Gear

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Primary Item (H2)

A prop­er out­fit of gear can spell the dif­fer­ence between suc­cess and fail­ure.

camp & field

item descrip­tion Weight  Price
Alarm clock
bell-top, 5-minute alarm, 12-hour main­spring S £1 10p
Armor patch, hard leather  requires armory pli­ers + leather awl S 12p
Armor patch, leather requires armory pli­ers + leather awl S 3p
Armor patch, maille requires armory pli­ers S 10p
Armor patch, steel plate requires blow­torch S £1
Armory pli­ers for repair­ing armor S 15p
Awl for repair­ing armor. S 15p
Blan­ket 1# £1
Blow­torch uses kerosene fuel S £2
Bris­tle brush­es for clean­ing weapons S £1
Can­teen holds 2 units water. 2# full S 5p
Cal­trops, bag
steel wire tetra­he­drons; enough to cov­er 1 sq.m S £1
Car­ry har­ness allows a very large item to be car­ried 1# £15
Chain, 1 m S 3p
Com­pass
brass body, hinged cov­er, beveled glass S £3
Con­certi­na wire, spool 8 sq m of razor­wire  1# £2
Cord, 200 m for repair­ing armor S 10p
Crow­bar 1# £2
Deploy­able bar, steel 40 mm; expands up to 2 m  2# £12
Extend­able pike haft com­bines with pike head; reach adjustable. 2# £5
Field glass
binoc­u­lar lens­es, x6 pow­er, w/ strap + hard case S £10
Gas mask pro­tects against inhalants  S £10
Grap­nel
small three-claw hook for climb­ing S £3
Lock­pick XS £1
Mess kit S 5p
Mag­ni­fy­ing glass
nick­el frame, wood han­dle, 10 cm dia. lens S £2
Mince toad
mot­tled brown toad in ball cage;  S £1 5p
Oil­er
lubri­cant and sol­vent for clean­ing weapons S £1
Palm frog pre­vents dis­ar­ma­ment XS 10p
Portable bar­ri­cade expands to 1 sq m of cov­er 6# £15
Rope, hemp, 64 m 1# 15 p
Sad­dle light cav­al­ry sad­dle  6# £30
Shov­el 1# 15p
Sleep­ing bag woolen, rolls into a bun­dle 1# 10p
Tent can­vas 2 can­vas­es required to pitch a tent 1# 15p
Tent poles 1 set of poles required to pitch a tent S £1
Trap, no.5 (bear) 30 cm toothed jaw, dou­ble springs, w/ chain 4# £4
Trap, no.1 ½ (rab­bit)
10 cm sin­gle-spring leg-hold jaw trap w/ chain S 12p
Whet­stone for main­tain­ing blades S 10p

    caltrops
    Cru­el steel spike tetra­he­drons. Used for area denial. Walk­ing on cal­trops deals 1d4 dam­age to both feet—or 1 foot if dodged.

    Concertina Wire
    Spool of razor-wire pressed between wood­en disks. Unspools to occu­py 8 square meters. Throw­ing the spool caus­es it to expand unpre­dictably into a thick­et of wire.

    Deployable bar
    Tele­scop­ic steel bar. Accepts a 14x200 mm lance shell. When trig­gered, it explo­sive­ly extends and locks out, wedg­ing between any two stur­dy sur­faces. 2 m max length.

    Gas mask
    Fly­like hood with mica lens­es and bul­bous fil­ter-snout. Sewn from chem­i­cal-absorbent can­vas and leather. Fil­ters breath through a char­coal matrix, pro­tect­ing against air­borne dan­gers.

    mince toad
    Placid brown toad in a round brass cage bauble. Detects inter­stic­tion point prox­im­i­ty by van­ish­ing before you do. Must be fed every day.

    Portable barricade
    A steel scis­sor arm over­lapped by armor plates. Extend­ed, it pro­vides a square meter of cov­er. Fold­ing feet with cram­pons allow it to be plant­ed firm­ly on any ter­rain.

    Palm Frog
    A thick leather loop with buck­led straps. Wraps between the fin­gers, the back of the hand, and the grip of a weapon, pre­vent­ing dis­ar­ma­ment.

