Equipment

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Equipment can be modified using the Crafts skill, depending on the nature of the enhancement. Each piece of Equipment listed below is assumed to be of Average(+1) quality, lower quality equipment can be purchased at -1 Cost but gain an aspect as determined by the GM. Higher quality equipment is available as well with costs dependent on if the addition is an aspect or skill bonus.

Equipment that is special or by itself plays a larger role within the story is built are built as Extras. This allows the equipment to have aspects, skills, stunts, and other story elements.

Ridolf wants to have an axe that was given to him by his dwarven friends from Stoneheart Hold. The axe itself is finely crafted, but not enchanted nor linked to a deeper story - it is simply important to Ridolf. Bill takes one of his personal aspects, “A gift from the finest dwarven weaponsmith” to represent the axe. By using an aspect on his sheet Bill is telling the GM that this is important to his character and even if he should lose it - its loss should be temporary and involve a side story to recover it.

If the axe gains notoriety or some chaotic enchantment that makes it more than an aspect the GM can call for Ridolf to use a stunt and turn the axe into a supporting Extra as well.

Every piece of equipment has an aspect that is the name of the equipment. So if you have a Great Sword listed as equipment, then its aspect is “Great Sword.” This aspect may be compelled or invoked as normal.

Armor
Type	Cost	Armor Value	Examples
Light	Average(+1)	1	Leather, Fur, Studded, Chain
Heavy	Great(+4)	2	Brigandine, Plate

Shields
Type	Cost	Notes
Small	Average(+1)	Can use Fighting to defend missiles
War	Fair(+2)	Can use Fighting to defend all physical attacks
Tower	Great(+4)	Can use Fighting to defend all physical attacks +1 Armor Value

Weapons
Type	Cost	Damage	Range	Examples
Light Melee	Mediocre(+0)	1	1	Hand Axe, Dagger, Javelin, Cestus, Main Gauche
1-Handed Melee	Fair(+2)	2	n/a	Flail, Morning Star, Broadsword, Staff, Rapier
2-Handed	Great(+4)	3	n/a	Great Axe, Great Sword, Longbow, Crossbow
Light Bow	Average(+1)	2	2	Short bow, Light crossbow
Heavy Bow	Good(+3)	3	Scene	Heavy Crossbow, Longbow, Arbalest

Fate is a very broad strokes game that centers on narration with enough rules to control the “I shot you! No, I shot you first” problem. As such keeping track of all of the sundry stuff that a character might have on them is not within the scope of the game. Unless it is necessary for the story each character is assumed to have the various bits and bobs necessary to use their skills as the levels they have purchased them. A character with a Good(+3) Burglary skill is assumed to have lock picks good enough.

The list below is simply provided to give a general idea of the difficulty in acquiring something that the character make not necessarily have during that scene, session, story. If the narration has the characters just barely reaching the next town before collapsing of near starvation - it is not expected that any horses are with them.

For many of the larger items, just because you can acquire one does not mean that it presents itself well for the story - in that case it simply cannot be acquired. In addition to acquiring the equipment the GM is free to assign the occasional obstacle that must be overcome by compelling the aspect of your special equipment.

Tharen Starlight has purchased a house within the city of Celinus to use for her guild of entertainers (some might called them thieves and spies) that she has been given royal permission to form. Several stories later involve an arsonist plot within the city. The GM fingers the fate token and says, “boy that fancy gilded house sure makes a tempting target.” Jackie winces, but accepts the compel against her guild house and now has to worry about her house while attending to a royal ball.

Mounts
Cost	Description
Average(+1)	Donkey, Mule, Pony
Good(+3)	Riding Horse
Superb(+5)	War-trained or Imported
Epic(+7)	Griffon, Pegasus
Conveyances
Cost	Description
Fair(+2)	Cart, Canoe, Wagon, Skiff
Great(+4)	Carriage, Fishing boat
Fantastic(+6)	Sailing boat
Epic(+7)	Long ship, Caravel, Cog
Structures
Cost	Description
Good(+3)	Cottage
Great(+4)	House
Superb(+5)	Tower, Crafting House
Fantastic(+6)	Townhouse, Merchant's House
Epic(+7)	Small Shell Keep, Walled Tower
Legendary(+8)	Country Manor, Keep
Equipment
Cost	Description
Terrible(-2)	Basic supplies
Poor(-1)	Serviceable Labor clothes
Mediocre(+0)	Camping equipment, Peasant clothes
Average(+1)	Mining equipment, Books, Normal clothes
Fair(+2)	Specialty gear, Weather clothing, Craftsman clothes
Good(+3)	Formal clothing
Lodging
Cost	Description
Poor(-1)	Peasant Fare, Barn Lodgings
Mediocre(+0)	Standard Fare
Fair(+2)	Weekly travel rations, Nightly lodging
Good(+3)	Guilder quality lodging

The cost of services depends on the quality of the person who is giving the service. To gain a service generally requires that the player overcome an obstacle equal to the level of the service that they wish. This obstacle can be increased by the GM depending on the circumstances. If someone is trying to find a Great(+4) thief in a Heavily Policed city then the GM could invoke the aspect making the difficult to contact the thief a Fantastic(+6) effort.

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