Kit and Tiers (FiD)

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Examples to illustrate what tier means in various areas and settings. Fine gear is simply one tier above your own. Potent gear become more exceptional over tiers as enemy entities become more exceptional.

Field	Tier 0 Newbs	Tier 1 Gangs	Tier 2 Gangsters	Tier 3 Conscripts	Tier 4 Regulars	Tier 5 Veterans	Tier 6 Elite
Contemporary Weapons What you'll find in a modern action movie.	Pipe Guns Improvised weapons made in a garage from trash.	Crafts Industry-made weapon lookalikes made in a smithy or workshop.	Routine Made in routine line industrial processes but with few variations.	Selected Guns chosen for each combat role.	Customized Guns chosen for each combat role with basic accessories like underslung grenades and advanced sights.	Optimized Modified and optimized for role and mission.	Elite Selected and modified by elite technical support units.
Doskvol Weapons Duskvol is the default setting of Blades in the Dark, a pseudo-Victorian setting poor in resources.	Pipe Guns Improvised weapons made in a garage from trash.	Improvised Weapon lookalikes made in a smithy or workshop.	Surplus Worn second hand but originally professional gear.	Regular Professional industry-made gear.	Selected Guns chosen for each combat role.	Customized Guns chosen for each combat role with basic accessories like sights.	Elite Modified and optimized for role and mission.
Greyhawk Weapons A kitchen sink renaissance setting.	Scrap Clubs, rocks, shivs, farm implements, improvised selfbows, single-shot pipe guns.	Salvage Some gear was originally professional weapons, others are improvised or hunting weapons.	Surplus Hand-me-down weapons, mostly functional with a lot of fiddling and polish. Improvised armor.	Regular Professionally crafted gear, but nothing fancy. Metal armor. Novice adventurers.	Masterwork Masterwork weapons, fitted armor, personalized gear, occasional magic items.	Magic Basic magic gear.	Elite State-of-the-art magic, occasional artifacts.
Princess Kingdoms Weapons Magical girls escalate in both FX and power.	Decoration A part of your outfit that detaches to become a weapon, like a brooch, choker, or hair ornament. Likely to shoot a ray.	Accessory An accessory that turns into a weapon, like a tiara, bracelet, or badge. Often thrown or shoots a simple ray.	Wand A small handheld, with your symbol on it. Wielded in large dramatic sweeps.	Symbol When drawn, this creates a light display showing your power and identity. Even more so when used.	Rod A larger wand, with a larger symbol and even more dramatic in use.	Heraldic An escalated symbol that dramatically shows your identity even before it is used and the true lightshow begins.	Galaxy Gadget Further personalized to show your interests and personality, this can be a weapon, a musical instrument, a planetary model, the grail, or other magical artifact.