Equipment

Load

Your character has three slots for items at hand, and slots equal to your load on their backs in packs, bags, and burden-baskets.

Most items take one slot. Petty items do not take up a slot. Bulky items take up two slots.

Items at hand can be freely used at any time. It takes an action and a free hand to retrieve an item from your pack.

You may carry a number of items up to twice your load as long as you have a burden-basket or backpack, but you are exhausted while so overburdened.

Coins

In Kuyama there are several different currencies - strings of shell-coins used by the First Ones, Empress-head gold used by the Lucent Sovereign and Iron Syndicate trader's-scrip. We use coins as an abstraction - tangible goods that carry value across the different cultures.

Every 100 coins takes up 1 slot.

There are rudimentary banks in major settlements, but keeping stores of valuable goods safe at rest and during transport is a major challenge in Kuyama!

Buying and Selling

Goods are bought for the price listed on the tables below. Typically goods are sold for half price. A bartering test will reduce the price of goods bought by 25% and increase the cost of goods sold by the same as long as something is gifted to the merchant as a show of good faith.

Surplus items are scarce in Kuyama. Common items can be bartered for in most small settlements. Uncommon items can be found on traveling merchants, in settlements with a dedicated trading post, or in cities. Rare items can only be found in cities.

To determine if a particular uncommon item is available from a merchant that might have it, make a fortune roll. Roll with disadvantage if the item is rare.

Provisions

The keen and savvy adventurers of Kuyama know how to make preparations for hard journeys to dangerous places. Provisions are a cache of food and items, stored at campsite and on mules. A single provision can be turned into any common sundry worth 10 coins or less or enough food and water to sustain the entire camp for a day. Provisions can only be retrieved during a rest at your campsite, they are too cumbersome to carry around during day-to-day adventures.

A muletrain or ship large enough to carry more than 10 provisions has enough food, water, and sundries to cover any need indefinitely, if adequately stocked.

Description	Quantity	Cost	Load
Lightly Supplied	5	40	12
Prepared	8	80	20
Ready for Anything	10	140	30

