Carrying, Finding and Buying

The following sections of this article list the most common items of equipment that it is possible to buy. Initially though there is a brief summary of the rules side of things - encumbrance, limitations on buying stuff and other things.

Encumbrance

How much a person can carry is based on their strength. The more they carry, the greater the penalties when trying to perform physical actions. A character can normally carry up to the square of their strength (in kg) without any penalty. If they try to carry more than this, then they are penalised.

The following table shows the penalties for given levels of encumbrance. The encumbrance column lists the maximum load that can be carried as a multiple of their base amount (strength squared).

Encumbrance	Level
Unencumbered (x1). A character can carry up to the square of their strength without being encumbered.	0
Light (x2). A character who carries more than the square of their strength (but no more than twice this) is lightly encumbered, and has a -1 penalty to agility.	1
Moderately (x3). Character has a -1 penalty to both agility and dexterity.	2
Heavily (x6). Character has a -2 penalty to agility and a -1 penalty to dexterity.	3
Greatly (x10). A greatly burdened character has a -2 penalty to both agility and dexterity.	4
Over encumbered. Character cannot move, all agility checks are automatically zero and -2 to dexterity.	5

The level of encumbrance is used in other situations. When fatigue checks are made, it gives a -5 to the roll per level of encumbrance.

It may also add a similar penalty if the character attempts some athletic action that would be greatly affected by encumbrance. Examples include jumping, swimming or acrobatics.

Item Availability

Not all items are available for sale everywhere. An elegant gold water clock won't be found in a typical village, however you could probably buy as many eggs as you wanted there.

Likewise, steel plate armour won't be available in 10th century London - you'd have to wait another few hundred years for that.

Apart from cost, there are three principle things which govern whether something can be bought at a given location - availability, legality and technology.

Availability

All items have an availability rating, on a scale of zero to five, with five being very rare items and zero being things which can be picked up anywhere.

Availability	Where it can be found...
0	Free. Such items are as common as dirt. They include such things as firewood, chalk, clubs and staves. They can be picked up from anywhere either fully formed, or easily crafted by anyone with opposable thumbs. They may still have a price, which reflects the trouble of someone going to pick the item up and sticking it in a shop.
1	Common. Such items are available in even small villages for a reasonable cost. Even a farmstead will have some, though non-renewable items may cost a bit extra.
2	Uncommon. Simple items which take some time and skill to make. They will be common in small villages, though not generally for sale. Larger villages will tend to have them for common sale.
3	Rare Such items are rare in villages, but available in market towns. Simple weapons, basic armour and most farm animals.
4	Very rare Such items are only available in decent towns. Most weapons, jewellery, good quality cloth, quality horses and most luxury items.
5	Extremely rare Such items are only found in large towns or cities. Good quality or unusual weapons or armour, luxury goods or items which require a high degree of skill to make.

Availability can also be affected by the type of good. Some items are listed as being specialist. Such items are only available from a few rare sources. For example, lock picks won't be available from anyone other than a locksmith or a thief.

Some items are noted as being luxury items. These may not be available to common folk, or at least anyone who looks like a commoner, just out of snobbery.

Legality

Some items are, if not outright illegal, somewhat shady in nature. Items marked as illegal cannot be bought through normal channels. Contacts with the criminal underworld or hefty bribes may be required.

Some items are merely shady. A shady item can be used for legal purposes, though a suspicious looking person who buys such an item might get reported to local law enforcement.

Finally, restricted items are legal, but only permitted to certain people. Knightly weapons and armour would be one example, which aren't permitted to be owned by non-nobles.

Technology

Some items require a certain level of technology before they become available. Every item has a tech level (TL) which denotes when the item was first introduced.

TL	Historical period
0	Stone age
1	Bronze age
2	Iron age
3	Medieval
4	Renaissance
5	Steam
6	Mechanical
7	Nuclear
8	Information
9	Microtech

The equipment lists given here only deal with low tech goods, up until tech level 3.

The technology levels assume a technology advancement similar to Western Europe. Advancement trees outside of this are not currently represented.

Cost of living

The monthly cost of living of a person will vary according to their social class (or at least, the social class they wish to emulate). Out in the wilderness, everyone is pretty much equal. In a village, there won't be much option, though an innkeeper and his family may give up their private rooms for someone of obvious importance.

In towns, how expensively a character lives will often determine their perceived social class.

Weapon list

The following table lists the most common weapons, together with their statistics for Yags.

