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Standard items available to all characters.
 
Standard items available to all characters.
:☐, ☐ means you can have several items of this type, as many as there are separate boxes divided by commas. Count load for each. Some playbooks have access to multiple light ◯, ◯, ◯ or heavy ☐-☐, ☐-☐ items, which work the same way.  
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* ☐, ☐ means you can have several items of this type, as many as there are separate boxes divided by commas. Count load for each. Some playbooks have access to multiple light ◯, ◯, ◯ or heavy ☐☐, ☐☐ items, which work the same way.  
:☐-☐ means the item costs several load, you must pay the full load to have a single item. There are even heavier items that take up more load, like ☐-☐-☐ or even more.
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* ☐☐ means the item costs several load, you must pay the full load to have a single item. There are even heavier items that take up more load, like ☐☐☐ or even more.
: ◯ means the item has no load cost. Unless listed with commas, you only have a single item.
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* ◯ means the item has no load cost. Unless listed with commas, you only have a single item.
  
== Standard Equipment ==
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== Free Equipment ==
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These items have no load cost and are available to all:
: ☐, ☐ Weapon
 
: ◯  Knife
 
: ☐ Throwing Knives
 
: ☐-☐ Armor ☐-☐-☐ +Heavy
 
: ◯  Holy Symbol
 
: ◯  Whistle
 
: ☐ Musical Instrument
 
: ◯  Tinderbox
 
: ☐ Torch
 
: ◯  Lamp
 
: ☐ Lantern
 
: ☐, ☐, ☐ Oil flask
 
: ☐ Climbing Gear
 
: ☐ Hook and 15m Rope
 
: ☐ Mirror
 
: ☐, ☐ Caltrops
 
: ☐-☐ Folding 10-foot pole (3m)
 
: ☐ Burglary Gear
 
: ☐ , ☐ Manacles
 
: ☐ Subterfuge Supplies
 
: ☐ Spikes
 
: ☐-☐ Camping gear
 
: ☐-☐ Medicine chest
 
: ☐ Light Tools
 
: ☐-☐ Heavy Tools
 
: ☐, ☐ Documents
 
: ☐, ☐ Monster Lure
 
  
=== Standard Equipment Descriptions ===
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* '''Cup''' :A cup to drink from and gather water with. What its made of depends on your status; wood, tin, and silver are common.
* '''Hand Weapon''' : A one handed weapon such as a sword, axe, mace, whip, pistol, sling, or hand crossbow. Includes exotic weapons such as a cestus, whip, or length of chain.
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* '''Dice and Cards''' : Gambling accouterments.
* '''Heavy Weapon''' ☐-☐: A two-handed weapon such as a longsword, greatsword, longbow, crossbow, musket, or pole-arm.
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* '''Holy Symbol''' : A small religious symbol usually made of silver. Might keep supernatural creatures at bay with an Attune roll.
* '''Hidden Weapon''' : A small weapon such as a dagger, blackjack, brass knuckles, pistol, or garotte worn in an unconventional location: in a boot, cleavage, down the back or otherwise concealed. Will usually pass a visual examination.
 
 
* '''Knife''' ◯: A universal tool and emergency weapon.
 
* '''Knife''' ◯: A universal tool and emergency weapon.
* '''Throwing Knives''' : Six small, light blades such as knives or darts.
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* '''Lamp''' : Simple oil or candle lamp. Fragile and vulnerable to gusts.
* '''Armor''' ☐-☐: A gambeson, hard leather torso armor, or leather coat. Reduces physical harm by one level, once.  ☐-☐-☐ '''+Heavy''': The addition of chain mail and a metal helm. The load and effect of heavy armor is in addition to normal armor.
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* '''Signet Ring''' : A ring with your symbol, used as identification and signature to seal deals and documents.
* '''Holy Symbol''' ◯: A small religious symbol usually made of silver. Might keep supernatural creatures at bay with an Attune roll.
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* '''Simple Disguise''' : A hooded cloak or a type of large hat that is ubiquitous in the setting. It helps you avoid attention as long as you lie low in a crowd, but won't conceal you if individually examined.
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* '''Tinderbox''' ◯: Ignites tinder after about a minute of effort. Roll Tinker in a hurry. '''1''': Lose tinder. '''2-3''': Fire in 5 minutes. '''4-5''': Fire in 12 seconds. '''6''': Fire in 3 seconds. '''Critical''': Instant fire.
 
