Equipment Lists

Backpack: Used to carry equipment on back. The shoulder straps leave the character’s hands free for other actions.

Barding: Armor for horses, made of leather and metal plates giving an Armor Class of 5.

Cart: Pulled by 1-2 draft horses or by mules (2 mules = 1 horse). Movement rate 60‘ per turn. Capacity 4,000 cn with a single horse, 8,000 cn with two. Cannot travel through desert, forest, mountain, or swamp except by road.

Grappling Hook: A large 3- or 4-pronged hook, made of specially hardened iron, used to anchor a rope.

Hammer: Needed for pounding iron spikes into a wall or floor.

Holy Symbol: A sign or symbol of a cleric’s beliefs. Used in Turning undead.

Holy Water: Water made holy by a high level cleric (NPC). It will cause damage to undead monsters.

Iron Spikes: Used to wedge doors open or shut, or to anchor a rope.

Lantern: Casts light in a 30’ radius, burning 1 flask of oil in four hours (24 turns). May be shuttered against wind.

Mirror: Used to look around corners safely, or to defend against a “gaze” attack. When a character uses a mirror to watch an opponent, a -2 penalty to the Hit roll applies, and the character cannot use a shield. The area must be lit for the mirror to be effective.

Oil flask: Burned, in a lantern, for light. It also may be thrown as a missile weapon, or poured out and ignited to delay pursuit.

Pole, wooden: 10’ long. A 2” thick pole, useful for poking piles of rags, pools, etc.

Rations, Iron: Preserved food for one person for one week.

Rations, Standard: Unpreserved food for one person for one week. Sometimes thrown to monsters to delay pursuit.

Rope (50’ length): A heavy climbing rope that can support 3 fully loaded humans.

Sack, Large: A burlap, leather, or cloth bag, usually 2’ x 4’.

Sack, Small: Similar to large sack, 1’ x 2’.

Stakes and Mallet: Three large (18”) wood stakes plus a wooden mallet. Useful for destroying vampires.

Thieves’ Tools: Required for picking locks.

Tinderbox: Flint, steel, and tinder (wood shavings). Needed to start fires (torches, lanterns, etc.). To use, roll ld6; succeeds on a result of 1-2. May be tried once per round.

Torch: Casts light in 30’ radius. Burns for 1 hour (six turns).

Wagon: Pulled by 2 or 4 draft horses (or mules; 2 mules = 1 horse). Movement rate 60‘ per turn. Capacity 15,000 cn with two horses, 25,000 with four. Cannot travel through desert, forest, mountain, or swamp except by road.

Waterskin/wineskin: Leather or preserved animal bladder. Capacity: 1 quart. Encumbrance is when filled; 5 cn otherwise.

Wolvesbane: An herb; dried and used to drive off lycanthropes.