Marketplace

Buying Items

Player characters can purchase items from shops and marketplaces in Exploration or Downtime Mode, so long as such establishments are available to them. Particularly expensive or rare items are unlikely to be available except in specialized shops or when specially commissioned.

When a character makes a purchase, their Money total decreases by the amount paid. If they don’t have enough Money, they cannot make the purchase unless the seller is willing to trade other goods or services.

Selling Items

Most merchants are not in the habit of buying items from strangers off the street. Those that do typically pay half the listed cost of the item. When a player character sells an item, they gain Money based on what the merchant is willing to pay.

Starting Money

Upon character creation, each PC has 30 Money to spend on basic equipment. Any remaining Money is recorded on the character sheet.

Burden

"Burden" is an abstraction of weight, bulkiness, and general encumbrance of items. An item can have a Burden of "L" for "lightweight," which means it has no significant weight to it, or a Burden of 1, 2, 3, etc. A character can carry as many lightweight items at once as they wish, within reason. For example, a Buckler has a Burden of L, but this assumes the character is not carrying an unreasonable number of Bucklers at once. The GM may determine that a significant number of "lightweight" items count as 1 or more Burden when all carried at once.

A player character can comfortably carry an amount of Burden up to their Might die size. Carrying Burden in excess of this causes the character to become encumbered (see Status Effects) until they shed some weight. A character simply cannot carry more Burden than twice their Might die size.

Carry Containers

Apart from worn items such as armor, jewelry, and other accouterments, and held items such as weapons or torches, equipment must be carried on your body in pouches, packs, cases, and similar containers.

The type of container determines how difficult and time-consuming it is to retrieve items from it.

Pouches. In general, items of lightweight Burden can be carried in a pouch that can be worn on the belt, concealed in a sleeve, sewn onto a coat, as part of a bandolier, etc. When a character retrieves an item from a pouch, they can do so using an ◇ instant.

Packs. Any item with 1 or more Burden must be stowed in a larger container such as a backpack or large satchel. When a character retrieves an item from a pack, they can do so using a ◈ maneuver.

Cases. Some items (namely weapons and ammunition) can be carried in a case appropriate to its type, such as holsters for firearms, scabbards for swords, quivers for arrows, etc. When a character retrieves an item from a specialized case, they can do so using an ◇ instant if it's 1 Burden or more, or for free if it's lightweight.

Creature Burden

On certain occasions, it may become important to know how much Burden a particular creature imposes. For instance, a player character might wish to carry their fallen comrade out of harm's way.

In general, most Medium-sized People that occupy 1 Space are approximately 5 Burden. The GM can increase or decrease this value depending on the situation and particular character. Other creatures can have lightweight Burden or immense Burden depending on their size. As a rule of thumb, assume that a creature's Burden increases by 5 for each additional Space it occupies beyond the first.

Dragging Burden

Carrying a backpack full of heavy stones is more difficult than pushing a wheelbarrow full of those same heavy stones. For this reason, any Burden that is being pulled, pushed, or dragged rather than carried counts as half that much Burden, rounded down. However, moving or traveling in this way is usually more time-consuming, or virtually impossible if the terrain is difficult.

Lifestyle Expenses

Maintaining a lifestyle in society costs money. Some lifestyles are more lavish than others. Some factions and organization may provide certain services for free.

Meager Lifestyle (0 Money/day): the life of a pauper—stale bread, cheap ale, and a hard bed. Sufficient for a poor Rest.

Common Lifestyle (2 Money/day): an average citizen's lot—hot meals, fresh water, and a soft bed. Sufficient for a decent Rest.

Luxurious Lifestyle (6 Money/day): the upper class experience—gourmet dining, fine wine, plush bedding, and entertainment. Sufficient for a fine Rest.

The estimates above represent a combination of housing and food expenses. If either food or shelter is already provided to a character, then the cost/day is divided in half. If both are provided, then they need spend no Money on lifestyle expenses for that day, unless they want to pay for a better lifestyle.

Armor

The most straightforward tactic for avoiding a quick death in combat is to don a suit of armor. Doing so will give you a greater chance of deflecting or absorbing physical attacks, though you will still be worn down eventually.

