Mano a Mano:Manufacturing and Modification

Creating Armor and Weapons

Difficulty modifier

When a character creates new weapons or armor, the difficulty modifier of creating that item is one percent (1%) of it's character point (CP) value. For example, the difficulty modifier for creating a spear worth 2000 CP is 20. (See Game Design/Equipment/Equipment Lists and Game Design/Equipment/Equipment CP.)

Success modifier

Add the modifiers from the character's craftsmanship ability, technology (industry and resources available to the character) and tool quality to determine the success modifier. (See the chart below.)

Modifier		Technology		Tool Quality
+0		Stone age		Makeshift / lacking materials
+1		Bronze age		Low quality / cheap
+2		Iron age		Typical / mediocre
+3		Steel age		High quality / expensive
+4		Industrial		State of the art / very rare
+5		Mechanized
+6		Cybernetic
+7		Futuristic

Time modifier

If the success modifier is greater than the difficulty modifier the time modifier is 0. Otherwise the time modifier is the difficulty modifier minus the success modifier. Use the chart below to find the time required to create the item based on it's time modifier. If the time modifier is greater than 8, then the character cannot create the item.

Modifier		Time Required
0		15 minutes
+1		30 minutes
+2		1 hour
+3		2 hours
+4		4 hours
+5		8 hours
+6		16 hours
+7		32 hours
+8		64 hours

Make an Item - Equipment Generation Example

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

1. Design the weapon

We decide Steven is making a "machete". The mass of the machete is 0.5 kilograms, worth 1 CP. The machete's 5 power is worth 50 CP. The machete's 3 heft is worth -30 CP. The total CP is 21 so far. (-30 + 60 + 1 = 31.) Having no shots feature (not requiring ammunition or reloading) is worth 20 CP. We add 20 CP for the sharp feature for a final total of 61 CP. In other words, Steven wants to make this machete:

machete (81 CP, 0.5 kg, 3 heft, 5 power, sharp)

2. Find the Maximum CP We start with Steven's craftsmanship modifier (2). We subtract 1 from this because Steven is only taking a few days make the machete. We add a circumstance modifier of 1 because his culture specializes in making machetes. We multiply the result by 50 CP because Steven is in a culture that has "ancient" technology. The maximum CP is 100 CP: (2 craftsmanship ability - 1 time modifier + 1 circumstance modifier) × 50 technology CP.

3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Weapon

Since the maximum CP (100) is equal to or greater than the Machete's CP (61), Steven is able to make it.