A Song of Dirt and Wind - Economy, Weapons, and Armor

There is no currency in the Bonelands; instead wealth is measured abstractly as supply days.  Each supply day represents the water, food, clothes, and other resources needed to get by for one day.  A supply day generally weighs five pounds.  Goods are generally measured in how many supply days they are worth.  For example a functional car may be worth thousands of supply days.  Generally a supply day is worth 1 ss in SoI&F RPG.  All costs are listed in supply days. 

Each day a character does not consume a supply day results in the character tacking 1 health damage.  If the character cannot take any further health damage, he begins taking a wound each day he does not consume a supply day.  If the character being consuming supply days again he regains 1 health per day.  Wounds must be healed normally. 

A character may consume additional supply days each day, granting a +1 to Endurance rolls for each supply day consumed up to the character’s Endurance. 

Item Grade

In the world of the Bonelands equipment is rarely factory fresh, so the Weapon Grade rules from SoI&F RPG are expanded to encompass all types of items.  Not only do finished goods have an item grade, but components used to make new items have an item grade as well.  A newly constructed item’s grade is equal to the lowest item grade component used in making it.

Grade	Weapon	Armor	Vehicle	Tools	Price Adjustment
Terrible	-1D on Fighting or Marksmanship tests, weapon breaks if any die rolls a 1.	-1 to Armor Rating and Armor Penalty, +1 to Bulk.	-1D on Piloting tests.	-1d on associated tests.	-50%
Poor	-1D on Fighting or Marksmanship tests.	-1 to Armor Penalty and +1 to Bulk.	-1 on Piloting tests.	-1 on associated tests.	-25%
Common	No modifiers.	No modifiers.	No Modifiers.	No modifiers.	+0%
Superior	Add +1 to the result of all Fighting or Marksmanship tests.	+1 to Armor Penality and  -1 to Bulk.	+1 on Piloting Tests.	+1 on associated tests.	X2
Extraordinary	As Superior, plus increase the weapon’s base damage by +1.	+1 to Armor Rating and Armor Penalty, -1 to Bulk (minimum 0).	+1D on Piloting Tests.	+1D on associated tests.	X10

New Equipment

Weapons

All the weapons in SoI&F RPG are available in A Song of Dust and Wind, though some may make more sense than others.  Also new weapons are available to represent the advanced tech levels, such as firearms, explosives, and energy weapons. 

