Adventuring Gear are items that you would use to help you with your adventuring and exploring. These are often times lifesavers for the adventurer, pointing the way back to civilization when the adventurer has need, or the way to new adventures.
There are many different types of items which aid in exploration. The most commonly thought of item is indeed maps and navigational charts. Compasses also come to mind, showing the way north so that you may find the direction you need. However there are other tools which aid the explorer greatly. There’s tools for taking notes so that you can remember key important pieces of information. There’s tools of survival which can help you bandage up a broken arm. There’s tools to help you scale tall mountains, and tools which provide light in even the darkest of dungeons.
Indeed there are many tools for many jobs, all of which help with one thing… adventuring. These are tools which may help you find your way out of dark caves and monster infested mines, tools which may prevent you from falling to your death should you slip while climbing a tall mountain, and tools that at the end of the day lead you back home.
Back to top1) Enhancements for Adventuring Gear
The following are enhancements that may be made to any tool, unless otherwise noted by the enhancement itself. These enhancements may increase any different aspect of your tool. Enhancements may be applied to any tool you want at any time at a general goods store. You may of course add enhancements to your tool upon purchasing it.
Adventuring Gear Enhancements
| Enhancement | Purpose of Enhancement | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Twined Rope | Increases the weight a rope may carry by x 2 | x 1.5 | 3.20 |
| Thicker Chain | Increases the weight a chain may carry by x 2 | x 1.5 | 7.50 |
| Improved Mage Light Crystal | Improves the brightness and the power of the mage light, increasing the illumination distance by x 1.3. It also increases the Soul cost by + 1 Soul per hour used. | N/A | 16.00 |
2) Maps & Charts
Items which help you find locations
| Item | Description | Stored Location | Space Taken | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Map | Provides a detailed map of the political region you are in within a nation, including town and city maps and locations of known ruins, caves, and points of interest. You can only purchase the maps for the region you are in. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.50 |
| National Map | Provides a map of the nation you are in which highlights where major cities are and major known points of interest as well as regional boundaries. It is not as detailed as the regional map but shows all of the nation instead of just the political region you are in, if the nation has no political regions then the national map will be the same as the regional map. You can only purchase maps for the nation you are in. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Sea Chart | Provides a map of the seas around and within the nation that you are in, plotting distances to and from various mainland and island points and indicating any sea hazards and points of interest. It only shows the area of the seas charted by the nation that you are in when you buy this chart. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.50 |
| Star Chart | Shows the important stars and in which direction of the sky they may be found to aid with navigation. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.25 |
3) Navigation & Exploration
Items which help you navigate and explore areas
| Item | Description | Stored Location | Space Taken | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass | Navigational device made of durable steel with large, plain lettering. Its needle always points north so that you may determine the direction you are going. | any storage device | 1 | 0.1 | 1.65 |
| Sextant | Navigational device made of bronze which allows you to measure great distances to help you plan and navigate. | any storage device | 1 | 0.3 | 2.00 |
| Chalk | A 2 inch long piece of white, soft rock that leaves behind a highly visible white mark when written on dark surfaces. This allows you to make marks to show you where you have already been. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.07 |
| String | A long piece of white cotton string sold by ever 10 feet. It includes visible red marks on every foot of the string which can be useful for navigation and measurement. The string purchased is provided wrapped around a light wood dole. | any storage device | 1 | 0.1 | 0.10 |
| Lock Picks | A set of tools which helps you to unlock locks. Must be used with the skills for picking locks and is a requirement for those skills. Lock picks only break if you have a critical mishap when lock picking or the lock is trapped. | any storage device | 1 | 0.5 | 2.50 |
4) Note Taking Tools
Items which allow you to jot down note which may help with your exploration
| Item | Description | Stored Location | Space Taken | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note Book | A book with leather covers and cotton fiber blank white pages; for keeping notes. The notebook contains 200 pages. | any storage device | 1 | 0.08 | 1.50 |
| Map Book | A book with leather covers and 200 cotton fiber pages bearing standard measurement grins in light blue for the aid of drawing maps. | any storage device | 1 | 0.08 | 2.00 |
