Applied: It’s only useful when carefully applied to a person or to something they eat or drink.

Awkward: It’s unwieldy and tough to use.

+Bonus: It modifies your effectiveness in a specified situation. It might be “+1 forward to spout lore” or “-1 ongoing to hack and slash.”

n coins: How much it costs to buy, normally. If the cost includes “-Charisma” a little negotiation subtracts the haggler’s Charisma score (not modifier) from the price.

Dangerous: It’s easy to get in trouble with it. If you interact with it without proper precautions the GM may freely invoke the consequences of your foolish actions.

Ration: It’s edible, more or less.

Requires: It’s only useful to certain people. If you don’t meet the requirements it works poorly, if at all.

Slow: It takes minutes or more to use.

Touch: It’s used by touching it to the target’s skin.

Two-handed: It takes two hands to use it effectively.

n weight: Count the listed amount against your Load. Something with no listed weight isn’t designed to be carried. 100 coins in standard denominations is 1 weight. The same value in gems or fine art may be lighter or heavier.

Worn: To use it, you have to be wearing it.

n Uses: It can only be used n times.

n Ammo: It counts as ammunition for appropriate ranged weapons. The number indicated does not represent individual arrows or sling stones, but represents what you have left on hand.

Forceful: It can knock someone back a pace, maybe even off their feet.

+n Damage: It is particularly harmful to your enemies. When you deal damage, you add n to it.

Ignores Armor: Don’t subtract armor from the damage taken.

Messy: It does damage in a particularly destructive way, ripping people and things apart.

n Piercing: It goes right through armor. When you deal damage with n piercing, you subtract n from the enemy’s armor for that attack.

Precise: It rewards careful strikes. You use DEX to hack and slash with this weapon, not STR.

Reload: After you attack with it, it takes more than a moment to reset for another attack.

Stun: When you attack with it, it does stun damage instead of normal damage.

Thrown: Throw it at someone to hurt them. If you volley with this weapon, you can’t choose to mark off ammo on a 7–9; once you throw it, it’s gone until you can recover it.

Hand: It’s useful for attacking something within your reach, no further.

Close: It’s useful for attacking something at arm’s reach plus a foot or two.

Reach: It’s useful for attacking something that’s several feet away maybe as far as ten.

Near: It’s useful for attacking if you can see the whites of their eyes.

Far: It’s useful for attacking something in shouting distance.

n Armor: It protects you from harm and absorbs damage. When you take damage, subtract your armor from the total. If you have more than one item with n Armor, only the highest value counts.

+n Armor: It protects you and stacks with other armor. Add its value to your total armor.

Clumsy: It’s tough to move around with. -1 ongoing while using it. This penalty is cumulative