* '''Whistle''' ◯: A signaling device or tiny instrument such as an ocarina, castanet, or jaw harp.
 
* '''Whistle''' ◯: A signaling device or tiny instrument such as an ocarina, castanet, or jaw harp.
* '''Musical Instrument''' ☐: A small and handy musical instrument such as a bagpipe, flute, fiddle, lap harp, lyre, small drum, trumpet and the like. Large instrument is not suited for adventuring ☐-☐-☐.
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* '''Tinderbox''' ◯: Ignites tinder after about a minute of effort. Roll Tinker in a hurry. '''4-5''': Fire in about 12 seconds. '''6''': Fire in 3 seconds. '''Critical''': Instant fire.
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== Standar Equipment ==
* '''Torch''' ☐: Burns for about an hour, emergency potent weapon.
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Things everyone can access in addition to the normal equipment list.
* '''Lamp''' ◯: Simple oil or candle lamp. Fragile and vulnerable to gusts.
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* '''Lantern''' ☐: Metal lantern with shutters and a lens to project a ray of light. Comes with 1h of oil. Vulnerable to falls.
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* '''Musical Instrument''' ☐: A small and handy musical instrument such as a bagpipe, flute, fiddle, lap harp, lyre, small drum, trumpet and the like. Large instrument is not suited for adventuring ☐☐☐.  
 
* '''Oil flask''' ☐: 6h fuel for lamp or lantern, lubricant, or emergency incendiary.
 
* '''Oil flask''' ☐: 6h fuel for lamp or lantern, lubricant, or emergency incendiary.
* '''Climbing Gear''' : A small pouch of chalk dust. A climbing harness with loops and metal rings. A set of iron pitons and a small mallet. A grappling hook. Rope comes separately.
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* '''Pet''' : An animal, tiny monster, or item that is [[Mind_Powers_(FiD)|Intelligent]] and can talk to you but is not especially capable.   
* '''15m Rope''' ☐: 15 meters of rope safe to 150 kg.
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* '''Torch''' ☐: Burns for about an hour, emergency potent hand weapon.
* '''Mirror''' ☐: Polished metal mirror, or glass mirror in a protective case.
 
* '''Caltrops''' ☐: Small spike traps to delay pursuit. Covers a 1 meter radius in spikes dangerous, particularly to runners.
 
* '''Folding 10-foot pole (3m)''' ☐-☐: Two thin wooden staves joined by a clever locking joint. Can trigger traps at a safe distance or assist jumps and climbs. Not suited for combat.
 
* '''Burglary Gear''' ☐:  A set of lockpicks. A small pry-bar. Vials of oil to silence squeaky hinges. A coil of wire and fishing hooks. A small pouch of fine sand.
 
* '''Manacles & Chain''' ☐: A set of heavy manacles and chain, suitable for restraining a prisoner.
 
* '''Simple Disguise''' ◯: A hooded cloak or a type of hat large that is ubiquitous in the setting. It helps you avoid attention as long as you lie low in a crowd, but won't conceal you if individually examined.
 
* '''Subterfuge Supplies''' ☐: A theatrical makeup kit. A selection of blank documents, ready for the forger's hand. Costume jewelry. A reversible cloak and distinctive hat. A forged badge of office.
 
* '''Gate Stoppers''' ☐: A dozen iron spikes, chisels, and a mallet. 
 
* '''Camping Gear''' ☐-☐: Bedroll, cooking pot, tarpaulin, three days rations. Roughing it out with this gear allows a single downtime action to remove stress. Lacking this does not allow any effective rest.   
 
* '''Medicine Chest''' ☐-☐: Scalpels, bone saw, pincers, needle & thread, bandages, opium, simple medicine, leeches.
 
