Items

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Weapons

Weapons can represent a large variety of things, obviously including things like swords and spears, but also brass knuckles, punch gauntlets, or a log you like to smack people with. Characters without a weapon add ◻ to their attacks.

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Weapons have a quality determined by the material used to make them. Weapons carry the following quality tags:

• Common (Material: None): Weapons without quality tags do not confer any bonuses (but do remove the penalty).

• Fine (Material: Fine Steel): Add ◼ to your attacks. 

• Masterwork (Material: Mithril): Add ◼◼ to your attacks.

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Additionally, weapons can have a rune tag. A weapon with a rune is considered magical.

• Rune of Chagrin (Advanced): After rolling an attack, you may spend ▲▲ to make your target Dismayed.

• Rune of Defiance (Advanced): At the start of your turn, if you have 3 or less HP, you become Roused.

• Rune of Power (Advanced): At the start of combat, you become Roused.

• Rune of Stagnancy (Advanced): After rolling an attack, you may spend ▲▲▲ to make your target Slowed.

• Rune of Sacrifice (Master): If you do not succeed in an attack, you may take 1 wound to deal 1 damage to your target.

• Rune of Sundering (Master): If you defeat an enemy, all other enemies gain Echo.

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Armour

Armour can represent anything from a mage's robes to full plate armour to a strong shield. Characters without armour add ◼ to attacks that target them.

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Armour has a quality determined by the material used to make it. Armour carries the following quality tags: 

• Common (Material: None): Armour without a quality tag does not confer any bonuses (but does remove the penalty).

• Fine (Material: Fine Steel): Add ◻ to any attacks that target you.

• Masterwork (Material: Mithril): Add ◻◻ to any attacks that target you.

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Additionally, armour can have a rune tag. Armour with a rune is considered magical.

• Rune of Impulse (Advanced): If an enemy who is attacking you gets ▽▽▽, they become Exposed.

• Rune of Protection (Advanced): At the start of combat, you become Protected.

• Rune of Veiling (Advanced): Others see your archtype as Novice during combat.

• Rune of Vigor (Advanced): You can not become Stunned.

• Rune of Reflection (Master): If an enemy who is attacking you gets ✧✧, they gain Echo.

• Rune of Rumination (Master): If an enemy’s attack brings you to 0 HP, they become Stunned.

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Trinkets

Trinkets typically represent items like rings or necklaces, but can broadly be any sort of accessory. All trinkets are magical in nature. A character may have up to two trinkets equipped at any given time.

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Trinkets are one of the following types:

• Nimble (Material: Arcstone): You can not receive negative conditions during the first round of combat.

• Grim (Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, as a Quick action, choose a target other than yourself. That target becomes Frightened and Dismayed.

• Pure (Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, as a Free action, you may clear all your conditions.

• Surefire (Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, if you have less than ▲▲ on a check, you may set your results to ▲▲.

• Enduring (Advanced, Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, if you would go to 0 HP you go to 1 HP instead.

• ​Foetid (Advanced, Material: Arcstone): At the start of combat, all combatants (including allies) gain Echo.

• ​Resourceful (Advanced, Material: Arcstone): The first consumable you use during each combat is not destroyed.

• ​Adept (Master, Material: Arcstone): When defending against a Challenge check (including when you are attacked), your Expertise upgrades two ◇ dice instead of one.

• Generous (Master, Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, as a Quick action, choose a condition you have. Any number of other characters gain that condition.

• Swift (Master, Material: Arcstone): Once per combat, as a Quick action, become Frightened and regain your Standard action.

• Versatile (Master, Material: Arcstone): Gain +1 in all Abilities. (This can not bring you over the cap).

• Ensouled (Master, Material: Saultshard): Allows the character life beyond death (see Death and Resurrection).

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Consumables

Consumables represent any item that is used once and then destroyed. This can be potions, poisons, bandages, or similar. A character can only benefit from the effects of any given consumable type once per combat (ex. Using a second bandage in combat won't heal you.)

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Consumables are one of the following types:

• Bandages: Heals the recipient for 1 HP. If out of combat, heals for 3 HP instead.

• Net: Your target becomes Slowed.

• Smoke Bomb: Until the end of the recipient’s next turn, enemies do not upgrade ◇ while contesting their flee.

• Malaise Poison: The next time the recipient successfully attacks an enemy, their target becomes Dismayed. 

• Potion of Harmony (Material: Ortisia's Tear): The recipient clears all conditions. 

• Potion of Healing (Advanced, Material: Ortisia's Tear): Heals the recipient for 2 HP. 

• Potion of Sanctuary (Advanced, Material: Ortisia's Tear): The recipient becomes Protected and Roused.

• Potion of Recovery (Master, Material: Ortisia's Tear): Heals the recipient for 3 wounds.

• Lethargic Poison (Advanced, Material: Ventat's Root): The next time the recipient successfully attacks an enemy, their target becomes Slowed.

• Stagnant Poison (Advanced, Material: Ventat's Root): The next time the recipient successfully attacks an enemy, their target becomes Exposed.

• Terror Poison (Master, Material: Ventat's Root): The next time the recipient successfully attacks an enemy, their target becomes Frightened. 

• Lingering Poison (Master, Material: Ventat's Root): The next time the recipient successfully attacks an enemy, their target gains Echo.

• Potion of Transformation (Advanced, Material: Saultshard): Swaps your character's sex. You can have used it in your backstory.

• Potion of New Beginnings (Master, Material: Saultshard): Allows for a full respec of a character.

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Consumables may additionally carry one of the following tags:

• Swift (Advanced): This may be used as a Quick action.

• Shared (Master): Using this on an ally will also apply the same effect to you. 

• Twinned (Master): When using this consumable, you may use a second Twinned consumable at the same time.

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Resources​

Resources are items that are used to either add effects or unlock effects to choose (or both!) while crafting.

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Curios

Curios are small items with no mechanical effect. They can represent letters, signet rings, bags of coin, or dozens of other things. While there is no mechanical effect from them, they do have one small bonus: Curios always sell for their full value instead of half value.

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