Equipment, Armor & Currency

Items unlock or enhance keywords. How an item adds to a roll is covered under Items in Core Resolution.

Equipping

A character can have up to six items equipped at once. Only equipped Armor can be spent.

Armor

Armor is a pool of points you can spend instead of your own Strain to clear Injuries.

• Item Armor’s pool = its Rank. Ability created Armor’s pool = Rank x2.
• Clearing an Injury with Armor doesn’t take your action.
• You can split a clearing cost between Armor and Strain.
• Armor can’t clear self-inflicted Injuries or conditions.
• At 0 points, the Armor is broken until repaired or recast.

Interactions

Keyword	With Armor
Pierced	Injuries from this attack can’t be cleared with Armor.
Crushed	When this attack lands, it takes Rank*2 points from the Armor pool to clear.
Corroding	Reduces Armor Rank like any Item, lowering the pool’s max.
Disabled	TBD

Example

In these examples, [Deteriorating] (Injury: Choose) was declared as an Injury.

• [Deteriorating 2] lands vs Armor 3: Clear it with 2 Armor. Armor -> 1.
• [Deteriorating 5] lands vs Armor 1: Clear it with 1 Armor + 4 Strain. Armor -> 0, broken.
• [Deteriorating 3] + [Crushed] lands vs Armor 4: Armor loses 3 -> 1. Clear the Deteriorating with 1 Armor + 2 Strain.
• [Deteriorating 3] + [Pierced] lands vs Armor 4: Clear it with 3 Strain. Armor stays at 4.
• Self-inflicted [Overextended 3] with Armor 4: Clear it with 3 Strain. Armor stays at 4.

Item Armor vs Ability Created Armor

	Item Armor	Ability Created Armor ([Armor [polarity]])
Pool	Rank	Rank x2
Cost	Ve	Strain (ability construction)
Restored by	Repair (downtime, Ve)	Recasting
Weak to	Crushed, Corroding	Dispel, Banished, Negating, awareness state change (if Sustained)

Item Armor and Ability Created Armor can stack.

Currency

Ithasen uses a five-denomination currency system based on metal value. The primary currency for most transactions is Ve (silver).

Denomination	Metal	Exchange Rate
Ga	Copper	10 Ga = 1 Ve
Ve	Silver	10 Ve = 1 Al
Al	Gold	10 Al = 1 Eo
Eo	Platinum	100 Eo = 1 Te
Te	Ren Crystals	Variable (material use, not standard exchange)