* '''Light Tools''' ☐: Tools for one craft that does light work, like a clockmaker,, jeweller, , mapmaker,, scribe,, tailor, , whitesmith, or, woodcarver.
 
* '''Heavy Tools''' ☐-☐: Tools for heavy construction work, like that of a , blacksmith,, carpenter, , lumberjack, , mason, or, miner.
 
* '''Documents''' ☐: Blank pages, a vial of ink, a pen, and a selection of papers such as a registry of the nobility, City Watch duty list, monster identification manual, treatise on scholarly subject, a few rough maps, a number of letters and official papers. Specific documents may require a flashback to acquire.
 
 
* '''Monster Lure''' ☐: Something enticing to unsophisticated creatures like a decoy, glass beads, strong drink, food, or a scent lure.
 
* '''Monster Lure''' ☐: Something enticing to unsophisticated creatures like a decoy, glass beads, strong drink, food, or a scent lure.
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* '''Camping Gear''' ☐☐: Bedroll, cooking pot, tarpaulin, three days rations. Roughing it out with this gear allows a single downtime action to remove stress. Lacking this does not allow any effective rest. 
  
 
== Special Equipment ==
 
== Special Equipment ==
Equipment reserved to certain playbooks that are not [[Inventions (FiD)|Inventions]]. Such items can be added to your inventory using the Acquire Asset downtime action.
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Equipment reserved to certain playbooks that are not [[Inventions (FiD)|Inventions]]. Anyone can make them using Tinker or find ones to buy using Consort or Sway. Such items can be added to your inventory at least temporary using the Acquire Asset downtime action.
  
* '''Bandolier of Alchemicals''' ☐: A strap worn across the body, fitted with specially-padded pouches to hold five flasks of alchemical agents. When you employ an alchemical from a bandolier, choose one of your custom-made formulas or a '''Common''' alechemical with complexity no higher than your tier. See [[Inventions_(FiD)#Alchemy|Alchemy]] page 226 for more on alchemicals.
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* '''Bandolier of Alchemicals''' ☐: A strap worn across the body, fitted with specially-padded pouches to hold five flasks of alchemical agents. When you employ an alchemical from a bandolier, pick any one available to you. See [[Inventions_(FiD)#Alchemy|Alchemy]] page 226 for more on alchemicals.
* '''Breastplate''' ☐-☐: A metal chest piece with greaves (legs) and vambraces (arms). Functions as armor and stacks with other armor.  
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* '''Breastplate''' ☐☐: A metal chest piece with greaves (legs) and vambraces (arms). Functions as armor and stacks with other armor.
* '''Disguised Weapon''' : A weapon that does not appear to be a weapon except under close scrutiny. Examples include cane swords, fighting fans, hair pin daggers, daggers concealed in holy symbols, belt buckles, shoes, and emblems of rank, palm pistols concealed in cutlery, snuff boxes, swagger sticks, or purses. Sashes, belts, or clock chains made to be used as whips or garottes.
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* '''Caltrops''' ☐: Small spike traps to delay pursuit. Covers a 1 meter radius in spikes that are dangerous to step on, particularly to runners.
* '''Fine Heavy Tools''' ☐-☐: Tools for heavy construction work, like that of a , blacksmith,, carpenter, , lumberjack, , mason, or, miner. Fine Quality improves your effect.
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* '''Disguised Weapon''' : A weapon that does not appear to be a weapon except under close scrutiny. Examples include cane swords, fighting fans, hair pin daggers, daggers concealed in holy symbols, belt buckles, shoes, and emblems of rank, palm pistols concealed in cutlery, snuff boxes, swagger sticks, or purses. Sashes, belts, or clock chains made to be used as whips or garottes.
* '''Fine and Potent Dueling Weapon''' ☐: A masterwork light weapon like a rapier, smallsword, or arming sword. This weapon has been blessed or carry a magical sigil, making it potent. This is often a reward for service or an heirloom from an otherwise impoverished noble background. The fine quality improves the effect while the potency allows you to damage supernatural targets.
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* '''Fine Bottle of Wine''' ☐: A rare vintage from your personal collection, potent both in its alcohol and its ability to impress. Desirable to most people and tends to loosen tunges.
* '''Fine Bottle of Wine''' ☐: A rare vintage from your personal collection, potent both in its alcohol and its ability to impress. Holds wine for 5 glasses. '''Consumable'''.
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* '''Fine Burglary Gear''' ☐: A set of lockpicks. A small pry-bar. Vials of oil to silence squeaky hinges. A coil of wire and fishing hooks. A small pouch of fine sand. Refined for your use to give increased effect. ''Note that the Infiltrator special ability negates the Fine equipment bonus''.
* '''Fine Clothes & Jewelry''' ◯: An outfit that appears to be of such fine make as to pass you off as a noble. If you're carrying this item as a second outfit to change into, it is ☐.
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* '''Fine Clothes''' ◯: An outfit that increases your apparent living standard by +2. If you're carrying this item as a second outfit to change into, it is ☐.
* '''Fine Cover Identity''' ☐: An advanced disguise, personalized outfit, paperwork, planted stories and rumors, and false relationships sufficient to establish a false identity. +2d to maintain this identity. Takes at least an hour to don, so you need to explain this as a part of your plan.
 
