Gear terms & tags

Many items appear with a list of terms after their name, in parentheses.

Terms in italic typeface are tags. They have no specific mechanical effect, but they are part of fictional positioning. The most common tags are listed here, but others are certainly possible.

Terms in regular typeface are mechanical, interacting with other rules or game elements. Again, the most common terms are listed below, but some items have unique rules associated with them.

◇ or ◇◇: it takes up one of these slots on your Inventory insert, and counts against your load.

area: affects everything in an area.

[n] armor: when you take damage, subtract n; doesn't stack.

+1 armor: increases your armor value by 1; stacks.

awkward: unwieldy, requires space, gets stuck.

crude: prone to break, wear out, stop working, etc.

cumbersome: you're noisy, slow, hot, and quick to tire while carrying it, even without a heavy load (and if you have a heavy load, it's worse).

+[n] damage: increase the damage you deal with that weapon by n.

dangerous: causes trouble and collateral damage if you aren't careful (and maybe if you are).

forceful: can knock someone around, maybe even off their feet.

fragile: easy to break/ruin; pack it carefully. hours: it lasts about an hour for each ; mark to track time used.

immobile: you can't really carry it on your person; you need a beast or vehicle to transport it.

messy: does particularly destructive damage, ripping people and things apart.

[n] piercing: when you deal damage, ignore n points of the target's armor. For "x piercing" items, x = the steading's current Prosperity.

reload: after it's used, it takes time/effort to reset.

requires ___: if you don't meet the requirements, it works poorly or not at all.

slow: takes minutes or more to use; unlikely to be useful in a fight.

thrown: you can Let Fly with it (at near range).

uses: mark a each time you use it; it's gone/useless when they're all marked. warm: will keep you warm in cold weather, but it's uncomfortable and exhausting (and possibly dangerous) in hot weather.