| Quill Pen | Long, hollow quill feather which fills up with ink and can be used to write with. | any storage device | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Ink | A small bottle of black ink with enough ink for 200 pages of writing. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.10 |
5) Survival Tools
Items which help you survive difficult situations when out exploring
| Item | Description | Stored Location | Space Taken | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandages | A roll of 1 inch thick, 5 feet long, white cotton cloth which may be cut to size to make bandages used to cover wounds, stop bleeding, and prevent infections. | any storage device | 1 | 0.3 | 0.32 |
| Eye Washer | A small empty bottle with a special wide opening shaped to cover the eye completely. This bottle may be filled with water to be used to quickly wash out eye irritants such as dust and debris which may disrupt your vision. There is a 50% chance that this will remove any effects of Visual Instability. | any storage device | 1 | 0.01 | 0.25 |
| Splint | A thin, piece of oak that has been cut to size, sanded and its edges rounded and smoothed. Use it with bandages to provide a strong splint for an injured limb. | any storage device | 2 | 0.4 | 0.30 |
| Crutch | A device consisting of two cherry wood pieces. The top piece has a curved top to fit under your arm with a handle halfway down for your hand. The bottom piece has a wide base. They are held together by two steel screws which may be removed and placed back in at six different heights to adjust the height of the crutch and allow for easy storing. It provides balance when walking on an injured leg. | any storage device | 5 | 0.6 | 0.79 |
6) Pikes
Items with long handles and a sharp point that may be used for digging or attacking with
| Item | Dig Value | Attack | Range | Weight | Stored Location | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Pike | 2.2 inches | 1d10 | 1 | 7 | war hammer holster | 8 | 40.00 |
7) Grappling Hooks
Metal objects which consist of a short handle with a ring for attaching a rope or chain and 4 wide, 2 inch long hooks used to grab onto objects
| Item | Weight Limit Value | Attack | Range | Weight | Stored Location | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Grappling Hook | 500 | 1d6 | 1 | 4 | any storage device | 2 | 22.00 |
8) Rope & Chain
Thick, knotted and weaved cloth material or links of metal chain used for climbing or tying; sold in 10 foot spools; chain comes with clamps
| Item | Weight Limit Value | Attack | Range | Weight | Stored Location | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Rope | 500 | 1d4 | 4 | 0.75 | any storage device | 4 | 2.84 |
| Steel Chain | 2000 | 1d6 | 4 | 2.5 | any storage device | 4 | 22.00 |
9) Harnesses
Items made of thick, durable leather that you wear and attack to a rope or chain so that even if you slip when climbing you won't fall
| Item | Description | Weight | Stored Location | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarf Harness | A harness designed to fit dwarf builds that can support up to 800 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 1.76 |
| Small Harness | A harness designed to fit small builds that can support up to 400 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 1.36 |
| Medium Harness | A harness designed to fit medium builds that can support up to 800 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 1.76 |
| Large Harness | A harness designed to fit large builds that can support up to 1200 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 2.16 |
| Yeti Harness | A harness designed to fit yeti builds that can support up to 2000 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 2.96 |
| Dragon Harness | A harness designed to fit dragon builds that can support up to 4000 pounds. | 0.8 | any storage device | 1 | 4.96 |
10) Lighting Gear
Items which provide light
| Item | Description | Weight | Stored Location | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torch | An oak stick that can be topped with oil rags to be lit to provide light. It provides enough light to cover a 5×5 space area. | 0.7 | any device | 1 | 0.50 |
| Lantern | A lantern that is open on all ends and emits light in all directions. The light covers a 8×8 space radius. | 5 | any device | 6 | 30.50 |
| Lantern Oil | Oil used to power lanterns, sold by the singe day use. 1 use of lantern oil will power a lantern for 30 hours or 1 day. | 16 | any device | 1 | 12.80 |
| Lantern Wicks | Small pieces of cotton which hang within a lantern and absorb the vapor of the lantern oil. Stays lit for 30 hours. Sold as a set of 10. | 0.3 | any device | 1 | 3.00 |
| Flint Stone & Iron | A piece of flint stone and a piece of iron that when struck together make a spark to start a fire. | 0.3 | any device | 1 | 0.54 |
| Matches | A box containing 10 matches. | 0.05 | any device | 1 | 1.00 |
| Mage Light | A 1 foot long steel cylinder that has a piece of clear glass at one end and a crystal within with a piece of the crystal exposed through a small opening on one side. Using the power of the user, the mage light can emit a beam of bright light which extends for 20 spaces in one direction. It drains 1 Soul per hour used from the user. | 0.6 | any device | 2 | 55.00 |