Markets
Civilization thrives on trade.
Nostrum coinage is accepted legal tender across the world, and so prices are listed in pence.
Markets
Every major city has its own market, which are variants of this one. They might have equipment not otherwise for sale, or just some things are more expensive than others.
Luten-Augusburg
Luten-Augusburg has two major guilds that control everything made in the city: the Blacksmiths' Guild, and the Tailors' Guild. If your character is on the wrong side of one of these guilds, then it costs twice as much to buy their goods in the city.
Luten-Augusburg, like Redwine, sells armor made out of treated wood. Treated wood is as inflexible as iron, but under sufficient force still shatters like wood.
Services
- Luten-Augusburg is overflowing with people of a violent nature. It's 20% cheaper to hire a mercenary.
- Luten-Augusburg has two hospitals and is one of the headquarters for the Church of Serene. It's 40% cheaper to purchase medical services.
White Harbor
The capital of Westfal, it is a large city on the cost of the channel separating Nostrum and Westfal.
Gear
- Crossbows are 20% cheaper in White Harbor.
- Iron and steel products are 10% cheaper in White Harbor.
Illicit Goods
- Soldier's Chocolate is 50% cheaper in White Harbor.
Equipment
Equipment is what a character can carry on their person. Swords, tools, poisons, whatever: if it can be stored in a backpack or fit in a hand, it's equipment.
Crafting
You can make your own gear, if you have the knowledge and means. This knowledge is typically represented as a trait.
If you choose to craft your gear, it's half the price it would have cost to buy it from an NPC.
Encumbrance
Equipment can be heavy, especially if you're carrying too much of it. There isn't a formal system for tracking it, there's too much of that already: just remember not to bring an obscene amount of stuff with you everywhere. And if you're chasing someone down who isn't wearing a thing while you're wearing a suit of plate armor, they're getting away.
Material
Iron is rarer in this world than it is in ours. As such, quality iron or steel equipment is highly prized, while most commonplace gear is made out of bronze or other iron alternatives.
Some equipment simply cannot be made out of lesser materials well, and so an honest blacksmith won't make them out of the lesser material. This is factored into the price of some of the more advanced equipment.
Repairs
Equipment can be damaged. Damaged equipment offers no bonuses of any kind and cannot be sold, until it is repaired. Repairing equipment costs half as much as buying it upfront cost.
Selling Equipment
Equipment sells for half the cost it was to buy it.
Untracked Gear
This equipment doesn't have a listed cost, because it's so trivial that it does not warrant keeping track of. You can decide to have it or not, at your leisure.
Untracked gear is generally made of wood, copper, or iron that is so shoddy it barely classes as such.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Dagger | Whether a dinner knife or a long knife, it can be used as a tool or weapon, providing no bonus in either case. |
| Rock | A stone. It doesn't provide any kind of a bonus. |
| Plainclothes | Whatever the character may choose to wear. |
| Backpack | Backpacks, satchels, bandoliers, these are also not tracked even though they are equipment. |
| Stick | A stick, whether blunt or sharp, long or short. If it's a really good stick (like a quarterstaff), it provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess. |
| Medical Supplies | Bandages, ointments, stitches, gauze. One unit of medical supplies is used to heal one wound. |
Weapons
Weapons come in two essential categories: personal weapons, and battlefield weapons. A personal weapon, no one would bat an eye at it being carried around town. A battlefield weapon is a weapon of war, which would certainly draw attention if carried by the wrong person.