* '''Fine Crew Identity''' ☐: A fake identity for your crew, covering insignia, false relationships, and planted rumors. Gives +1d to each member to maintain group identity.  
 
 
* '''Fine Disguise Kit''' ☐: A theatrical make-up kit equipped with an impressive array of expert appliances to fool the eye. The fine quality of this kit may increase the effect when playing a role or relying on beauty.
 
* '''Fine Disguise Kit''' ☐: A theatrical make-up kit equipped with an impressive array of expert appliances to fool the eye. The fine quality of this kit may increase the effect when playing a role or relying on beauty.
* '''Fine Loaded Dice, Trick Cards''' ◯: Gambling accouterments subtly altered to favor particular outcomes. Gives +1d on your deceptive actions when you use it.  
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* '''Fine Heavy Tools''' ☐☐: Tools for heavy construction work, like that of a blacksmith, carpenter, lumberjack, mason, or miner. Fine Quality improves your effect.
* '''Fine Lockpicks''' ◯: A finely crafted set of tools to disable and circumvent locks.
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* '''Fine Loaded Dice and Trick Cards''' ◯: Gambling accouterments subtly altered to favor particular outcomes. Adds effect, making wins larger. Makes fumbles worse.
* '''Fine Tinkering Tools''' ☐: A finely crafted set of tools for detailed mechanist work. A jeweler's loup. Measuring devices.
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* '''Fine Tinkering Tools''' ☐: A finely crafted set of tools for detailed mechanist work. A jeweler's loup. Measuring devices. Increases effect on suitable tasks, including work with locks, clockwork, and metal traps.
* '''Fine Weapon''' ☐ or ☐-☐: A masterwork weapon that fits you perfectly, improving your effect. This can  be either a hand weapon or a two-handed weapon of any type, but in some cases your choice of weapon will be limited. This refers to one particular weapon, if lost, you have to find a new one.
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* '''Fine Wrecker Tools''' ☐☐: A specialized set of tools for sabotage and destruction. A small, powerful drill. A mallet and steel spikes. A prybar. Vials of acid.  
* '''Fine Wrecker Tools''' ☐-☐: A specialized set of tools for sabotage and destruction. A small, powerful drill. A mallet and steel spikes. A prybar. Vials of acid.
 
* '''Heraldry''' ◯: Kaō, shield mark, blazoned surcoat, or badge of identity and pride that negates the cost of resisting once per score.
 
 
* '''Hunting Pet Cohort''' ◯: Your animal companion obeys your commands and anticipates your actions. Cohort: Expert: Hunter, Tenacious, Animal intelligence. See page 96.
 
* '''Hunting Pet Cohort''' ◯: Your animal companion obeys your commands and anticipates your actions. Cohort: Expert: Hunter, Tenacious, Animal intelligence. See page 96.
* '''Light Camping Gear''' ☐: Bedroll, cooking pot, tarpaulin, fishing line, snares, all personalized and chosen to be lightweight. Roughing it out with this gear allows a single downtime action to remove stress. Lacking camping gear does not allow any effective rest. '''Playbook'''.
 