Sundries

Item	Rarity	Size	Cost (coins)	Description
Safe Place to Sleep	Common	—	Typically free	Kuyamans take hospitality seriously, and will provide what food and shelter they can to peaceful travelers. Crowded cities and trading-posts may charge 3 coins for a room.
Hearty Meal	Common	—	1	Roasted duck, rabbit, salmon, or venison. Beans, squash, or acorn mush. Fresh tortillas, acorn cakes, or seedpaste.
Backpack / Burden-Basket	Common	Standard	4	A sturdy woven basket or canvas pack essential for hauling gear. Allows carrying up to twice your endurance. You are exhausted when so encumbered.
Simple Clothes	Common	Standard	3	Hard-wearing homespun wool, buckskin, or rabbit-furs.
Grappling Hook	Uncommon	Standard	5	A forged iron or whalebone hook.
Trail Rations (3 days)	Common	Standard	3	Strips of dried venison, parched corn, and pinole meal. Lasts indefinitely.
Game Pieces	Common	Petty	8	A deck of monte cards, bone dice, or a hoop-and-spear game. Stakes are usually barter, rarely coin.
Night of Carousing	Common	—	3	An evening fueled by herb-smoke and dancing, or corn wine and brandy to celebrate life and forget the gloom. A good source of Stories.
Vellum and Ink	Uncommon	Petty	6	Enough for a week's reports or documenting one powerful ritual.
Book	Rare	Standard	25	A rare luxury in Kuyama. Often wrapped in oilskin as protection from the fog.
Lantern	Common	Standard	10	A tin or dried-gourd lantern. Sheds bright light for 5 meters and dim light for 5 meters. Uses one measure of oil an hour.
Oil, measure	Common	Standard	2	Carried in a small tub or flask. Burns for an hour. Causes UD8 fire damage with a successful Quick test if lit and thrown.
Candles (10)	Common	Standard	3	Ox-tallow candles burn for an hour and shed dim light for 5 meters. Four candles shed light as a lantern.
Length of Good Rope	Common	Standard	3	10 meters of hemp or braided rawhide rope.
Asphaltum Cake	Common	Petty	4	Chunks of natural tar gathered from coastal pits. When melted, acts as glue or waterproofing.
Water Basket	Common	Standard	3	A tightly woven reed basket sealed with asphaltum to carry fresh water or other liquids.
Hunting Decoys	Uncommon	Bulky	6	Cleverly crafted tule reed ducks or deer head-dresses used to sneak up on wildlife.
Hand Drill or Flint & Steel	Common	Petty	2	Tools for starting a fire. It typically takes a minute to get kindling to take.
Obsidian Flaker	Common	Petty	7	An antler-tine tool used to craft and sharpen stone blades and arrowheads.
Bone Awl	Common	Petty	5	A sharp, polished leg-bone tool used for leatherworking and repairs.
Bone Whistle	Common	Petty	9	A small whistle carved from bird bone. Used to mimic bird calls, send prayers, or invoke spirits.
Grease	Common	Standard	1	A tin of animal fat. Can be used to start fires, make surfaces slick, or waterproof.
Mirror	Rare	Petty	20	A small, polished glass or steel mirror.
Perfume	Uncommon	Petty	25	Water or oil laced with the scents of flowers and herbs. Prized for masking the stink of animals.
Pry-bar	Common	Standard	20	A heavy bar used for breaking open locked crates, clearing boulders, or forcing doors.
Chocolate Blocks	Uncommon	Petty	12	Rich chocolate blocks for brewing into a spicy drink. Drinking a cup during a rest grants advantage on your next exertion.
Tobacco	Common	Petty	10	A pouch of dried leaf for smoking or chewing. A common trade-good. Smoking a pipe or cigar staves off the effects of exhaustion for an hour.
Saddlebags	Common	Standard	30	Heavy leather pouches that drape over a mount's saddle. Increases the mount's load by 5.
Shovel or Digging-Stick	Common	Standard	10	Essential for digging trenches, uncovering caches, or finding roots and tubers.
Hand-Drum	Uncommon	Standard	20	Provides the percussive backbone to ceremonies, dances, and marches.
Turtle-Shell Rattle	Uncommon	Standard	50	A ceremonial instrument filled with dried seeds.
Paintbrush and Paints	Uncommon	Petty	20	Mineral pigments and brushes for mapping, recording stories, or marking territory.
Guitar	Uncommon	Bulky	50	Often found on the wall of communal spaces, great respect is given to those who can wield it with skill.
Alchemical Reagents	Rare	Standard	35	Purified sulfur, saltpeter, and insect extracts used by alchemists to create concoctions.
Glue	Common	Petty	10	A jar of sticky, boiled hoof-glue used for woodcraft and repairing broken gear.
Acid Vial	Rare	Petty	60	Can eat through wood or iron. If thrown with a successful Quick test, causes UD8 damage.
Magnifying Glass	Rare	Petty	80	For inspecting strange tracks, arcane details, or lighting fires with the sun.
Cookware	Common	Bulky	50	A full set of heavy iron pots and pans or sturdy woven cooking-baskets.
Spyglass	Rare	Standard	400	From a clear vantage point, can spot banners moving at 30km.
Splendid Outfit	Rare	Standard	150	Bear-skins and fine beadwork or ruffled doublets and gold-thread embroidery.
Bear Trap	Common	Bulky	100	Takes a Crafting test to set. When triggered, deals 2D8 damage and stops the creature from moving. Can be dodged.
Astrolabe	Rare	Standard	500	A complex brass astronomical instrument used to calculate location. Grants advantage on Astrology tests to navigate.
Violin	Rare	Standard	400	Rare and precious. Produces haunting melodies and foot-stomping breakdowns.
Flask of Flamepowder	Uncommon	Standard	20	Used for packing cartridges, or making one explosion powerful enough to knock down a door. 2D10 damage to anyone unlucky enough to get caught in the blast.
Arrows (3)	Common	Standard	2	A bundle of arrows. Remove one whenever you roll a 1 on the damage die.
Shot and Powder (3)	Uncommon	Standard	5	A pouch of pre-packed cartridges. Remove one whenever you roll a 1 on the damage die.