Suits of armor usually detract against the wearer's Stamina. Plus, the added Burden might make it more difficult for weaker characters to manage the weight without becoming encumbered. Other than that, nothing prevents a character from wearing any suit of armor they wish, and they gain the full benefits of doing so.

Weapons

Anyone can heft a weapon and attack with it. The weapons provided in this section are those commonly found in the world of Senteia. Each weapon represents a broad category of specific weapons that serve the same purpose. For example, the “Sword” weapon is left purposefully generic. It could be a shortsword, a rapier, a katana, a cutlass, a kris, a saber, etc. So long as it’s a one-handed sword, it counts. The Polearm might be a halberd, a pike, a glaive, or even a trident. The Maul might instead be a giant club or warhammer. It’s up to the player to decide what their weapon looks like.

Weapons often have additional Boons or other traits that modify how attacks are made with them. Some, such as the Shield, Garrote, and Ranged Weapons provide new Tactical Mode maneuver and action options.

Unless otherwise specified, a player character has two hands with which to wield weapons or other items.

Weapon Traits

Ammunition. Most Ranged weapons have an Ammunition trait that indicates the type of ammunition required and the weapon's capacity for that ammunition. One unit of ammunition is expended whenever the weapon is used for a Ranged Attack, and the ammunition generally cannot be recovered once expended. Once a weapon's ammunition capacity is expended, it must be Reloaded with more ammunition before it can be used in this way again. For example, the Crossbow has the Ammunition (1 bolt) trait. This means that in order to be ❖ Shot, the Crossbow must be loaded with 1 bolt, but it cannot be loaded with more than 1 bolt at once.

Harmless. A weapon with this trait is ineffective at dealing Damage directly. Whenever it would deal any Damage to a target, it instead deals no Damage. If the target would suffer from Damage in another way, such as poison administered with the weapon, that Damage can still take effect as normal.

Flex Melee. A character that ❖ Strikes with this weapon can roll using either Finesse or Might.

Heavy Melee. A character that ❖ Strikes with this weapon must roll using Might.

Light Melee. A character that ❖ Strikes with this weapon must roll using Finesse.

Ranged X. A weapon with this trait can be used to ❖ Shoot at a target so long as there is a feasible path from the attacker to the target for the projectile to travel along. Ranged and thrown weapons have an indicated Range such as 5 or 10 Spaces, indicated as part of the Ranged or Thrown trait name. This isn’t the maximum distance at which the weapon can be effective, but rather the distance at which you can ❖ Shoot without penalty. For every additional increment of the weapon's Range between you and your target, add -1 Edge to the Attack roll (per the ❖ Shoot ability). A weapon's maximum distance is up to five times its Range. Beyond this distance, the weapon is either ineffectual, simply too unlikely to hit its target, or does not have the force necessary exceed that distance.

Reach. While wielding this weapon with the requisite number of hands, your melee reach with it is increased to 2 Spaces instead of 1.

Thrown. You can ❖ Shoot this weapon as if it were a Ranged weapon. When you do so, the weapon lands at or near the Space you targeted, and it can usually be recovered. The weapon's Range in Spaces (see the Ranged weapon trait) is indicated as part of the trait name. You can attempt to throw a weapon without this trait, but doing so imposes -2 Edge on the Attack roll (per the ❖ Shoot ability), and the GM might impose the Harmless trait for this purpose. For example, throwing a sling at a creature is unlikely to have much effect.

Two-Handed. This weapon can be carried in one hand, but it isn't considered "wielded" unless it is being carried in both hands at once. This means a character cannot benefit from the weapon's Boons, traits, or abilities while holding it in one hand, nor can they Attack with it. Releasing one or both hands from gripping a Weapon can be done freely, and as part of another task such as pulling a lever or drawing another item. However, gripping the Weapon again with both hands requires the Grip Weapon instant. When a Two-Handed Weapon is picked up or drawn, the character can choose whether to grip it in one hand or two hands when they do so, without using Grip Weapon. Reloading a Two-Handed Weapon can be done while wielding it in two hands, and doesn't cause the character's grip to change.

Weight (dX). Attack rolls you make with this Weapon are made with -1 Edge for each die size below its Weight rating your Might die size is.

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