Items Index

This section deals with items of various kinds, divided primarily by technological sophistication. Furst are some general rules, then the items themselves sorted by technology lavel, and last the mystcal items.

• General Item Schtick rules.
• Gadget and tinkering rules.
• Item Schtick Benchmarks.

The following technological levels are used. The time periods are deliberately overlapping and vague.

Ancient covers the dawn of civilization up to the invention of iron working
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons, Melee weapons 

Blacksmith is the iron age, from about 800 BC to 1400 AD
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons, Melee weapons

Clockwork is the age of gunpowder and sophisticated mechanics, circa 1350 to 1830 (in Europe, China was way ahead during this time)
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons, Melee weapons

Engine is the steam age, from 1800 to 1900
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons 

Industrial is the beginning of the modern world, from 1890 to 1950
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons 

Nuclear time begins with a bang in 1945 and goes on until about 1980
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons 

Present is our current technology, spanning the time from 1975 to the present day
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons

Science-Fiction is slightly futuristic, but understandable technology
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons

Space Opera is technological marvels beyond our understanding
Technology, Gadgets, Vehicles, Weapons

Magic items can be common and powerful in fantasy worlds