    Tents
    It takes 2 tent halves and 1 set of poles to build a two per­son tent. The mod­u­lar can­vas­es allows an addi­tion­al half to be added per per­son. +1 set of poles required per 2 halves.

    trap, bear
    Roll Trap­ping to set in haste. 50% trig­ger rate on unaware tar­gets tra­vers­ing 1 m area. 1d4+2 P + grabs. Might -4 to escape. Can be staked down to immo­bi­lize prey.

    containers & packs

    ITEM Info Bur­den Price
    Back­pack, leather 12# cap. S £3
    Back­pack, frame 12# cap. 4|2 back armor 1# £6
    Back­pack, cas­ket  12# cap. armor 7|3 back armor 2# £8
    Bar­rel, oak,  53 gal, new aging bar­rel 15# £1.4
    Bar­rel, keg 15.5 gal keg; 12# cap. 2# 8p
    Buck­et, wood­en
    1# 1S
    Burlap sack 12# cap. S 1p
    Mouse sack +6 pock­et space £2

    Small (S) con­tain­ers are non­bur­den­some when worn.

    Backpack, leather
    A qual­i­ty pack. Resis­tant to fire.

    Backpack, Casket
    Steel-bound chest with straps. Resists water dam­age, impacts, and fire.

    Mouse Sack
    The cul­tur­al lug­gage of mice coast­wide. A soft expan­si­ble pouch, most often of suede or knit. Pro­vides 6 pock­et space.

    cooking

    ITEM Info Bur­den Price
    Percolator/kettle 1# £1.5
    Rotis­serie spit, small  for small ani­mals 1# £1
    Rotis­serie spit, large  for large ani­mals 2# £2 5p
    Skil­let or pot, cop­per serves 3-5 1# £5
    Skil­let or pot, cop­per, big  serves 6-8 2# £10
    Skil­let or pot, cast iron serves 3-5 2# £1 10p
    Skil­let or pot, cast iron, big  serves 6-8 3# £3
    Wood­en spoon XXS ¼p
    Wood­en bowl S 1p
    Tin cup XS 2p
    Tin bowl XS 3p
    Pock­et flask, pewter S £1
    Large flask, steel 2# full S £2
    Ladle, wood­en XS ½ p 
    Samovar holds 8 units of water. 4# full 1# £3

    Percolator
    A steel ket­tle with a glass knob on top. It cycles boil­ing water over what­ev­er is in its brew bas­ket (most often cof­fee.)

    SAMOVAR
    An urn-shaped brass drink dis­penser spout. Fit­ted with straps, meant for wear around the neck. Has a chim­ney and a tiny wood burn­ing boil­er. 18 por­tions of tea can be kept hot for 4 hours. 3# when full. 7|5 back armor.

    explosives

    ITEM Info Bur­den Price
    Det­o­na­tor XXS 12p
    Det­o­na­tion cord, meter XS 3p
    Dyna­mite, stick XS £1
    Fuse, meter XXS 1.5p

    DETONATION CORD
    Flex­i­ble, wax-var­nished cord con­tain­ing a nitroglycerine/stabilizer filler. When exposed to fire, it det­o­nates, also det­o­nat­ing any con­nect­ed sticks of dyna­mite.

    DETONATORS
    Point­ed cop­per caps con­tain­ing a small charge of nitro­glyc­er­ine. The points are intend­ed for inser­tion into dyna­mite sticks. The ends may be crimped around ends of fuse or det­cord.

    DYNAMITE
    Card­board tubes of 50/50 nitroglycerin/diatomaceous earth sta­bi­liz­er. The sticks are rel­a­tive­ly sta­ble and may be cut and halved or quar­tered, Innert when frozen.

    SAFETY FUSE
    A length of thin, extrud­ed cordite wrapped in var­nished jute cord. When lit, burns at a rate of 15 sec­onds per foot.

    light & fire

    item descrip­tion Weight  Price
    Can­dle, par­rafin 2 m radius, dura­tion 1 hour. XS 1p
    Can­dle, vig­il 4 m radius, dura­tion 24 hours 1# £2
    Cal­ci­um car­bide, can of 12
    gran­ules 1# 1S
    Firesteel sim­ple fire­lighter; strikes on any knife XS 1p
    Fire­wood, bun­dle 1 unit fuel  1# ½ p
    Fusee as torch, dur. 20 min. vis­i­ble at great dis­tance XS 2p
    Lighter wick, flint, and reser­voir; burns kerosene XS £1
    Match­es, tin of 20 roll Match­smithy to light in wind/wet XS 1p
    Pack stove   5# £10
    Kerosene, 1-liter can 2 units fuel 1# 3p
    Lamp, car­bide
    6 m beam, dura­tion 6 hours S £2
    Lamp, kerosene 4 m radius, dura­tion 12 hours.  1# full S 10p
    Torch, mag­ne­sium 10 m radius, dura­tion 1 hr; burns every­where S £1
    Torch, muni­tions 6-m radius, dura­tion 1 hr S 2p
    Stove lamp as lamp; also sheds heat for cook­ing 1# £2