 
* '''Light Climbing Gear''' ☐: A well-crafted set of Climbing Gear that is less bulky and heavy than a standard set. A chalk dust stone. A climbing harness concealed in your clothes. A set of steel pitons and a small silenced mallet. A silenced grappling hook. 15 meters of rope made of silk or hair.
 
* '''Light Climbing Gear''' ☐: A well-crafted set of Climbing Gear that is less bulky and heavy than a standard set. A chalk dust stone. A climbing harness concealed in your clothes. A set of steel pitons and a small silenced mallet. A silenced grappling hook. 15 meters of rope made of silk or hair.
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* '''Manacles''' ☐: A set of heavy manacles and chain, suitable for restraining and leashing a prisoner.
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* '''Manual''' ☐: Allows you to use Study instead of any one Insight or Resolve action for one specific task. You can use the manual again on a very similar task. Each use takes a few minutes.
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* '''Mirror''' ☐: Polished metal mirror, or glass mirror in a protective case.
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* '''Mount''' ◯: A horse (or appropriate mount) trained to carry you in battle.
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* '''Mule''' ◯: A draft animal trained to carry load. Depending on location this might be a lama or dromedary. Carries three times as much load as a person for the same load category. Can carry a rider, but is not a good mount.
 
* '''Palm Pistol''' ◯: A small firearm with a weak charge, easily concealed in a sleeve or waistcoat. Often concealed as a snuffbox, holy symbol, or other personal item. This pistol has extremely limited range; only a few feet. It's very difficult to detect on your person, even if you're searched.
 
* '''Palm Pistol''' ◯: A small firearm with a weak charge, easily concealed in a sleeve or waistcoat. Often concealed as a snuffbox, holy symbol, or other personal item. This pistol has extremely limited range; only a few feet. It's very difficult to detect on your person, even if you're searched.
* '''Parrying Instrument''' ☐: Buckler, main-gauche, gauntlet, hat, cloak or other device used defensively in the off hand. Improves position in combat when used with Finesse but prevents trading position for effect. Cannot be used with a heavy or off-hand weapon.
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* '''Parrying Instrument''' ☐: Buckler, main-gauche, gauntlet, hat, cloak or other device used defensively in the off hand. Makes up for some of the weaknesses of Finesse combat against multiple opponents.
* '''Potent Weapon''' ☐ or ☐-☐: A weapon magically potent against the supernatural. Certain creatures take less or even no damage from mundane weapons. This is one specific item, but can be either a hand or heavy weapon.
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* '''Shield''' ☐: A defensive weapon carried in one hand. Functions as armor and stacks with other armor. Cannot be used with a heavy or off-hand weapon.  
* '''Relevant Map''' ☐: A map of the area of operations, gained through contacts and information gathering. Negates the engagement roll penalty for complex plans.
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* '''Throwing Knives (6)''' ☐:  Six small, light blades such as knives or darts.
* '''Shield''' ☐: A defensive weapon carried in one hand. Functions as armor and stacks with other armor. Cannot be used with a heavy or off-hand weapon.
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* '''Throwing Weapons (3)''' ☐: A throwing weapon is a javelin, throwing axe, shakram, or throwing disk, a heavy throwing weapon that requires strength and room to throw. You get three throwing weapons in the package, and they can be picked up and thrown again.
* '''Slow Match''' ☐ A slow match is a slow-burning fuse that can burn even underwater. Commonly worn on a small rod, it can be worn in many ways—''Blackbeard worse several in his beard''. Serves as an instant source of fire, used to start fires, light fuses, and fire firearms.
 
* '''Spirit Mask''' ☐: An arcane item that gives the wearer potent vision, which allows a trained user to see spirits and supernatural energies in great detail. Also affords some measure of protection against possession. ''Each spirit mask is unique. What does yours look like? What makes it strange and disturbing to see?''
 
* '''Spyglass''' ☐: Telescopic brass tube with lenses, amplifies three to four times.
 
