Equipment

"They say that an armed society is a polite society, and China is a very polite society."
~Lord Captain Walter Blackthorne, "On the Peoples of the Orient"

Section One: Equipment Overview

Wealth: Characters have a number of silver taels worth of equipment equal to 5x Resources. One silver tael is worth 1,000 copper cash. Adjusted for inflation, one tael is worth roughly one hundred modern US dollars.

Making Equipment: Characters with the appropriate craft skill ranks can make their own equipment. Characters must meet the minimum craft skill in order to manufacture an item; for every total point in the relevant skill, reduce the items cost by 5%. For example, a character with two ranks of the Craftsmanship skill and a total Craftsmanship of 8 would be able to make a saber at 40% off the normal price of 3 taels, for a total of one tael and 800 cash. If the same character wanted to make a straightsword (a more sophisticated blade), they would be unable to, and would have to buy one for the full price or invest more points in their craftsmanship skill.

Items are created via four skills, listed below:

Craftsmanship: The manufacture of weapons, armor, and other simple items. Primarily refers to metalworking, but also includes leatherworking, sewing, carpentry, and general handiness.

Engineering: The manufacture of firearms, motor vehicles, electrical devices, and most high-tech gadgets.

Medicine: The manufacture of poisons, drugs, and other substances that affect the human body.

Alchemistry: The manufacture of explosives, corrosives, adhesives, and other such perishable items.

Section One: Unarmed Combat

Though not technically weapons, styles of unarmed combat (Acquired via the Boxing Style talent) are mechanically similar to weapons, and thus are listed in this chapter.

Table Explanation:
Boxing styles have four attributes: Offense, Defense, Damage, and Grappling.

Offense Rating: This is the level of offensive accuracy of a style, and this number of coins is added to your Attack rolls when attacking with Hand to Hand. Wing Chun, with it's rapid fire punches, is an example of a high attack style.

Defense Rating: This is the level of parrying and defensive ability of a style, and this number of coins is added to your Parry rolls when defending with Hand to Hand. Taijiquan, with it's famous ability to redirect a foe's energy, is an example of a high defense style.

Damge Rating: This is the destructive power of the style, and this number of coins is added to your Damage rolls when you land an attack with Hand to Hand. Shaolin Fist, with it's sweeping strikes and rigorous athleticism, is an example of a high damage style.

Grappling Rating: This is the level of grappling skill in a style, and this number of coins is added when trying to pin, throw, strangle, or otherwise execute grappling maneuvers on a target. Qin Na, with it's library of joint manipulations, is an example of a grappling intensive style.

Style	Offense	Defense	Grappling	Damage
Shaolin	2	1	0	3
Long Fist	2	2	0	2
Bagua	1	2	1	2
Xing Yi	3	0	0	3
Taiji	0	3	3	0
Shuai Jiao	0	0	3	3
Qin Na	1	2	3	0
Praying Mantis	2	2	2	0
Pi Gua	3	0	0	3
Bajiquan	0	3	0	3
Tiger Claw	2	1	1	2
Wing Chun	3	2	1	0

Creating your own Style: When creating your own Boxing Style, you have a total of six points to distribute between your Offense, Defense, Grappling, and Damage ratings, with a maximum of three points in any given rating. For example, someone wanting a highly aggressive style might put three points into Offense and three into Damage; someone wanted a high finesse style might put two in Grappling, two in Offense, and two in Defense.

The above table is only a list of examples, and is by no means binding. If a character wants to practice a certain style of martial arts, but has a different mechanical needs, then they are free to modify them. Perhaps you study the more aggressive Chen style of Taijiquan instead of the softer Yang style, and invest more of your points in Offense and Damage and fewer in Defense and Grappling.

Section Two: Melee Weaponry

Melee Weaponry is at the heart of wuxia. Even in the steampunk era of S3, swords and chains are still just as popular of weapons as guns and bombs.

Table Explanations:
Weaponry has seven attributes: Offense, Defense, Damage, Concealment, Hands, Cost, and Craft Skill.

