Equipment and Itemization

Weapons

In general:

• Weapon damage has been normalized across proficiency levels.
• Weapon size does not factor into any combat features.
• Weapons all possess 20/x2 critical range and multiplier.
• Weapon Proficiency: Exotic, Weapon Focus, and Weapon Specialization feats have been removed.

These changes were made to encourage weapons that fit an aesthetic instead of mechanical superiority and allows a character to use different weapon types without sacrificing combat effectiveness.

Simple Melee
Name	Damage	Critical Range	Critical Multiplier	Damage Type	Size	Other
Dagger	1d4	20	x2	Piercing	Tiny	Finesse
Kama	1d4	20	x2	Slashing	Small	Finesse
Mace	1d4	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Small	Finesse
Sickle	1d4	20	x2	Slashing	Small	Finesse
Club	1d6	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Medium
Quarterstaff	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Large	Finesse
Spear	1d8	20	x2	Piercing	Large

Simple Ranged
Name	Damage	Critical Range	Critical Multiplier	Damage Type	Size	Other
Dart	1d4	20	x2	Piercing	Tiny
Sling	1d4	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Small
Light Crossbow	2d8	20	x2	Piercing	Small
Shortbow	1d6	20	x2	Piercing	Medium

Martial Melee
Name	Damage	Critical Range	Critical Multiplier	Damage Type	Size	Other
Kukri	1d6	20	x2	Slashing	Tiny	Finesse
Handaxe	1d6	20	x2	Slashing	Small	Finesse
Shortsword	1d6	20	x2	Piercing	Small	Finesse
Light Hammer	1d6	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Small	Finesse
Whip	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Small	Finesse, Cannot be used in Off-Hand
Battleaxe	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium
Light Flail	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Medium
Longsword	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium	Finesse
Rapier	1d8	20	x2	Piercing	Medium	Finesse
Scimitar	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium	Finesse
Warhammer	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Medium
Morningstar	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning/Piercing	Medium
Bastard Sword	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium
Katana	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium	Finesse
Dwarven Waraxe	1d8	20	x2	Slashing	Medium
Heavy Mace	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Medium
Greataxe	2d6	20	x2	Slashing	Large
Greatsword	2d6	20	x2	Slashing	Large
Halberd	2d6	20	x2	Slashing/Piercing	Large
Heavy Flail	2d6	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Large
Trident	2d6	20	x2	Piercing	Large
Dire Mace	1d8	20	x2	Bludgeoning	Large	Dual-wield

Martial Ranged
Name	Damage	Critical Range	Critical Multiplier	Damage Type	Size	Other
Shuriken	1d6	20	x2	Piercing	Tiny
Throwing Axe	1d6	20	x2	Slashing	Small
Heavy Crossbow	2d10	20	x2	Piercing	Medium
Longbow	1d8	20	x2	Piercing	Large

Armor

In general:

• Arcane spell failure from armor does not exist.
• The combination of Base Armor AC + Dexterity Modifier Bonus cannot exceed 10.
• Shields all grant +2 AC and weigh 6.0 lbs, regardless of type. The types exist for cosmetic categorisation only.

Light Armor
Name	Base AC	Max Dex Modifier	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Weight
None	0	10	0	0%	1.0 lbs
Padded Armor	1	+9	-1	0%	5.0 lbs
Leather Armor	2	+8	-2	0%	5.0 lbs
Studded Leather Armor	3	+7	-3	0%	10.0 lbs

Medium Armor
Name	Base AC	Max Dex Modifier	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Weight
Chain Shirt	4	+6	-4	0%	15.0 lbs
Chainmail Coat	5	+5	-5	0%	30.0 lbs
Breastplate	6	+5	-6	0%	40.0 lbs

Heavy Armor
Name	Base AC	Max Dex Modifier	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Weight
Splintmail Coat	7	+3	-7	0%	45.0 lbs
Half Plate	8	+2	-8	0%	50.0 lbs
Full Plate	9	+1	-9	0%	55.0 lbs

Shields
Name	Base AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Weight
Buckler	2	0	0%	6.0 lbs
Large Shield	2	0	0%	6.0 lbs
Tower Shield	2	0	0%	6.0 lbs

Scar-touched Items

The items and equipment coming out of Forging Seeds are generated with random positive and negative properties and can tailored to your character using crafting orbs and experience points. Each scar-touched item will have Power, Disruption, and Capacity listed at the top of the description.

An example scar-touched item...

