Description: Match-, wheel-, or Flint-Lock weapons take too long to load to be reloaded in battle without a hireling to load it, thus they may be fired only once per battle unless the character also carries (potentially explosive) pre-prepared shot, wadding, and powder bundles (called "apostles.")
Find it in: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Keywords: Exploration, Fast-paced, Gritty, Pulpy, Rules-light, Swashbuckling
Genres: Crime, Dark Fantasy, Pulp
Description: Used primarily in settings where firearms are rare and a new innovation. The sound of a firearm being discharged around creatures that are not part of a firearm-using culture can force a morale check or similar fear effect.
Find it in: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Keywords: Dangerous, Exploration, Gritty, Tactical, Tense
Genres: Crime, Dark Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Pulp
Description: As well as a standard value in coin, gear is valued based on its survival utility as an abstract trade unit. Food, fuel, ammunition, medicine, tools, books, and things easily dismantled for parts have high values. Gold, jewels, luxury items are low to no value. When bartering in a survival situation compare the Trade value of what is asking for and what is offered. May be modified by Gear Quality.
Find it in: Delve 2e
Keywords: Exploration, Gritty, Survival
Genres: Sword & Sorcery, Low Fantasy, Survival Horror, Military, Western
Description: Equipment has a means of tracking its quality and state of Repair. As it wears down it lowers in its quality rating. Often uses Depletion Dice, and often includes Depleting Armor.
Find it in: Delve 2e, The Black Hack, Tiny Dungeon 2e
Keywords: Dangerous, Exploration, Gritty, Horrific, Tactical, Tense
Genres: Crime, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Military, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Western
Description: When a character spends an action to watch an ally perform a skill that they do not possess, they may make a test to learn it at the lowest possible level of ability. (5% in a percentile system like Warhammer Fantasy, 1 rank in D&D3e or Pathfinder) Characters must improve the skill further using standard character advancement.
Find it in: Delve 2e
Keywords: Cinematic, Exploration, Pulpy, Survival
Genres: Crime, Dark Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Military, Pulp, Science Fiction, Survival Horror, Western
Description: Characters may spend a randomized amount of treasure to go on a bender, earning XP or other rewards. Causes a roll on a random table to describe events and the Fallout of the character's wild debauch.
Find it in: Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City, DCC HUBRIS, GLOG
Keywords: Exploration, Light-Hearted
Genres: Sword and Sorcery, Western, Post-apocalyptic