Offense: This is the level of offensive accuracy of the weapon, and this number of coins is added to your attack rolls. Hook swords, with their many blades and trapping abilities, are an example of a high offense weapon.

Defense: This is the level of parrying and defensive accuracy of the weapon, and this number of coins is added to your Parry rolls. Tonfa, which can act as a shield as well as a club, are an example of a high defense weapon.

Damage: This is the destructive power of the weapon, and this number of coins is added to your damage rolls. Sabers, with their ability to leave vicious bloody wounds, are an example of a high damage weapon.

Concealment: This measures whether or not the weapon can be easily concealed in your clothing without being seen. Generally speaking, weapons that are no larger than your forearm are considered concealable. Hands: Whether the weapon is one or two handed. Two-handed weapons tend to have higher damage ratings, but can suffer penalties; if a character loses use of one hand and still wants to use a two-handed weapon, then they suffer a -2 penalty to their Offense, Defense, and Damage ratings. Cost: The cost of purchasing such a weapon.

Craft Skill: The necessary skill level to make such a weapon.

Weapon Configurations:
Given that most people have two hands, this allows for a variety of configurations – a sword in each hand, a a sword and a shield, and so on. The rules for various configurations are explained below.

Paired Weapons: Many characters will use weapons in sets; weapons like hook swords and deerhorn knives are almost exclusively used in matched pairs. When wielding a weapon in each hand, offensive abilities are increased, granting +1 coin to attack rolls. Mismatched Weapons: If a character wishes to use two weapons with different statistics (such as dagger and a hatchet), he must choose which weapon he is using each round; he cannot use the attack value of one weapon and the parry value of the other. He does not gain the paired weapons bonus above, though exceptions may be made in some cases (such as a Westerner using a rapier and dagger). Weapon and Shield: Shields are not terribly popular in China, but collapsing shields have started showing up in the urban jianghu. A shield increases defense at the cost of offense; using one with a weapon grants a +2 Defense bonus while parrying, but inflicts a -1 Penalty to Offense.

Single Weapon: Some warriors will forgo all this nonsense and simply fight with one weapon in one hand, leaving the other one free. Doing so makes it easier to focus and control distance in melee, granting a +1 bonus to Defense while parrying.

Name	Offense	Damage	Defense	Concealment	Hands	Cost
Swords and Knives
Dagger	2C	2C	1C	Yes	One-handed	1 tael
Butterfly Knife	1C	3C	1C
Deerhorn Knives (lujiedao)	2C	1C	2C	Yes	One-handed	1 tael
Sword (Jian)	2C	2C	2C	No	One-handed	4 taels
Saber (Dao)	2C	3C	1C	No	One-handed	2 taels
Longsword (Changjian)	2C	3C	2C	No	Two-handed	6 taels
Great Saber (Da Dao)	2C	4C	1C	No	Two-handed	5 taels
Hook Sword (Hu Tou Gou)	3C	1C	2C	No	One-handed	2 taels
Polearms
Spear (Qiang)	3	2	2	No	One-handed	1 tael
Halberd	3	3	1	No	Two-handed	2 taels
Glaive (pudao)	1	4	2	No	Two-handed	3 taels
Wolf-Tooth Mace	2	4	1	No	Two-handed
Irregular Weapons
Nunchaku	3C	2C	0C	Yes	One-handed	200 cash
Tonfa	2	0C	3C	Yes	One-Handed	200 cash
Sai	1C	1C	3C	Yes	One-Handed	200 cash
Kama	3C	2C	0C	Yes	One-Handed
Hatchet	2C	3C	0C	Yes	One-Handed
Shield	0C	2C	4C	No	One-Handed
Clubs and Staves
Light Rod	2C	2C	2C	No	One-handed	100 cash
Hammer	2C	3C	1C	No	One-handed	100 Cash
Heavy Rod	2C	4C	1C	No	Two-handed	1 tael
Staff	2C	3C	2C	No	Two-handed	500 cash
Three Section Staff	3C	1C	3C	No	Two-handed	500 cash
Whips and Chains
Chain Whip	1C	2C	2C	Yes	One-handed	1 tael
Flying Dagger	2C	1C	2C	Yes	One-handed
Rope Dart	3C	CC	2C	Yes	Two-handed	1 tael
Chain	2C	2C	2C	Yes	two-handed	1 tael
Meteor Hammer	2C	3C	1C	Yes	Two-handed	1 tael

