Skip to main content

Adventurerous Gear


Although these tables were written with for Knave, they are pretty much OSR compatible. Well, probably compatible with your preferred rules system too. It's not that deep. I just really love the idea of character specialization being done through their equipment and limited inventory space as opposed to special abilities gained upon levelling. I haven't played many role playing games that adopt that kind of advancement, but the one's I have (like Knave) have been particularly fun. 

More General Gear
1. Abacus
2. Bag of Flour (2 slots)
3. Ball Bearings
4. Basket
5. Bell
6. Block of Clay
7. Canteen
8. Catnip
9. Chest (2 slots)
10. Empty Pouches (3)
11. Flask
12. Flint & Steel
13. Handkerchief
14. Hourglass
15. Jar of Wax
16. Parchment / Paper (10)
17. Pitons
18. Set of Fancy Clothes
19. Set of Plain Clothes
20. Sledge hammer

Martial Equipment
1. Knuckledusters. Brass or iron. Worn on hands
2. Mail Coif. Extra layer of defense
3. Net. Man-sized
4. Parrying Dagger. For defense or attack
5. Warhorn. Loud and commanding
6. Whetstone. Keeps weapons razor-sharp

Specialized Tools
1. Disguise Case. Professional grade
2. Garrote. Silent but deadly
3. Musical Instrument. Finely tuned
4. Poisoner’s Kit. Do not swallow
5. Tree Spurs. Spiky, climbing bits
6. Machinist’s Tools. Quality. Precision. Reliability

Magic Implements (one use per day)
1. Crystal Ball. Scry on someone you know or somewhere you’ve been. 
2. Pointed Hat of Stars. On command, glows brightly out to 60’ for up to 1 hour.
3. Colorful Robe. Name a mundane item that can fit in your hand and make an Intelligence Save. On a success, you pull the item out. 
4. Dueling Wand. Target drops whatever is in their hand.
5. Broom. 2 slots. Command to fly your Movement speed for up to 1 hour.
6. Ghostsilk Cape. Become ethereal and walk through up to 10 feet of continuous solid material. 

Books
1. A Field-Guide to Physical Culture. Once a day, you can add your Wisdom bonus, in addition to your Strength bonus on Strength saves. 
2. Jhoon Yee’s Fighting Method. Deal damage equal to your Strength or Dexterity bonus on successful combat stunts. 
3. Complete Bestiary, Abridged. Learn specific details of one type of monster. For 1 day, you can add your Intelligence bonus to your attacks against that type of monster. Limit one type per day. 
4.     Journeybook. Comes in pairs, whatever is written in one, is magically transcribed in the other. 
5. Tome of Wondrous Power. 2 slots. Holds 1d6 random spells (min. 2).
6. Tome of the Profane. Flesh-bound spellbook that holds a random spell and fidgets excitedly in the presence of evil creatures. 




Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

More Than a Bucket of Bolts

Next up on my journey through solo rpg space is a little zine called Bucket of Bolts ( buy it here ), where you take on the POV of medium sized spacecraft, and explore its journey through time and space, cataloging adventures, upgrades, and a timeline of several Captains that have the privilege of being at the helm. It's based on another rpg called Artefact (in which you write from the POV of a sentient magic item or weapon). I had enjoyed  Artefact before, so I was excited to try this one out.  Source:  abduzeedo The game starts with you describing your ship; writing about some basic details like the type of ship, the model and make, the crew who designed and built it, as well as some defining traits like if it's sleek , or powerful , or intimidating .  My particular ship for this game was nicknamed Ladybug, and was the mid-range value model of Hyperion Industries called the Prospect-QX . Sporting the same engine and basic design as their flagship luxury spaceship line, the Pr
Post a Comment
Read more

Lichdom - A Reflective Ascent to Power

 I recently sat down and resolved to start tackling the mountain of rulebooks and rpgs that seemed to be growing by the week before me. That, paired with a sort of terse relationship with video games at the moment, lead me to tackle some of the solo roleplaying games that I had begun to subconsciously collect. I had played one or two before, most notably the famous and award-winning Thousand Year Old Vampire , which was a surreal experience at the least (and a profoundly introspective jaunt at its best).  Source: Dungeon Crawl Classics (seriously great game, check it out too) This week I decided to try one of the newer ones I had picked up: Lichdom (buy it here) . Thanking the past version of me that had the foresight (or the money burning a hole in my digital wallet) for backing the Kickstarter that came with the hardcover and a custom deck of themed playing cards, I cracked open the cards, uncapped a new pen, and creased the spine of a brand new journal to start playing.  Lichdom is
2 comments
Read more

Knave-Knacks

Knave is a great chassis of an rpg for modding and hacking, and it seems that the first thing that most game designers see is a need for class customization in an otherwise classless system. I'm no different. Here's a stab in the dark at trying to add a little more character customization. Knacks As characters level, they reveal themselves to either have obtained or show a natural knack for different aspects of dungeoneering. At levels 3, 6, and 9, instead of increasing three abilities by one point, they increase a single ability by one point and roll on one of the following tables. (I guess your players can pick one if they want, but rolling is usually more fun, and that's what matters).  Fighting       +1 boon on attack rolls        +1 boon on stunts        Deal damage equal to your Strength on a successful stunt       Ignore losing 1 point of quality on armor or extra damage when an attacker rolls a 20 (or you roll a 1 to defend).       When wielding tw
Post a Comment
Read more