CREATING EQUIPMENT

Adventurers need costumes and props for their adventures, such as pieces of personal equipment, vehicles, and structures.

Equipment within a setting implies a civilization of craftsmen, factory workers, or automation gathering and shaping materials into the ready-made items your Adventurers carry and use.

When creating equipment and items, consider the following possible core attributes:

☐ EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION
What is this equipment commonly called?
Who manufactures it?
What does the Adventurer need to know about this equipment on first impressions?

☐ EQUIPMENT USE
What does the equipment look like or do when started or activated?
What do Adventurers see, hear, feel, smell, or taste regarding this equipment while in use?

☐ EQUIPMENT GAMEPLAY
What uses or effects will this equipment have on the Adventurers' game?
Does the equipment have any adventure hooks waiting to be discovered?

☐ EQUIPMENT TYPE
A general classification or grouping for the equipment.
What category of equipment is this?

Accessories

Ammunition

Armor

Augmentations

Containers

Clothes

Drugs: Potions, elixirs, ointments, salves, poultices, pharmaceuticals, medicines, poisons, and more …

Explosive Weapons: detonators, explosives, and

Lifestyles: Air, water, food, clothes, shelter, power, conveniences, luxuries, entertainment, and more …

Melee Weapons

Ranged Weapons: including missiles and thrown weapons

Screens

Shields

Supplies

Tools: Communications, exploration, musical Instruments, security, sensors, stealth, surveillance, survival, and more …

☐ EQUIPMENT ILLUSTRATION / SCHEMATIC

☐ TECH LEVELS
Starting and Ending Tech Level Availability
When does the item come into use as a prototype or as a common item?
What Tech Levels are this item appropriate in?
When does the item's technical abilities manifest?
(-10 to 0 to +10)

☐ MAGIC LEVELS
Starting and Ending Magic Level Availability
What Magic Levels are this item appropriate in?
When does the item's magical abilities manifest?
(-10 to 0 to +10)

☐ EQUIPMENT SOURCE
Where does an Adventurer obtain this equipment? (craftperson, corporation, maker template)

☐ EQUIPMENT COST
What does the equipment cost in which currency?

☐ EQUIPMENT RESTRICTIONS
Are there legal issues or requirements to obtain, possess, or use this equipment? (None, Licensed, Illegal/Black Market)

☐ ENVIRONMENTS
Are there requirements or constraints to use this item in specific environments? (land, sea, air, space)

☐ MASS
How heavy or bulky is the item when carried or transported?

☐ USES/SIZE/CAPACITY
How many times or how often may an Adventurer use this item? (1-unlimited)

☐ REQUIRES
Does this item require an Adventurer to possess or use other items at the same time?

☐ EFFECTS
What benefits and detriments will an Adventurer gain from using this item?
Does the item or service alter the wearer's or operator's abilities or reserves?

☐ STRENGTH (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the wearer's Strength?
How durable is this equipment?
How much capacity or lifting ability does the equipment possess?

☐ ENDURANCE (-10 to 0 to +10)
How much damage can this equipment take?
How tough is the equipment superstructure and armor plating?

☐ AGILITY (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the wearer's Agility or movement?
How maneuverable is the equipment as a whole?

☐ DEXTERITY (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to Adventurer's Dexterity?

☐ SPEED (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to Adventurer's Speed?
How fast does the equipment itself operate?

☐ APPEARANCE (-10 to 0 to +10)
How attractive or stylish does this equipment appear?

So called “smart gear” may add electronics, computers, bio-engineering, and synthetics bringing mental abilities into play.

☐ INTELLIGENCE (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the Adventurer's Intelligence during use?
How autonomous or aware is the equipment?

☐ WILL (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the Adventurer's Willpower or Will-based activity such as spell-casting, mysticism, or psionics?
How strong is the equipment effect or personality?

☐ INGENUITY (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the Adventurer's Ingenuity or creativity?
How capable is the equipment of creatively working around obstacles to orders, repairing damage, or making self-modifications?

☐ AWARENESS (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the Adventurer's Awareness or observation abilities?
How sensitive are the equipment internal and external sensors?
Are there any hidden attributes exposed to those with high Awareness?

☐ REFLEXES (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to the Adventurer's Reflexes or response times?
How fast does the equipment react to events?

☐ CHARISMA (-10 to 0 to +10)
Does this equipment grant a bonus or cause a penalty to others perception of the Adventurer?
How is the equipment personality perceived by others it interacts with?

☐ DEGREE OF SUCCESS
Are there any notes relevant to specific Degrees of Success when using this equipment? (-10 to 0 to +10)

☐ ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES OR POWERS
What additional abilities or powers does this equipment impart?

☐ ALLOWED FOR STARTING ADVENTURERS?
Is this equipment allowed for starting Adventurers?

☐ TOOLS OR SPELLS(S) REQUIRED TO USE
What tools or spells would an Adventurer need to use this equipment?

☐ SKILL(S) REQUIRED TO USE
What skills would an Adventurer need to use this equipment?

☐ CRAFTING RESOURCES
What resources and time are required to craft this equipment?

☐ SKILL(S) REQUIRED TO CRAFT
What skills would an Adventurer need to craft this equipment?

☐ TOOLS OR SPELLS(S) REQUIRED TO CRAFT
What tools or spells would an Adventurer need to craft this equipment?

☐ CRAFTING RECIPE
What steps are required to craft this equipment?

☐ IMPROVEMENTS OR UPGRADES
What resources, skills, tooling, and time are required to improve or upgrade this equipment?

☐ REPAIR RESOURCES
What resources and time are required to repair or refurbish this vehicle after use or if damaged?

☐ SKILL(S) REQUIRED TO REPAIR
What skills would an Adventurer need to repair this equipment?

☐ TOOLS OR SPELLS(S) REQUIRED TO REPAIR
What tools or spells would an Adventurer need to repair this equipment?

☐ REPAIR RECIPE
What steps are required to repair this equipment?

☐ SALVAGE
What resources, skills, tooling, and time are required to salvage materials from this equipment?
What is the salvageable yield?

Note: From TL+2 (Stellar Age) onward, multiple technology levels become possible in a setting as different distant locations diverge in their technological capabilities and social conventions.

Equipment capable of self propulsion, such as by wheels or jets, may be designed as a vehicle instead.

Equipment capable of autonomous action with or without a pilot or passenger may be designed as a robot instead.

Roleplaying Tips #0192 Tips On Managing Mundane Equipment
Roleplaying Tips #0268 Special Equipment Tips

◢ Salvage Space: Equipment
◢ Salvage Space: Accessories
◢ Salvage Space: Ammunition
◢ Salvage Space: Armor
◢ Salvage Space: Augmentations
◢ Salvage Space: Containers
◢ Salvage Space: Clothes
◢ Salvage Space: Drugs (including Medicines and Poisons)
◢ Salvage Space: Explosive Weapons (including Grenades)
◢ Salvage Space: Lifestyles (including Food)
◢ Salvage Space: Melee Weapons
◢ Salvage Space: Ranged Weapons (including Missiles, Thrown Weapons)
◢ Salvage Space: Screens
◢ Salvage Space: Shields
◢ Salvage Space: Supplies (including Power)
◢ Salvage Space: Tools (including Communications, Exploration, Musical Instruments, Security, Sensors, Stealth, Surveillance, Survival )

▲ Chronology :: ◢ References: Personal Equipment