Dagger: This refers to all manner of knives, daggers, and small edged weapons, ranging from kitchen tools to short swords. Butterfly Knife: These are short machetes, often used in pairs. In the hands of an expert, they can wreak incredible damage. Sword (Jian): Also known as the straightsword. Considered to be a more elegant and gentlemanly weapon than the saber. Concealed and collapsing straightswords are common amongst discreet fighters, and paired straightswords that share a single sheath are also fairly common. Western rapiers and epees and fall under the category of straightswords.

Saber (Dao): Also known as the broadsword or cutlass. A curved sword favored by the military. There are many regional varieties of the saber, with some being almost straight and others have severe curves. They are traditionally used by horseback riders, and have become popular with autocycle gangs for the same reasons. Like the straightsword, it is not uncommon to have a matching pair of sabers which are carried in a single sheath. Indian tulwars, western cavalry sabers, and Japanese katana all also fall under the category of sabers.

Long Sword (Chang Jian): Two-handed straightswords are rare, but have been known in China. They have slightly longer blades and substantially longer hilts than one-handed straightswords, allowing them to be used with both hands.

Great Saber(Da Dao): These sabers have longer handles and substantially longer or heavier blades, allowing them to strike with devastating power. Like their one-handed counterpart, great sabers come in a number of varieties, including the shorter, thicker Eight Trigram Sabers and the long-bladed Horse Cutting Sabers.

Deerhorn Knives (Lujiao Dao): Deerhorn knives consist of overlapping pairs of crescent-shaped blades, used for binding and trapping opponent's weapons. They are almost always used in pairs.

Tiger Hooks (Hu Tou Gou): Also known as the hook sword, this is a weapon made popular by flashy martial artists. Consisting of a hooked blade and a multi-bladed crossguard, the Tiger Hooks seem unintuitive, but are deadly in the hands of one who knows how to use them. These weapons are almost always used in pairs.

Spear (Qiang): Spears fell out of popularity until the rise of collapsing melee weaponry. Telescoping spears are popular both amongst the military and civilians.

Hatchet (Fu): Hatchets are a popular tool-turned melee weapon, particularly amongst street thugs and poorer gangsters.

Glaive (Pudao): More unwieldy and old-fashioned than the spears, glaives with telescoping hafts have made something of a resurgence in recent years amongst triads and gangsters looking to make a big impression.

Rod (Bian): Sword-length fighting rods are a common weapon, particularly amongst those who wish to fight without killing their opponent. They're particularly popular with crafty inventors, and collapsing rods, rods that break apart into chain whips, and electrified rods are all popular options.

Tonfa: The tonfa is a side-handled baton, shaped vaguely like a crutch. They offer a high degree of protection, and are popular amongst law enforcement. Sai, Jitte, and similar truncheons also would fall under this category.

Hammer: This refers to everything from warhammers to construction tools re-purposed for combat. Like axes, they are powerful but inelegant.

Heavy Rod (Dabian): Heavy Rods are more akin to their medieval ancestors – massive two-handed iron bars used to crush armor and bone. They are often made as six- or eight-sided polygons, or ridged like bamboo in order to add to to crushing power.

Staff (Gun): Like the spear, staves are most commonly seen in collapsing and telescoping varieties.

Three Section Staff (San Jie Gun): A popular weapon for it's flashiness and versatility. The three section staff can be used as a flail, a whip, a set of conjoined fighting rods, or for various grappling maneuvers.