* '''Thrown Weapons''' ☐: A throwing weapon is a javelin, throwing axe, shakram, or throwing disk, a heavy throwing weapon that requires strength and room to throw. You generally get three throwing weapons in the package, and they can be picked up and thrown again.
 
 
 
== Power Implements ==
 
Things used to improve the use of powers, often specific to a certain magic tradition/power playbook.
 
'''Playbook'''' means you need to have this on the inventory of your playbook to use it.
 
* '''Animist Disguise''' ☐: A coverall or robe that hides an animist's spirit symbols without interfering with powers. You have to doff this to use powers. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Experimental Gizmo''' ☐: The kind of machine an artificer uses for all powers, but not for an established power. Instead this is an experimental foray into a new area. Grants a single use of a power that is not known but is accessible to artificers. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Experimental Machine''' ☐-☐: A large end robust experimental device, trying out new areas of technology. Grants an artificer access to a specific power effect for the duration of a score. This is an effect of a power they do not know that is accessible to artificers. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Power Pack''' ☐-☐: A large store of energy designed to power artificer devices. Select one power. This reduces the Stress cost of using effects of that power by one. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Prayer Beads''' ☐: Improves a chi-users position against fear and mental influence effects. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Chosen's Concealment''' ☐: Simple hooded cloak that hides the chosen from information gathering by the Attune, Study, and Survey actions. Usually used to escape the attention of hostile theurges, it works against all detection, both mundane and using powers.  '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Chosen's Token''' ☐: Give an object used to explain or visualize a chosen's use of powers to another to allow them one use of a power effect you know as if they knew that power themselves. They use it with their own action. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Familiar Spirit''' ◯: a monster camouflaged as an item or a small animal that acts as an agent of your patron. It is an [[Mind_Powers_(FiD)|Intelligent]]. Cohort (Expert: Occultist). See p 96. If killed it returns 24h later, usually angry at you.
 
* '''Fetish''' ☐: A figurine or medicine bundle made of bones and feathers, increases the effect of a single use of a power. '''Consumable, Playbook'''.
 
* '''Fine Monster Lure''' ☐: Something enticing to unsophisticated creatures like a decoy, glass beads, strong drink, food, or a scent lure. Fine quality and insight into monster nature gives increased effect. '''Playbook.'''
 
* '''Incense''' ☐: Increases the outcome of Study and Survey powers by enhancing visions and lucid dreaming. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Memento''' ☐: An item reminding you of your goals and passions. Reduces the stress cost of an orphic power by one. One use per score. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Miraculous Means''' ☐: This is any object used to explain or visualize a chosen's use of powers. Gives you +1d on a single action roll.  '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Monster Clothes''' ☐: Monsters and spirits only come with the minimum clothes required for decency. These clothes cover you up decently and are adapted to your physique. This does not disguise your monstrous nature, it makes you presentable or even well-dressed to people willing to accept that you are a monster.
 
* '''Music Sheet''' ☐: Allows one use of a power on the list of orphic powers that you do not know. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Mystic Amulet''' ☐: Reduces the stress cost of powers by one as long as you have no stress. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Ceremonial Robe''' ☐-☐-☐: Extravagant robe embroidered with mystic symbols. Reduces the stress cost of powers by 1. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Power Token''' ☐:  Grants a one-time use of a power you do not know but that is available for you to choose. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Ritual Supplies''' ☐: Material components that reduce the stress cost of a power by 1. '''Consumable, Playbook'''.
 
* '''Scroll''' ☐: Allows a single use of a power available to your playbook but not known to you. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Simple Disguise''' ☐: A hooded cloak or a type of hat that is ubiquitous in the setting. It helps you avoid attention as long as you lie low, but won't conceal you if individually examined.
 
* '''Sorcerous Seal''' ☐: A seal or other token of your heritage, such as a piece of jewelry. Use it to cause your power(s) to display around you for a few minutes, clearly identifying you and your powers to any observer, even at a distance. Ruins any disguise, even powers used for concealment. Reduces the stress cost of all powers by one for the duration. One use per score.  '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Spirit Bribe''' ☐: A token imbued with power and sacrifice, valued by spirits and useful as a bribe. Gives +1d on a single use of an Animist power. '''Consumable, Playbook'''.
 