    See dark­ness for more info on light sources.

    carbide lamp
    Small brass lamp with par­a­bol­ic reflec­tor. Burns acety­lene pro­duced from react­ing water and cal­ci­um car­bide. Open flame. 6 m beam meant for per­son­al use. Match­less igni­tion.

    Fusee
    Red-burn­ing flare with paper cas­ing. Lights like a match on any rough sur­face. Used for sig­nal­ing by rail­ways or cara­biniers. Lasts 20 min­utes. Light as torch but can be seen at triple the usu­al dis­tance.

    Munitions Torch
    Cheap pine dow­el & pine tar head. Comes wrapped in brown paper to pre­vent stick­i­ness. Mass-pro­duced, intend­ed for mil­i­tary retrench­ments and for­ti­fi­ca­tions.

    Magnesium Torch
    For inhos­pitable places. A half-meter fusee of com­pact­ed mag­ne­sium fuel packed between cheap met­al struts and con­nect­ed to a tin haft. Comes in a tin tube, the cap of which can strike up the torch like a match. Burns bril­liant ice-blue.

    Pack stove
    A small cop­per stove with a lou­vered chim­ney and flat top. Built into an insu­lat­ed, remov­able back­plate. It can be worn, toasti­ly, full of coals. The top has a remov­able “eye” for a pot or ket­tle to be set on top. It can be lit and tend­ed with Match­smithy.

    LAMP
    Thin glass cylin­der pro­tect­ing the wick of a steel fuel reser­voir. A cap unscrews for fill­ing. Burns for 12 hours on a half liter of kerosene. Sheds good light in a 4-meter radius.

    STOVE LAMP
    A squat kerosene lamp with a flat hot­plate atop its cylin­der. With­in the glass, a brass heat­ing ele­ment  snakes up to coil around the bot­tom of the plate. With the turn of a dial, the lamp acti­vates its func­tion as a stove while still shed­ding light.

    Vigil candle
    Chub­by wax cylin­der wrapped in tin leaf stamped with sacred imagery. Meant for altars and hol­i­day pro­ces­sions, borne by church­mice.

    photogravure

    item descrip­tion Weight  Price
    Spice 0100 stan­dard box cam­era with strap S £4
    Atkins Mod­el 3 fine bel­lows cam­era with strap S £25
    Cop­per­plate pre­pared pho­tore­ac­tive plate XS 1S
    Mimeo kit pho­to­graph­ic ink, rollers, and paper S £1
    Flash­bulb sin­gle-use crys­tal flash­bulb XS 6p
    Flash lamp flash attach­ment S 3P

    SPICE 0100 BOX CAMERA
    Brown hard-leather box with a sim­ple fixed-focus menis­cus lens. Comes with a pam­phlet teach­ing Pho­togravure 1. May be fit­ted with a flash lamp. Requires a pre­pared cop­per­plate to grave a pho­to­type. 2 actions to reload.

    atkins model 3
    Black hard-leather unfold­ing cam­era with vari­able focal length, vari­able focus, and viewfind­er.

    CAMERA FLASH LAMP
    A goose-neck arm with a reflec­tive shade. A sock­et accepts flash bulbs. Con­nects to ded­i­cat­ed mount­ing points on a cam­era. When the lamp is loaded with a flash­bulb and attached to a cam­era, it ignites the bulb upon depres­sion of the shut­ter, cre­at­ing a bril­liant flash and a fiz­zle of flame.

    FLASHBULB
    A thin blown-glass bulb filled with mag­ne­sium and fit­ted with an ignit­er. May be trig­gered with a flash lamp or by push­ing the ignit­er in.

    PREPARED PHOTOTYPE COPPERPLATE
    A Thin cop­per sheet treat­ed with light-sen­si­tive chem­i­cals. Cov­ered in pro­tec­tive paper, which is stripped away when the plate is loaded into a cam­era.

    INK, PAPER, AND ROLLERS
    The means of pho­to­graph­ic repro­duc­tion.

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