Weapon	Specialty	Training	Damage	Qualities	Shots	Cost	Ammunition per clip
Light Revolver	Pistol		Agility +2	Close Range. Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	6	2000	6
Heavy Revolver	Pistol	1B	Agility +3	Close Range, Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	6	3000	12
Light Pistol	Pistol		Agility +2	Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	17	2500	17
Heavy Pistol	Pistol	1B	Agility +3	Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	12	3750	24
Light Submachinegun	Pistol		Agility +2	Automatic, Burst Fire, Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	80	4000	100
Heavy Submachinegun	Pistol	1B	Agility +3	Automatic, Burst Fire, Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	50	5000	120
Assault Rifle	Pistol		Agility +3	Automatic, Burst Fire, Reload (Lesser), Piercing 2	40	6000	120
Hunting Rifle	Rifle		Agility +4	Reload (Greater), Piercing 2	7	4000	21
Sniper Rifle	Rifle	2B	Agility +5	Reload (Greater), Piercing 3	5	5000	20
Heavy Sniper Rifle	Rifle	3B	Agility +6	Bulk 1, Reload (Greater), Piercing 4, Very Long Range, Vicious	1	10000	10
Double Barreled Shotgun	Rifle		Agility +4	Close Range, Reload (Greater), Spread, Stoppable	2	3000	4
Sawn-Off Shotgun	Pistol		Agility +4	Close Range, Reload (Greater), Spread, Stoppable	2	3000	4
Shotgun	Rifle		Agility +4	Close Range, Reload (Greater), Spread, Stoppable	5	4000	10
Combat Shotgun	Rifle	1B	Agility +4	Close Range, Reload (Lesser), Spread, Stoppable	20	6000	40
Frag Grenade	Thrown		Agility +5	Radius (5 yards)	1	750
High Explosive Grenade	Thrown		Agility +4	Radius (4 yards)	1	600
Stun Grenade	Thrown		Agility +3	Radius (5 yards), Non-Lethal	1	500
Phosphorous Grenade	Thrown		Agility +4	Radius (5 yards), Flaming	1	1000
Flamethrower	Flamethrower		Agility +3	Bulk 1, Burst, Close Range, Flaming, Reload (Greater), Tracer	40	3500	40
Hand Flamer	Flamethrower	1B	Agility +2	Burst, Close Range, Flaming, Reload (Lesser), Tracer	20	3500	20
Light Machinegun	Heavy		Agility +4	Bulk 1, Burst, Chain-fed, Automatic, Long Range, Piercing 2, Reload (Greater)	100	7500	300
Heavy Machinegun	Heavy	1B	Agility +5	Bulk 2, Burst Fire, Chain-fed, Automatic, Long Range, Piercing 2, Reload (Greater)	100	10000	500
Grenade Launcher	Rifle		As grenade	Reload (Lesser), Long Range	10	8000
Rocket Launcher	Shoulder-Braced		Agility  +10	Reload (Greater), Long Range, Radius (4 yards), Piercing 8	1	6500	200
Bazooka	Shoulder-Braced		Agility +8	Reload (Greater), Long Range, Radius (3 yards), Piercing 4	1	4500	150
Laser Pistol	Pistol	1B	Agility +3	Reload (Greater), Long Range, Piercing 3, Burst, Tracer	50	12500	300
Laser Rifle	Rifle	1B	Agility +4	Reload (Greater), Long Range, Piercing 3, Burst, Tracer	30	15000	300
Laser Sniper Rifle	Rifle	2B	Agility +6	Reload (Greater), Very Long Range, Piercing 5, Tracer	10	17500	300
Plasma Rifle	Rifle	2B	Agility +5	Reload (Greater), Close Range, Piercing 4, Burst, Tracer, Flaming	20	17500	500
Plasma Pistol	Pistol	2B	Agility +4	Reload (Greater), Close Range, Piercing 5, Burst, Tracer, Flaming	40	15000	500
EMP Blaster	Rifle	2B	Agility +5	EMP, Piercing 8, Close Range	35	12500	300
Mono-Blade	Longblades	1B	Athletics +2	Piercing 3		10000
Plasma Blade	Longblades	3B	Athletics +3	Piercing 5, Flaming		17500
Dynamite	Thrown		Agility +3	Radius (4 yards)		200
Molotov Cocktail	Thrown		Agility +1	Radius (3 yards), Flaming		50
Blackpowder Pistol	Pistol		Agility +3	Reload (3 Greater Actions), Piercing 2, Close Range	1	1000	1
Blackpowder Rifle	Rifle		Agility +4	Reload (3 Greater Actions), Piercing 2, Close Range	1	1500	1

New Weapon Qualities

Automatic

The weapon is capable of automatic fire.  When automatic fire is used the character fires ten bullets, gaining a +4B bonus but also suffering a -1D penalty; the character is more likely to hit but less likely to score a really strong hit.  If less than ten bullets are available this quality cannot be used.  Some weapons can only fire in automatic fire mode. 

Burst

The weapon is capable of burst fire, firing three or six round bursts.  When firing a three round burst the character gains +1B to the attack, while a six round bursts grants a +2B bonus.  If less than three or six bullets, depending on the burst desired, remain in the weapon this quality cannot be used. 

Chain-Fed

Chain-fed weapons use chains of bullets that can be linked together.  As long as the character links their ammunition chains together before opening fire, they do not need to spend an action to reload. 

Dangerous

Weapons with this quality can be as much a danger to their wielder as to the target.  If the wielder misses with an attack and rolls a 1 on any of their attack dice they hit themselves with the weapon, inflicting normal damage. 

EMP

EMP weapons fire an electromagnetic pulse that disrupts any manner of electronics., but does no damage to living beings.  Such weapons work on vehicles, robots, computers, etc. 

Flaming

Flaming weapons have a chance to light their targets on fire.  When a target is hit with a flaming weapon roll 1d6, adding the number of degrees of success scored on the attack.  If the result is 5 or higher, the target is on fire.  Targets on fire take 1d6 damage that ignores armor each round.  Targets remain on fire until they submerge themselves in water, spend a Greater Action to make a Routine (6) Athletics test to roll on the ground, or wait 1d6 rounds. 