* '''Stagewear''' ☐: Fancy sage kit, often provocative. Allows you to push any resolve action roll (not just powers) at the cost of only one stress. You must carry no more than a light load and cannot use armor. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Temporary Pact Token''' ☐: A token of a pact made in advance with a spirit strange to the user. Allows an animist a single use a power they do not know. '''Consumable, Playbook'''.
 
* '''Tinker Drone''' ◯:  Small creature, often robotic. Can assist you with Tinker rolls. You pay the stress cost. It is an [[Mind_Powers_(FiD)|Intelligent]]. Cohort (Expert: Crafter). See p 96. If killed you can rebuild it as a 4-clock long-term Tinker project. '''Playbook'''.
 
* '''Veil''' ☐: Blinds you but this blindness does not affect powers. Halves the stress-induced die requirement of powers from Trauma Condition—Balance. '''Playbook'''.
 

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Standard items available to all characters.

  • ☐, ☐ means you can have several items of this type, as many as there are separate boxes divided by commas. Count load for each. Some playbooks have access to multiple light ◯, ◯, ◯ or heavy ☐☐, ☐☐ items, which work the same way.
  • ☐☐ means the item costs several load, you must pay the full load to have a single item. There are even heavier items that take up more load, like ☐☐☐ or even more.
  • ◯ means the item has no load cost. Unless listed with commas, you only have a single item.

Free Equipment

These items have no load cost and are available to all:

  • Cup ◯:A cup to drink from and gather water with. What its made of depends on your status; wood, tin, and silver are common.
  • Dice and Cards ◯: Gambling accouterments.
  • Holy Symbol ◯: A small religious symbol usually made of silver. Might keep supernatural creatures at bay with an Attune roll.
  • Knife ◯: A universal tool and emergency weapon.
  • Lamp ◯: Simple oil or candle lamp. Fragile and vulnerable to gusts.
  • Signet Ring ◯: A ring with your symbol, used as identification and signature to seal deals and documents.
  • Simple Disguise ◯: A hooded cloak or a type of large hat that is ubiquitous in the setting. It helps you avoid attention as long as you lie low in a crowd, but won't conceal you if individually examined.
  • Tinderbox ◯: Ignites tinder after about a minute of effort. Roll Tinker in a hurry. 1: Lose tinder. 2-3: Fire in 5 minutes. 4-5: Fire in 12 seconds. 6: Fire in 3 seconds. Critical: Instant fire.
  • Whistle ◯: A signaling device or tiny instrument such as an ocarina, castanet, or jaw harp.

Standar Equipment

Things everyone can access in addition to the normal equipment list.

  • Musical Instrument ☐: A small and handy musical instrument such as a bagpipe, flute, fiddle, lap harp, lyre, small drum, trumpet and the like. Large instrument is not suited for adventuring ☐☐☐.
  • Oil flask ☐: 6h fuel for lamp or lantern, lubricant, or emergency incendiary.
  • Pet ◯: An animal, tiny monster, or item that is Intelligent and can talk to you but is not especially capable.
  • Torch ☐: Burns for about an hour, emergency potent hand weapon.
  • Monster Lure ☐: Something enticing to unsophisticated creatures like a decoy, glass beads, strong drink, food, or a scent lure.
  • Camping Gear ☐☐: Bedroll, cooking pot, tarpaulin, three days rations. Roughing it out with this gear allows a single downtime action to remove stress. Lacking this does not allow any effective rest.

Special Equipment

Equipment reserved to certain playbooks that are not Inventions. Anyone can make them using Tinker or find ones to buy using Consort or Sway. Such items can be added to your inventory at least temporary using the Acquire Asset downtime action.