Nunchaku (Shuang Jie Gun): A weapon imported from the Ryukyu island, the nunchaku has recently shown up as a popular weapon amongst street thugs in Chinese coast cities. Due to it's concealability when out of use and flashiness when in use, it's become particularly popular amongst youth gangs. Nunchaku may not be used to parry.

Chain whip (Jie Jie Bian): A five foot chain whip can easily be wrapped around the waist or folded and tucked into a sleeve, making it very popular as a hold-out weapon. Chain whips cannot be used to parry.

Flying Dagger: A close cousin to the rope dart, the flying dagger is a shorter version modified for one handed use. Consisting of a blade or weight on the end of a rope, the Flying Dagger is frequently hidden in the sleeves until deployed. Modern variants frequently use a mechanical spring to retract the weapon. Flying daggers cannot be used to parry.

Rope Dart: Similar to the chain whip, the rope dart is favored for it's extreme ease of concealability and reach. Consisting of either a weight or small blade on the end of a long silk rope, the Rope Dart can easily be concealed underneath clothing. Rope Darts cannot be used to parry.

Chain (Gusari): A popular weapon amongst rogues in Japan, the Gusari is a weighted chain, occasionally with a sickle on one end. They've become popular in China as well. Chains cannot be used to parry.

Meteor Hammer: The meteor hammer is the big brother of the Rope Dart, consisting of a chain with a large weight on one or both ends. Like the rope dart, it may be used for binding and grappling maneuvers, but cannot be used to parry.

Designing Your Own Weapons:

Our weapon list is fairly exhaustive, but players with unique ideas should be encouraged to pursue them. In most cases, when assigning stats for a weapon not listed in the above table, there should be a fairly clear equivalent entry: a Spanish rapier would function the same as a Chinese straightsword, a Japanese katana the same as a saber, and so on.

When creating a custom melee weapon, you have a total of six points to spend, as follows:

Offense: Maximum 3.

Defense: Maximum 3.

Damage: Maximum 3.

Concealment: Making a weapon concealable costs one point. Hands: Making a weapon two-handed increases it's damage by one.

A player may wish to have a weapon that is aesthetically similar to an entry while functionally different. Perhaps your swordsman using an exceptionally light and graceful straightsword with a higher parry value and lower damage value, or a massive weighted chain that deals more damage at the cost of losing concealability.

Table 3: Weaponry Augmentations

Name	Effect	Penalty	Cost	Creation Skill
Incendiary	Burning	-1 Damage	+5 tael	Craftsmanship
Electrified	Shocking	-1 accuracy	+5 taels	Craftsmanship
Mechanical	Wounding	-1 accuracy	+5 taels	Craftsmanship
Thermal	Armor Penetration	-1 accuracy	+5 taels	Craftsmanship
Sword-Pistol	Combined Pistol	-1 accuracy	+5 taels	Craftsmanship
Multi-Weapon	Multiple forms	None	+5 taels	Craftsmanship
Collapsible	Adds concealment	-1 Damage	+3 tael	Craftsmanship

Melee Weapon Technical Augmentations:

Given the prevalence of both violence and technology in China, there is no short of mad and ingenious ways that heroes have sought to combine them. Generally, high tech weapons come in two parts: the base weapon, and the augmentation. Thus, one may choose to make an electrified straightsword, or a collapsing spear, or an incendiary chain whip (all popular choices in the streets of Shanghai and Beijing).

Unless the creator has the Ingenious Deadly Blades talent, only one augmentation can be added to a given weapon. The Collapsible Weapon and Multi-Weapon modifications are the exception to this rule, as they effect the structure rather than the damage effect of the weapon.

Incendiary: Inside the haft or pommel of these weapons there lies a hidden reservoir of flammable gas or liquid; with the flick of a switch, the blade ignites in a blaze of fire. When ignited, the blade deals fire damage, and anyone struck by the weapon is set on fire (see fire damage in Mechanics). The extra drag of the flame makes the weapon slower, inflicting a -1 penalty to attack rolls.