Power, Disruption and Capacity

Power defines the base Capacity the item has available to hold item properties, costs are noted in tables below. The Power value also influences an item's core bonus (such as Enhancement Bonus for weapons, and AC for armor). Power also affects the number of item slots as noted in the Slots section.

When an item reaches 40 Power, the character receives a general +1 AB as a 'Capstone Bonus' while that item is equipped, so long as its Core Bonus is different from any other capstoned items equipped (Therefore a maximum of +6, as there are six categories of Core Bonus - EB, Armor AC, Shield AC, Deflection AC, Natural AC, and Dodge AC).

Disruption decreases the Capacity the item has to hold positive properties, therefore the total Capacity is [Power - Disruption]. Disruption also fills slots the item has with negative properties, as noted in the Slots section.

Disruption can never exceed two thirds of an item's Power (rounded down).

Slots

An item has a number of slots for properties. An item with no Power has one slot, and gains another slot for having any Power at all, plus one slot for every 10 Power - therefore seed-generated items have [2 + Power/10] slots.

Disruption fills item slots with negative properties. Having any Disruption at all fills one slot, and every 10 Disruption fills another slot with a negative property. These properties are drawn at random from the Negative Properties table, with more powerful negatives available the higher the Disruption as noted on the table.

Core Bonuses

Each item has a Core Bonus which is a function of the item's Power. For weapons this is Enhancement Bonus, or Attack Bonus if the weapon is incapable of having EB (such as bows). For all other items this is whatever the type of AC associated with that item type is.

For every 10 Power an item possesses, it gains +1 to its Core Bonus, e.g. 10 Power is +1, and 40 Power is +4.

Core Bonuses do not take up any slots on an item - they are independent and inherent to the item.

Orbs

Orbs are crafted from scrap and ichor or found in loot containers. They are used to modify properties on scar-touched items.

Type	Scrap	Ichor	Effect
Orb of Infusion	10	2 Red, 1 Green	Increase an item's Power by 1. Consumes an amount of XP equal to the cube of the item's current Power, e.g. an item with 30 Power requires 27000 XP to raise to 31. Cannot increase Power beyond 40. There is a 50% chance the item will gain a point of Disruption as well.
Orb of Stability	10	2 Blue, 1 Green	Decrease an item's Disruption by 1. Consumes an amount of XP equal to the cube of [40 - Disruption], e.g. an item with 15 Disruption requires 15625 XP to reduce to 14. If this reduces the item's Disruption enough that a slot is no longer filled with a negative property, one of these is chosen at random - prioritising the highest Disruption bracket property the item has.
Orb of Abrogation	10	3 Red	Remove a specific positive item property.
Orb of Potential	10	1 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Green	Rolls a positive property within the available free Capacity on an item.
Orb of Transference	10	1 Red, 2 Blue	Transfers properties and power between items.

Selection Logic

When an item is generated, its negative properties are first placed, as according to its Disruption and the negative properties table.

The Power Prerequisite of a property is the minimum at which that property can appear; a 20+ Power item may have properties with a 1+ Power minimum, but an item below 20 Power cannot have any defined as requiring 20+ base Power.

When properties are selected, the highest rank of that property is purchased (providing it can be afforded) until half the item's Capacity is expended; beyond which the purchased rank is random. This is to provide 'tentpole' bonuses to always make items feel valuable for their Tier, and prevent the system selecting a massive number of very weak bonuses inside a high Capacity item.

Some properties may be selected multiple times, as noted in the property tables. Properties with subtypes (skills, specific saves, etc) may only select each subtype once (no repeats of bonuses to the same skills or saves, but multiple different skills and saves may be selected).

Charges

Spells generated on items require a number of charges equal to their spell level to cast.

The maximum charges on an item vary depending on the spells generated on the item; each spell gives an increase to maximum charges equivalent to its level multiplied by 3. This can be further increased if the item has rolled the 'Increased Charges' property, which can only appear on items that already have spells. For example, an item which is generated with a level 3 spell has 9 charges; an item which is generated with both a level 3 spell and level 2 spell has 15 charges.

Charges on items can be restored while in the rest/wellpower state, using the 'Recharge' power attached to the item, at a cost of 1 ichor per charge. The colors of ichor used depend on the type(s) of spell(s) the item has generated - red for harmful, green for healing, blue for others. In the case of an item with multiple spells, the highest level spell determines the ichor type. If there are multiple spells of the highest spell level, the first spell according to alphabetical order is used.

Unique Properties

Some properties, such as +Maneuvers and +Metamagic, only use the highest value of that property equipped across all items, and will not stack.