Weapons

Grit: The minimum Grit needed to effectively wield the weapon. If you do not have sufficient Grit, your tests with the weapon are at disadvantage.
Damage: On a successful test to attack with the weapon, roll this damage.
Type: Some enemies are resistant or vulnerable to certain types of damage.
Range: The effective range of the weapon. Test with disadvantage if attacking outside the weapon's range. It is not possible to attack targets further than twice your weapon's range. A range of melee is typically 2 meters, and reach is typically 3 meters.
Skill: The skill to test to use the weapon.
Tags: Any tags the weapon has. These allow exertion on certain Gambits to be done with advantage.

Weapon Modifiers

Clumsy: attacking with this weapon takes 2 AP instead of 1.
Reach: you can attack from 3 meters away.
Loud: alerts everyone in a 100 meter radius.
Any gambit: Grants advantage on the exert to use that gambit.

Item	Rarity	Size	Grit	Cost	Damage	Type	Range	Skill	Tags
Fists	—	—	—	—	D6	Crush	Melee	Brawling	Entangle
Knife	Common	Petty	—	4	D8	Pierce	5m	Knives and Swords	Vicious
Studded Cudgel	Common	Standard	6	2	D12	Crush	Melee	Axes and Clubs	Smash
Skull-Cracker	Rare	Bulky	10	25	2D12	Crush	Melee	Axes and Clubs	Clumsy, Smash, Sweep
Axe	Common	Standard	8	20	2D8	Slash	Melee	Axes and Clubs	Smash
Sword	Uncommon	Standard	5	50	2D6	Slash	Melee	Knives and Swords	Disarm
Spear	Common	Bulky	6	30	2D6	Pierce	Reach / 10m	Spears and Staves	Reach, Topple
Lance	Uncommon	Bulky	9	30	2D10	Pierce	Reach	Spears and Staves	Reach, Pinpoint
Harpoon	Uncommon	Standard	6	30	D10	Pierce	15m	Spears and Staves	Vicious
Throwing Spear	Common	Standard	5	10	D8	Pierce	20m	Spears and Staves	Pinpoint
Bow	Common	Bulky	5	40	D10	Pierce	20m	Guns and Bows	Pinpoint
Pistol	Rare	Standard	—	200	2D6	Pierce	10m	Guns and Bows	Brutal, Loud
Musket or Rifle	Rare	Bulky	—	400	2D10	Pierce	20m	Guns and Bows	Brutal, Loud

Armor

Armor: Reduce incoming damage by this amount, to a maximum of +4.
Grit: If you do not have the listed Grit, you are exhausted while wearing this armor.

Item	Rarity	Armor	Grit	Size	Cost	Description
Light Armor	Common	+1	6	Standard	20	Thick buckskin jackets or light quilted cotton layers.
Medium Armor	Uncommon	+2	8	Standard	50	Cuera (multi-layered leather armor), light chainmail shirts, wood-slat armor
Heavy Armor	Rare	+3	10	Bulky	150	A partial steel or ironwood breastplate and pauldrons.
Helmet	Uncommon	+1	—	Standard	25	A heavy leather cap, bear's skull or iron skullcap.
Shield	Common	+1	6	Standard	15	A round wooden or leather shield.

Transportation

Load: How much the transport can carry, in slots.
Speed: Average distance covered in a day, given normal conditions.

