Mano a Mano:Make an Item

Make an Item - Equipment Generation Example

We will use our Modre character from the character creation example to make a new weapon. (See Character Creation/Make a Character.) Modre has craftsmanship ability with a modifier of 2.

1. Design the weapon

We decide Modre is making an "ice blade". The mass of the ice blade is 0.5 kilograms, worth -350 CP. We add 300 CP because the ice blade's leverage is 2 (6 power minus 4 heft) leaving -50 CP. We add 1000 CP for sharp sharpness leaving 950 CP. We use 200 CP to get 1 meter reach for the ice blade, making to total 1150 CP. In other words, Modre wants to make this Ice Blade:

Item Name	Special Modifiers	CP	Mass	Heft	Reach	Pwr	Shp	Cvr	Abs
Ice Blade	(no special modifiers)	1150	0.5 kg	4	1.0 m	3-6	S

2. Find the Difficulty Modifier

Because the Ice Blade's CP is 1150, Modre's difficulty modifier for making it is 11.5.

3. Find the Success Modifier

We start with Modre's +2 craftsmanship ability modifier. Modre is using Iron Age technology, as his culture has developed extremely advanced cold technologies. We add a +2 modifier for his access to this "Iron Age" technology (for a total modifier of +4 so far.) The thermal chisels he uses are "typical" for his Iron Age technology, giving him another +2 modifier and making the total modifier +6. His culture specializes in making Ice Blades, and every honorable Sabertooth Penguine warrior owns one, giving Modre another +2 from his culture. His total modifier is now +8.

4. Find the Time Modifier

The time modifier is the difficulty modifier with the success modifier subtracted from it. Modre's difficulty modifier is 11.5, and his success modifier is 8, so his time modifier is 3.5 (11.5 - 8 = 3.5.) Since the time modifiers are measured in whole numbers, we round Modre's time modifier to 4. Looking at the time modifier chart, we can see it will take Modre 4 hours to make his ice blade.