Heavy

Heavy weapons are large, heavy, and produce a lot of kick.  If they are fire while not on a bipod, tripod, or other form of bracing, the character suffers a -1D penalty on any Marksmanship tests. 

Non-Lethal

Damage inflicted by this weapon heals in 1/10^th the normal time. 

Radius

Radius weapons inflict their damage on everything within the radius listed of the target unless there is an intervening object, such as a wall. 

Spread

Spread weapons fire clouds of projectiles at their targets, increasing their chance of hitting the target.  If fired at a target within the weapons first range increment (30 feet for short range weapons and 300 feet for long range weapons) the character gains +1B. 

Stoppable

Stoppable weapons have trouble penetrating armor, doubling the armor rating of any armor they hit. 

Tracer

Tracer weapons  leave a visible trail on their path to the target, enabling the character to adjust his aim more easily to move his fire onto the target.  When using a tracer weapon with burst or automatic fire the character can treat any 1s rolled as 2s.

Very Long Range

Very long range weapons can fire at targets up to 1,000 yards before suffering a range penalty.  For every 1,000 yards from the target the character suffers -1D. 

Ammunition

Ammunition is very rare in the Bonelands with most soldiers who are lucky enough to have a firearm only having a handful of bullets to their name.  Weapon is usually bought per clip as detailed on the weapon table above, but they can also often be purchased per round by dividing the clip cost by the number of rounds it holds. 

Energy weapons, should they be available, tend to use standardized energy clips.  Laser weapons use one type of clips, while plasma use plasma clips and they are not interchangeable. 

Shotguns are assumed to be using shot rounds as opposed to slugs.  Shotgun slugs cost the same and remove the Spread and Stoppable qualities from the weapon. 

Specialty ammunition can be purchased to add any of the following qualities to a gun, double the cost of the ammunition for each quality added:

·         Piercing: Up to two levels of Piercing can be added to ammunition.

·         Tracer

·         Hollow Point: Increases damage by +2, but adds the Stoppable quality.  

Armor

Armor	Armor Rating	Armor Penalty	Bulk	Cost	Qualities
Clothing	0	0	0
Padded	1	0	0	200
Leather, Soft	2	-1	0	300
Leather, Hard	3	-2	0	400
Bone or Wood	4	-3	1	300
Ring	4	-2	1	600
Hide	5	-2	2	400
Mail	5	-3	2	800
Breastplate	5	-2	3	800
Scale	6	-3	2	600
Splint	7	-3	3	1000
Brigandine	8	-4	3	1200
Half Plate	9	-5	3	2000
Full Plate	10	-6	3	3750
Armored Clothes	3	0	0	3000	Hardened 1
Kevlar Vest	5	-1	1	2500	Hardened 3
Kevlar Bodysuit	7	-2	2	4000	Hardened 4
Flame Suit	3	-2	1	2000	Non-Flammable
Radiation Suit	2	-2	1	3000	Radiation Shielded
Combat Armor	9	-3	2	5000	Hardened 5
Heavy Combat Armor	11	-4	3	6500	Hardened 6
Sports Pads	4	-2	1	500
Driving Leathers	3	-1	0	500
Construction Armor	7	-6	4	10000	Powered 3
Power Armor	12	-6	4	15000	Sealed, Hardened 6, Powered 4

New Armor Qualities

Hardened

Hardened armor reduces the Piercing qualities of weapons that hit it its Hardened value.  Effectively Hardened armor is harder to penetrate. 

Non-Flammable

Non-Flammable armor applies double its armor value to any fire damage and characters wearing it will not catch on fire when hit with flaming weapons.

Powered

Powered armor has built in motors in the armor, increasing the wearer’s strength.  The wearer gains a number of bonus dice to the Strength specialty equal to the number listed. 

Radiation Shielded

Radiation shielded armor adds +3D to any Endurance tests made by the wearer to resist the effects of radiation. 

Sealed

Sealed armor is sealed against atmospheric threats and has its own onboard air supply for at least eight hours.  The wearer is immune to gas attacks, drowning, and suffocation while wearing the armor.