Electrical: Inside the pommel of the weapon lies a hidden battery, which, with the flick of a switch, can send the sword surging with electrical power. The weapon deals the electric Shock effect, upgrading the stun category of any blow by one rank. The extra weight of the electronics makes the weapon slower, inflicting a -1 penalty to attack rolls.

Mechanical: The blade of this weapon has been converted into something akin to a chainsaw, with blades that spin and gnash. Such weapons are hard to wield, but deal ferocious blows. They gain the Wounding property, increasing the damage rate against unarmored foes.

Thermal: The blade of the weapon heats up to extreme temperatures, letting it slice through the heaviest of armor. Typically, the blade will be forged from a high-density metal such as tungsten or osmium, with a built in thermocoil that superheats it well beyond the melting points of lighter metals. The weapon suffers a -1 penalty to precision, but ignores armor.

Sword Pistol: Sword pistols are personal firearms built into melee weapons, including spears and daggers as well as swords. Said pistol can be fired as a ranged weapon as per normal, or can be used to augment the strength of a blow, shooting targets as they are being stabbed. Whenever your attack is at least twice the defense roll when attacking with a Sword Pistol, you add the pistol's base damage (4 coins) to the total melee damage. The extra weight of the weapon slows it down, giving a -1 penalty to attack rolls.

Collapsing: These weapons having spring-loaded telescoping shafts, or otherwise fold down into a smaller size. Any non-concealable weapon can be made concealable by adding this modification. It makes the weapon slightly lighter and weaker, giving a -1 penalty to damage rolls.

Multi-weapon: Multi-weapons can be configured into multiple forms. Examples include staves that break apart into three section staves, glaives who's handles fold down such that the blade can be used as a saber, and swords that break apart into bladed chain whips. Changing a weapon between it's forms is a free action. A weapon can have more than two forms, so long as the mechanics of it can be justified; an outlaw may wield a staff that breaks into a three section staff, which in turn breaks into a nine-section whip, and so on and so forth.

The price of a Multi-Weapon is the sum of all of it's component weapons, plus an additional 5 taels. If a multi-weapon has another Tech augment applied to it (such as being Thermal or Electrical), that augmentation applies to all of it's forms. If one form of the weapon is concealable, then all forms of it are considered to have the Collapsing augmentation, and suffer a -1 penalty to damage; a sword that can be turned into a whip is ultimately another type of collapsing sword.

Section Three: Firearms and Ranged Weapons

Ranged weapons come in three broad categories – throwing weapons, one-handed pistols, and two-handed longarms. Throwing weapons tend to be small and concealable, but less damaging. Pistols are favored by outlaws, gangsters, and knight errants, given their ease of concealability. Longarms are primarily used by the military, with a good many of them ending up in criminal hands as well.

Damage: This is the damage value of the weapon. Damage for ranged weapons is calculated as Weapon Damage + Sharpshooting Rank.

Accuracy: The level of accuracy and precision of the weapon. This added to the wielder's Sharpshooting total when making an attack roll.

Range: There are three ranges of weapons – short, medium, and long.

Short: Short-ranged weapons have very limited effective range – maybe thirty feet or so. They can only be fired at targets in the same Region (ie, people in the same room at you), or when on the edge between two Regions (firing out of the door and into the corridor). Medium: Medium range weapons have an effective range of a couple hundred feet. They can fire across one Region of combat (such as from the deck of one ship onto the deck of another).

Long: Long range weapons can fire for hunreds or thousands of feet with accuracy; they can fire as far as the eye can see.

Type: Ranged weapons come in a variety of types, as detailed here: Pistols: Pistols are concealable guns that can be used in one hand.

Longarms: Longarms, conversely require two hands and cannot be concealed.

