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Items are a subgroup of [[Schticks (Action)|Schticks]] that add abilities outside your character's normal scope or concept. 

== General Rules ==
Items are generally physical objects separate from you, that gives you abilities. An item has an [[Power_Rules_(Action)#Origin|Origin]] but no [[Power_Rules_(Action)#Method|Methods]], it does not count as a [[Power_Rules_(Action)|Power]] and you do not lose it when you would ordinarily lose your powers. Instead, you are dependent on the item to use the power, and the item can be stolen, lost, or just inconvenient to take along.

GMs are responsible for the availability of item schticks in play, but is urged to be generous. You will often pick up items during play and can use them in the scenario you found them. Other items are acquired trough diligent effort, either by making it or looking out for it. Item schticks are commonly found as loot during play, and can be made available trough contacts or created by characters (the [[Know_Schticks_(Action)#Expert|Expert]] schtick comes in handy here). You only need to pay experience points to keep an item at the end of the story. Think of this as the cost for attuning the item permanently - making it a recurring theme or plot for your character. If a player really wants a particular item, the GM should make it it available somehow; making a subplot, montage, or perhaps even an adventure around it. Of course, such stories still give normal xp rewards, which you can then use to purchase the item schticks.

One particular item can have several item schticks, each of which must be paid for. Investing a lot of schticks into a single item is dangerous as you lose a lot when you drop the item. Most item schticks can be freely combined, but except as noted an item can only pick each schtick or limitation once. In general, a character should only have one occurrence of a certain item limitation - having one Sticky item is fresh and exiting, having ten of them is just saving up on points. But this is a guideline more than a rule, to be applied against misuse but ignored when it makes a better story.

Items have some plot protection, but it is not as strong as that of [[Transmute_(Action_Powers_Technique)#Signature_Gear|Signature Gear]]. Items you've paid for have a tendency to come back to you and are not accidentally lost or stolen, but they can be stolen or destroyed as a part of the action or plot. Items lost in this way return the xp invested in them to you.

== Tech Level ==
{{ : Tech Level (Action)}}
== Item Schticks ==
The limitation on item schticks and limitation is not per character, it per item.
However, a [[GM]] might protest if you repeat the same power or limitation on many items.{{ : Item Schticks (Action) }}

== Item Limitations ==
These limitations reduce the cost of an item, but never to less than one point. The GM must inspect all item limitations and twits them so they become actual limitations without overshadowing the rest of the action.
{{ : Aligned Item (Action)}}
{{ : Artifact (Action)}}
{{ : Cursed Item (Action)}}
{{ : Coaxing Item (Action)}}
{{ : Origin Lock (Action)}}
{{ : Sentient Item (Action)}}
{{ : Sticky Item (Action)}}
{{ : Wandering Item (Action)}}

== Specific Gadgets==
These are separate items noteworthy enough to be mentioned separately
{{ : Specific Gadgets (Action)}}

== Size ==
Size is measured relative to the user, and is mainly used for concealability, to gauge how hard the item is to smuggle past security and how noticeable it is. Size is given in classes, from smallest to largest.

=== Tiny ===
So small they can be concealed in a swimsuit or underwear. Can be concealed from a strip search with some difficulty. Can be built into small everyday items, such as cutlery, pens, mobile phones, packets of cigarettes, or snuff pots. About a dozen of these become a Small item.

=== Small ===
Designed to be worn under street clothes or inside a small accessory such as a lady's handbag or a hat, these can be concealed under all but beachwear and tight evening wear. Five or more of these become a Medium item.

=== Medium ===
Also known as "Trench coat", this size of items are generally obvious, but can be concealed under bulky clothes such as dusters or hoop skirts or inside a large bag. Three of these become a Large and impossible to hide.

=== Large ===
These items are not concealable under normal clothing. You may get away with carrying them inside your "barney the dinosaur" outfit, but such a concealment needs to be custom-made for the item. It is impractical to carry more than two large items.

== Weapon and Armor Abilities ==
These are mainly relevant to weapons and weapons, but some can apply to other gear.

== Range ==
Most effects used at range incur a penalty. The normal range in [[Action]] is [[#Short]] - the action is up close and personal.

=== Melee ===
Adjacent to you. If using a grid or hex map, this is the area immediately surrounding you. In special circumstances you can reach further, but this is the territory of stunts.

=== Reach ===
Withing the reach of a long weapons, such as a [[Spear (Action)|Spear]] or [[Whip (Action)|Whip]]. If on one meter squares or hexes, this is up to 3 squares or hexes away. On a 5 ft. grid, this is 2 spaces away.

=== Close ===
A close-ranged or thrown weapon, that suffers a range penalty of -1 per 5 meters of distance.

=== Short ===
The default range in [[Action]], where the action is up close and personal. Suffers a penalty of -1 per 20 meters of distance.

=== Long ===
Suffers a penalty of -1 per 100 meters. In many cases, this is ways shorter than the weapon's actual range, but to fully utilize the range of such a weapon, you need the [[Blast_(Action_Powers_Technique)#Sniper|Sniper]] schtick.

''Combat in [[Action]] rarely takes place in surroundings spacious enough for long ranges, but when it does, long range can be a tremendous advantage. Still, targets that cannot effectively fire back can usually find cover, in most cases limiting sniping to ambushes.

== Other Abilities ==
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