Item	Rarity	Load	Speed	Cost	Description
Mule	Common	20	25km	40	Hardy, sure-footed, and critical for carrying large quantities of gear across rough terrain.
Mustang	Uncommon	8	60km	350	A wild horse, fast and free. Requires a skilled rider.
Workhorse	Common	15	50km	100	Plodding, but reliable. The most common transport in Kuyama.
Shovel-cart	Common	50	15km	200	A heavy wooden cart pulled by a flat-headed shovelhorn.
Reed Boat	Common	10	35km	30	A light boat made from bound tule reeds. Fast and quiet, but not too sturdy.
Tomol Canoe	Rare	50	40km	3,000	These massive sea-canoes require at least 3 skilled paddlers to navigate.
Windskiff	Uncommon	20	80km	2,000	A small sailing boat. The nimblest way around the coast, but also the deadliest.
Tradeboat	Rare	200	150km	5,000	A coastal sloop or small schooner. Requires a crew of 10 and a clear port to make land.

Herbs and Poisons

Item	Rarity	Size	Cost	Description
Soaproot	Common	Petty	6	A bulbous root used to create soap. Several roots, crushed and thrown into water, will stun nearby fish.
Healing Herbs	Common	Petty	15	A bundle of herbs used to treat most maladies. Used to make Medicine tests.
Willow Bark	Common	Petty	10	Earthy, bitter. Chewed to relieve pain and break fevers. Chew for 10 minutes to relieve Grit impairment for 6 hours.
Yarrow	Common	Petty	8	Sweet-smelling flowers used for their clotting and disinfectant properties. Grants advantage on attempts to revive a Dying companion.
Yerba Santa	Common	Petty	10	Brewed into a bitter tea to cure respiratory ailments. Grants advantage on tests to treat common diseases.
Stinging Nettle	Common	Petty	3	A vicious plant brewed into a mild tea. Drinking the tea renders one resistant to acids and poisons for 6 hours.
Snakeweed	Uncommon	Petty	18	A poultice of chewed leaves causes dramatic swelling and then a release of toxins. Grants advantage on tests to treat common poisons.
Datura	Uncommon	Petty	30	A highly dangerous hallucinogenic root. Handled with care it can thin the veil between the Upper and Lower Worlds. Lethally poisonous otherwise.
Laudanum	Uncommon	Petty	40	An imported tincture of opium. Highly addictive. You have an additional 1 Armor for 6 hours after taking a dose, but your Wits are impaired.
Mercury	Rare	Petty	50	Liquid quicksilver. Used in various alchemical preparations, or as a deadly contact poison. If mercury is ingested or enters the bloodstream, reduce Grit by D4.
Rattlesnake Venom	Rare	Petty	300	Blades or arrows tipped in this noxious venom cause UD6 poison damage per minute.
Death Camas	Rare	Petty	400	A deceptively lethal bulb that looks like edible wild onion. If a root is ingested, causes UD10 poison damage per hour.

Services

Service	Availability	Cost	Description
Canoe Ferry	Common	5	Per person, per day.
Blacksmith Repairs	Common	4	Per item. Repairing an item can take from a few hours to a few days, depending on size and damage.
Confessor	Common	2	Unburdening yourself to a confessor can help keep the demons at bay. It removes the drained condition.
Guide (per week)	Uncommon	40	A veteran scout or hunter who knows the hidden paths and how to avoid the dangers of the wild. Reduce Gloom accumulation by 1 per day while being guided.
Translator (per day)	Uncommon	20	Dozens of different languages are spoken throughout Kuyama. Having someone to bridge the gaps is critical for trade and diplomacy.
Mystic Healing (per malady)	Rare	50	An elder doctor capable of purging magical diseases, deadly venoms, and breaking curses.

Animals

Animal	Rarity	Cost	Description
Hunting Dog	Common	30	A fierce, loyal hound trained to track game. Barks at signs of creatures from the Lower World.
Shovelhorn	Common	200	Incredibly strong, patient draft animals used for plowing and hauling heavy loads.
Tule-Elk	Uncommon	300	A shaggy, wide-antlered, wide-hooved elk, large enough to be ridden. Crafty, can communicate over large distances.
Hawk	Rare	400	A trained bird of prey used for scouting high ridges or bringing in small game.
Pygmy Fox	Rare	500	A cat-sized fox, cunning and quiet. Used as scouts, thieves, or messengers.

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