  • Bandolier of Alchemicals ☐: A strap worn across the body, fitted with specially-padded pouches to hold five flasks of alchemical agents. When you employ an alchemical from a bandolier, pick any one available to you. See Alchemy page 226 for more on alchemicals.
  • Breastplate ☐☐: A metal chest piece with greaves (legs) and vambraces (arms). Functions as armor and stacks with other armor.
  • Caltrops ☐: Small spike traps to delay pursuit. Covers a 1 meter radius in spikes that are dangerous to step on, particularly to runners.
  • Disguised Weapon ☐: A weapon that does not appear to be a weapon except under close scrutiny. Examples include cane swords, fighting fans, hair pin daggers, daggers concealed in holy symbols, belt buckles, shoes, and emblems of rank, palm pistols concealed in cutlery, snuff boxes, swagger sticks, or purses. Sashes, belts, or clock chains made to be used as whips or garottes.
  • Fine Bottle of Wine ☐: A rare vintage from your personal collection, potent both in its alcohol and its ability to impress. Desirable to most people and tends to loosen tunges.
  • Fine Burglary Gear ☐: A set of lockpicks. A small pry-bar. Vials of oil to silence squeaky hinges. A coil of wire and fishing hooks. A small pouch of fine sand. Refined for your use to give increased effect. Note that the Infiltrator special ability negates the Fine equipment bonus.
  • Fine Clothes ◯: An outfit that increases your apparent living standard by +2. If you're carrying this item as a second outfit to change into, it is ☐.
  • Fine Disguise Kit ☐: A theatrical make-up kit equipped with an impressive array of expert appliances to fool the eye. The fine quality of this kit may increase the effect when playing a role or relying on beauty.
  • Fine Heavy Tools ☐☐: Tools for heavy construction work, like that of a blacksmith, carpenter, lumberjack, mason, or miner. Fine Quality improves your effect.
  • Fine Loaded Dice and Trick Cards ◯: Gambling accouterments subtly altered to favor particular outcomes. Adds effect, making wins larger. Makes fumbles worse.
  • Fine Tinkering Tools ☐: A finely crafted set of tools for detailed mechanist work. A jeweler's loup. Measuring devices. Increases effect on suitable tasks, including work with locks, clockwork, and metal traps.
  • Fine Wrecker Tools ☐☐: A specialized set of tools for sabotage and destruction. A small, powerful drill. A mallet and steel spikes. A prybar. Vials of acid.
  • Hunting Pet Cohort ◯: Your animal companion obeys your commands and anticipates your actions. Cohort: Expert: Hunter, Tenacious, Animal intelligence. See page 96.
  • Light Climbing Gear ☐: A well-crafted set of Climbing Gear that is less bulky and heavy than a standard set. A chalk dust stone. A climbing harness concealed in your clothes. A set of steel pitons and a small silenced mallet. A silenced grappling hook. 15 meters of rope made of silk or hair.
  • Manacles ☐: A set of heavy manacles and chain, suitable for restraining and leashing a prisoner.
  • Manual ☐: Allows you to use Study instead of any one Insight or Resolve action for one specific task. You can use the manual again on a very similar task. Each use takes a few minutes.
  • Mirror ☐: Polished metal mirror, or glass mirror in a protective case.
  • Mount ◯: A horse (or appropriate mount) trained to carry you in battle.
  • Mule ◯: A draft animal trained to carry load. Depending on location this might be a lama or dromedary. Carries three times as much load as a person for the same load category. Can carry a rider, but is not a good mount.
  • Palm Pistol ◯: A small firearm with a weak charge, easily concealed in a sleeve or waistcoat. Often concealed as a snuffbox, holy symbol, or other personal item. This pistol has extremely limited range; only a few feet. It's very difficult to detect on your person, even if you're searched.
  • Parrying Instrument ☐: Buckler, main-gauche, gauntlet, hat, cloak or other device used defensively in the off hand. Makes up for some of the weaknesses of Finesse combat against multiple opponents.
  • Shield ☐: A defensive weapon carried in one hand. Functions as armor and stacks with other armor. Cannot be used with a heavy or off-hand weapon.
  • Throwing Knives (6) ☐: Six small, light blades such as knives or darts.
  • Throwing Weapons (3) ☐: A throwing weapon is a javelin, throwing axe, shakram, or throwing disk, a heavy throwing weapon that requires strength and room to throw. You get three throwing weapons in the package, and they can be picked up and thrown again.