Axes
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Battle axe	+4	+3	+10		2	3				single			Hv Im	5	--	--	--
Broad axe	+7	+4	+15	3	3	6				great			2H Hv Im	5	--	--	--
Hand axe	+2	+1	+5	1	1/2	1				single			Hv Th	5	--	--	--
Throwing axe	+2		+4	0	1/2	2				thrown			Hv	10	3	6	9
Bows
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Heavy crossbow	+10		30	0	2	3				crossbow			Im	15	60	120	240
Light crossbow	+7		15	0	1	2				crossbow			Im	10	15	30	60
Long bow	+2		+12	0	1	3				bow			Im	20	60	120	240
Medium crossbow	+9		22	0	1.5	3				crossbow			Im	20	40	80	160
Short bow	+3		+5	0	1/2	2				bow			Im	15	30	60	120
Sling	+8		+7	0	0	2				thrown			Li	10	20	40	60
Clubs
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Club	+2	+3	+5	1	1	2				brawl, single			Li	5	--	--	--
Mace	+3	+3	+11	1	2	3				single			Hv Cr	5	--	--	--
Warhammer	+3	+2	+12	2	1	3				single			Cr	5	--	--	--
Flails
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
War flail	+6	+6	+10	3	2	3				flail			Hv Cr	5	--	--	--
Knives
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Dagger	+2	+3	+4	0	1/2	1				brawl, single			Li Im	5	--	--	--
Knife	+1	+2	+2m	0	1/4	1				brawl, single			Li Wk Th	5	--	--	--
Throwing knife	+3		+2	0	1/4	1				thrown			Li Wk	10	2	5	10
Shields
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Buckler	+0	+3	+0	0	1/2	1				shield			Li Wk Bk	5	--	--	--
Round shield	+2	+5	+0	1	1.5	2				shield			Bk	5	--	--	--
Small shield	+2	+3	+0	1	1	2				shield			Bk	5	--	--	--
Spears
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Bill	+5	+8	+13	3	1	5				longshaft, great			2H Hv	5	--	--	--
Hunting spear	+3	+2	+7	3	1	2				single, longshaft			2H Ts	15	10	30	50
Javelin	+5		+5	2	1/4	2				thrown			Li Im Wk	15	3	6	9
Quarterstaff	+5	+9	+8m	3	1	4				longshaft, great			2H	5	--	--	--
War spear	+5	+3	+11	3	1.5	3				single, longshaft			2H Hv Ts	5	10	20	30
Swords
	Combat				Attributes									Range
Weapon name	Atk	Dfn	Dmg	Rch	Ld	Str	RoF	Cap.	Rcl	Class	TL	LC	Notes	Inc	Sh	Md	Lg
Broad sword	+5	+5	+12	2	1	3				single				5	--	--	--
Great sword	+8	+6	+16	3	3	6				great			2H Hv St	5	--	--	--
Katana	+6	+5	+14	2	2	3				great			2H Hv Li	5	--	--	--
Long sword	+6	+4	+14	3	2	4				great			2H Ts	5	--	--	--
No-dachi	+9	+7	+17	3	2	5				single			2H Hv Li	5	--	--	--
Scramasax	+4	+3	+7	1	1	2				single			Wk	5	--	--	--
Short sword	+4	+3	+9	1	1	2				single			Im	5	--	--	--
Wakizashi	+3	+3	+10	1	2	2				single			Li	5	--	--	--

The notes for each weapon are as follows. See the combat article for full details.

2H

This weapon is designed to be used with two hands.

Bl

Blocking weapons are shields, which can be used as a second weapon at full bonus.

Cr

A crushing weapon, which gives +5 to knockback.

De

This weapon is defensive, and suffers only -5 to attack (instead of -10) when being used defensively.

Hv

This is a heavy weapon, and halves the protection provided by light armour.

Im

This is an impaling weapon, which halves the protection provided by mail and cloth armours.

Li

This is a light weapon, and it's damage type is reduced by one against heavy armour.

St

Strong weapons are less likely to break.

Th

A throwable weapon is designed to be thrown, and gives better ranges than other weapons.

We

Weak weapons are more likely to break.

Armour list

There is a wide variety of armour available, varying in cost, weight and protective ability. Some armour is better against certain types of weapons than other armour - padded cloth can be better against crushing weapons than mail is, though mail is far superior against swords.

The following lists the most common types of armour, together with their properties.

Armour	Soak	Load	Notes	Coverage
Fur jacket	+4	3	Re-1 Li So Wa	neck torso groin arms thighs
Fur trousers	+2	2	Re-1 Li So Wa	groin legs
Hard leather jacket	+3	2	Re-1 Li	neck torso groin arms thighs
Heavy Samurai Armour	+12	4	Re-1 No-1 Li	torso groin arms legs
Kurbal cuirass Can be worn over soft leather or quilted armour.	+1	1	Li	torso
Light Samurai Armour	+6	2	Re-1 No-1 Li	torso groin arms legs
Mail coif Often worn under a helm.	+1	2	Hv Ma	skull neck
Mail hauberk	+6	7	Re-1 No-1 Vi-3 Hv Ma	torso groin arms thighs
Mail leggings	+3	5	Re-1 No-1 Hv Ma	groin legs
Mail shirt	+4	4	No-1 Vi-2 Hv Ma	torso groin
Metal helm	+1	1	Vi-2 Hv	skull
Quilted hauberk	+4	3	Re-1 Li So	neck torso groin arms thighs
Quilted jacket	+3	2	Li So	torso groin arms
Quilted leggings	+1	2	Re-1 Li So	groin legs
Quilted vest	+2	1	Li So	torso
Ring habergeon Can be worn over soft leather.	+4	7	Re-1 No-1 Vi-2 Hv Ma	torso groin
Ring hauberk Can be worn over soft leather.	+6	10	Re-2 No-1 Vi-3 Hv Ma	torso groin arms thighs
Ring leggings Can be worn over soft leather.	+3	6	Re-2 No-1 Hv Ma	groin legs
Soft leather jacket Can be worn under mail, a cuirass or vambraces.	+2	1	Li	torso groin arms
Soft leather trousers Can be worn under mail leggings.	+1	1	Li	groin legs

The combat article gives a full description of the different properties, but they are repeated here in brief for easy reference.

Hv

Heavy armour is good against all weapon types.

Li

Light armour is ineffective against heavy weapons, but tends to be cheap and comfortable to wear.

Ma

Mail armour is halved against impaling weapons.

No-X

Armour is noisy, and gives a penalty to Agility equal to X for stealth checks.

Re-X

Armour is restrictive, and gives a penalty to Agility equal to X for athletics, brawling and initiative.

So

Soft armour is doubled against light weapons.

Vi-X

Armour protects vitals and gives a bonus to health checks to stay alive and conscious equal to X.

Wa

Warm armour gives added protection against the cold, and doubles as cold weather clothing.

General Equipment

Adventuring
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Animals
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Armour
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Climbing
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Container
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Food
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Livestock
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Rogue
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Services
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Transport
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description
Weapon
Item	Availability	Weight	Cost	Notes	Description