Equipment Overview

Whatever adventures your characters go on, we expect they need some items to aid them. These could be spacesuits and laser guns, swords and plate mail, or a laptop computer and protein bars. These things may seem different, but we categorize them all as equipment.

This chapter discusses the rules for equipment, specifically weapons, armor, and items that can’t be categorized as either. We explain how to buy and sell these items and some of the details about them (such as item qualities and encumbrance), and then we give you a few example items and explain how they work.

The one thing this chapter doesn’t have is a long list of different weapons, armor, and gear. The reason is that specific items are very setting dependent. While your character may be armed with a laser pistol in a futuristic setting, the same laser pistol doesn’t make a lot of sense in a fantasy setting. So, instead of trying to cover every single item you may find in a variety of settings, we’ve provided a couple of examples to explain how various item profiles work. If you want more extensive equipment lists, check out Part II: Settings and the equipment lists in the specific settings.