Personal Weapons
| Name | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shortsword | 12 | An arming sword, messer, or other style of sword that is relatively short and made for use in one hand. Being small, it can be concealed on one's person and used with a shield. Provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess. |
| Sidesword | 18 | Sideswords, rapiers, and the like. Swords that are long, made for use in one hand, intended mainly for fencing. It cannot be concealed, and using it with a shield negates the bonus. Provides a bonus of 2 to Prowess. |
| Light Bow | 12 | Shortbows, recurve bows, flatbows, so on. A bow that is heavy enough to hunt game or injure an unarmored person. |
| War Bow | 16 | Longbows, namely. A bow that is heavy enough to pierce most armor, and even light shields. It can only be used with a trait representing a character's training with it. |
| Spear | 6 | Everyone knows what a spear is. Can be used in one or both hands. Provides a bonus of 3 to Prowess. |
| One-Handed Mace | 6 | Whether flanged, morning, or just a hammer, this is a mace made for use in one hand. Being short, it can be concealed on one's person and used with a shield. Provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess. |
| One-Handed Axe | 6 | An axe made for use in one hand. Being short, it can be concealed on one's person and used with a shield. Provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess. |
Battlefield Weapons
| Name | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Longsword | 30 | Longswords, estocs, or other style of sword not as great as a greatsword but made for use in both hands and worn at the hip. Using it with a shield negates its bonus. Provides a bonus of 2 to Prowess. |
| Greatsword | 90 | Greatswords, kriegmessers, and other such style of sword too long to comfortably use in one hand and far too long to wear at the hip for most. Provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess. |
| Longspear | 8 | Too large to be used in one hand, ranging in size from 3-8 meters in length. Provides a bonus of 1 to Prowess, allows the user to hit people from very far away. |
| Polearm | 24 | Poleaxes, mauls, halberds, bec de corbins, by far the most common weapon of war with the most variation - even spears technically count. Using it with a shield negates its bonus. Provides a bonus of 2 to Prowess. |
| Light Crossbow | 30 | A crossbow with enough force to kill game or unarmored persons. Takes one action to reload. Carrying it around loaded will eventually damage the crossbow. |
| Heavy Crossbow | 60 | A crossbow with enough force to pierce most armor. Cannot be reloaded mid-battle, and carrying it around loaded will eventually damage the crossbow. |
| Matchlock Pistol | 120 | A simple pistol design that uses a match to ignite the flashpowder. Cannot be reloaded mid-battle. |
| Firelance | 240 | A simple firelance design that uses a match to ignite the flashpowder. Cannot be reloaded mid-battle. |
Ammunition
Whether or not your heavy crossbow or longbow will pierce armor depends on its ammunition.
| Name | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knapped Arrows | Free | Basic stone arrowheads, good enough for piercing unarmored targets. You don't need to keep track of these. |
| Iron Arrowheads | 3 | Will pierce armor made of copper, bronze, or fabric materials. |
| Steel Arrowheads | 12 | Will pierce any armor not made of steel. |
| Cartridges | 36 | Enough gunpowder and a lead ball sufficient for the simple kinds of firelances for sale in most places. Will pierce all but the heaviest armor. |
Armor
Armor raises the effective Prowess of the wearer when defending against attacks. Armor comes in a mix of layers and pieces, and a character can wear up to six pieces of armor at a time.
When fighting against a character wielding a heavy blunt weapon, the bonus provided by their armor is reduced by 2. Armor can be defeated in this way even by weapons that aren't of a harder material.
When fighting against a character who is able to pierce the armor, the bonus provided by their armor is reduced by 4. Armor can only be pierced by a robust stabbing impliment: say, an estoc or piercing dagger.
Material
Armor that is made of bronze can be pierced by iron and steel impliments. Armor made out of iron can only be pierced by steel. The price of iron armor is double the listed price. The price of steel armor is triple the listed price.
The prices here assume bronze armor. Iron armor is double the listed price, steel armor is triple the listed price.
Price
The more armor that a character has, the more expensive it becomes. These prices list the cost to go from one piece to the next, so level 2 armor would be a total of 36 pence.
- Armor I. 12 pence.
- Armor II. 24 pence.
- Armor III. 48 pence.
- Armor IV. 96 pence.
- Armor V. 192 pence.
- Armor VI. 400 pence.