, Toxic, Subtle	40
Stiletto	1d4 P	Hand	Rust-Prone 2, Small	Vicious	10
Heavy Crossbow	1d12 P	Exotic	Simple, Rust-Prone 2, Range 15	Accurate 1	80
Hand Crossbow	1d6 P	Exotic	Rust-Prone 2, Range 10, Small	Quick	90
Truncheon	1d6 B	Hand		Impact 2	1
Double-Crescent Blade

Akephaloi Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Sling	1d4 P	Thrown	Range 20	Masterful	1
Bolas	-	Thrown	Tangling	Quick	5
Atlatl	1d8 P	Thrown	Range 15	Potent	5

Ophidian Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Khopesh	1d6 S	Hand		Vicious	10
Serpent Blade	1d4 P	Hand	Subtle, Small	Toxic	20
Falchion	2d4 S	Great	Impact 2	Vicious	30

Dwarven Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Warhammer	1d10 B	Great	Impact 1	Potent, Impact 3	40
Half-hammer	1d8 B	Hand		Impact 2	20

Xanthian Weapons	Damage	Type	Properties	Special Properties	Cost
Longbow	1d8 P	Archery	Range 35	Potent	80
Curveblade	1d8 S	Hand	Finesse	Elegant	40
Boarding Hook	1d6 P	Hand			5

Weapon Properties

• Accurate X: add X to attack bonus
• Armor Piercing: reduce AC bonus from armor by half, ignore 1 point of DR
• Brace: may set against a charge to deal double damage
• Deadly: Increase damage die by 1 step on critical hit
• Demanding: Uses worst of Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls
• Elegant: may use Dexterity instead of Strength for damage rolls
• Finesse: use Dexterity instead of Strength for attack rolls
• Impact X: attack always deals at least X damage, even on a missed attack roll
• Javelin: may use Polearm skill instead of Thrown for ranged attacks
• Masterful: Add both Strength and Dexterity bonus to damage
• Potent: Apply Strength bonus again to damage
• Range: Effective range in paces, can be used up to double this range at disadvantage
• Rust-Prone X: Requires X upkeep to keep in good condition, counting against the user’s Preservation Limit
• Simple: No additional penalties for lacking skill ranks with this weapon, normally suffers a -1
• Small: A single small weapon may be kept without needing an inventory slot, and may attempt to hide weapon on person
• Subtle: +2 to attempts to hide this weapon
• Throwable: Able to be thrown effectively
• Toxic: saves against poison inflicted with this weapon are at a -2
• Unarmed: attempting an unarmed attack against an armed opponent grants them a free attack against you
• Vicious: damage dice explode
• Quick: easier to use before battle#todo

Detailed Descriptions

Additional information about individual weapons.

Spring Tube

A small tube designed to hold a spring loaded dart, typically poisoned. Comes with a case of 5 darts, and requires 1 round to reload.

If this weapon is readied and you have a free hand, it can be fired when rolling initiative - albeit at disadvantage.

Armor

Encumbrance is how many readied item slots armor requires.

Armor	AC Bonus	DR	Encumbrance	Cost
Light	+1	1	1	20
Medium	+2	2	2	40
Heavy	+4	2	3	150
Shield	+2	0	1	10

Tools and Goods

Equipment	Rarity	Cost

Alchemist Kit

Required to perform alchemy. Without these maximum maintenance score is 3.

Pack Oxen

An Ox trained as a beast of burden. Can carry 30 ingots worth of gear.

Waterskin

Able to carry two day’s worth of water.

Books

The written word is a rare and potent commodity, but literacy is relatively common in the Shrinelands. Although ancient wizards are more likely to horde esoteric tomes than share them, a market for basic books has developed. Most of these come from cultists of knowledge gods, often with exhortations in the text to make appropriate offerings, others from scribes who need coin. When purchasing a book roll on the following chart.

1d6	Outcome
1	Book has been subtly damaged as to be nearly worthless
2	Places a curse on the reader if they do not donate to the temple who first scribed it
3	Margins filled with useless notes
4	Used, but otherwise in good condition
5	Written in a particularly neat hand
6	Half-price

Book	Rarity	Language	Cost
On Alchemy	Uncommon	Alcheran	90
History of the Fourth Age	Uncommon	Alcheran	90

On Alchemy

Basic book of alchemical formula, detailed On Alchemy. Also includes plans for constructing an alchemist’s lab and a store chamber.

History of the Fourth Age

A pseudepigraph of Herod detailing the deaths of the Fates of Tharsis and the hagiographic assumption of She Who Lurks. It is a Quality 4 text on Lore, written by Kelmos in Alcheran. The book covers:

• A division of ages, starting with the elemental and anti-elemental powers of the First and Second Ages, up to the coming of chaos-wind Eurus as the herald of the Fourth Age
• The Three Fates of Tharsis betrayed the Lords of Law and were killed, with destiny now in control of She Who Lurks