Mechanical: Mechanical weapons fire via springs, compressed air, or other mechanical forces. They are less powerful than ballistic weapons, but are silent, allowing the wielder to fire without giving away his position. Ballistic: Ballistic weapons, conversely, fire projectiles via chemical explosions. They are more powerful, but extremely loud and prone to produce flashes of light and plumes of smoke. Anyone attempting to hide or take cover while using a a Ballistic weapon immediately gives away their presence.

Throwing: Throwing weapons include knives, Shuriken, and chakrams; they are considered one-handed and concealable.

Automatic: Automatic weapons can be used to deal damage to groups of targets, filling a region with bullets. All targets must be in the same Zone. When targeting multiple foes, the attacker incurs a -1 penalty to Accuracy and Damage per target. (-2 for two targets, -3 for three, etc.)

Cost: The cost of the weapon, in taels.

Creation: Guns, crossbows, and mechanical projectiles are created via the Engineering skill; Bows and throwing weapons are created via the Craftsmanship skill.

Weapon	Accuracy	Damage	Range	Form	Type	Firing
Shuriken	3	2	Short	Throwing	Mechanical	Single
Chakram	2	3	Short	Throwing	Mechanical	Single
Dart Launcher	3	1	Medium	Pistol	Mechanical	Single
Pistol	2	3	Medium	Pistol	Ballistic	Single
Autopistol	1	3	Medium	Pistol	Ballistic	Automatic
Hand Cannon	2	4	Short	Pistol	Ballistic	Single
Bow	2	3	Long	Longarm	Mechanical	Single
Crossbow	3	3	Medium	Longarm	Mechanical	Single
Autocrossbow	2	2	Medium	Longarm	Mechanical	Automatic
Rifle	2	4	Long	Longarm	Ballistic	Single
Autorifle	1	4	Long	Longarm	Ballistic	Automatic
Scattergun	3	5	Short	Longarm	Ballistic	Single
Cannon	2	5	Medium	Longarm	Ballistic	Single
Gatling Gun	1	5	Long	Longarm	Ballistic	Automatic

Firearms come in two categories: pistols, which are small one-handed weapons, and longarms, which are large two-handed weapons. Longarms tend to be more powerful and have greater range, but are much more difficult to conceal and carry.

Shuriken: Imported from Japan, Shuriken are tiny, accurate throwing blades.

Chakram: Imported from India, Chakram are large, powerful throwing blades.

Dart Launchers: Dart launchers fire steel darts, often launched via pneumatics or other mechancial rather than chemical means, allowing them to be fired silently. They are frequently mounted on the wrists or hidden in the sleeves, though hand-held Dart Launcher pistols are not uncommon. Dart launchers are frequently loaded with with Injector Rounds, and are one of the most popular means of delivering poisons.

Pistol: Pistols include everything from small, light holdout pistols to massive revolvers.

Sword Pistol: Sword pistols are personal firearms built into melee weapons, including spears and daggers as well as swords. Said pistol can be fired as a ranged weapon as per normal, or can be used to augment the strength of a blow, shooting targets as they are being stabbed. Whenever you score a Critical Hit (attack is at least twice the defense roll) with a Sword Pistol, you add the pistol's base damage (4 coins) to the total melee damage.

Autopistol: Autopistols are fully automatic hand guns, firing bursts of bullets with every shot. They tend to fire smaller caliber ammunition than standard pistols, but make up for it in quantity.

Hand Cannon: These are massive smoothbore handguns, essentially shortbarreled blunderbusses. Hand cannons typically only have barrel and must be reloaded with a fresh cartridge between shots, though multi-barrel hand cannons are common. They are typically loaded with scattershot, firing clouds of shrapnel with every shot.

Repeater crossbow: This ancient Chinese weapon has improved with time, and repeater crossbows are almost as common as firearms in the modern day. Most contemporary repeater crossbows are pump or lever action to reload. Though they lack the stopping power of a firearms, crossbows are silent and can be loaded with trick arrows, and unlike firearms, to not need to be modified for specialty ammunition.

Autocrossbow: The autocrossbow is the next logical evolution of the repeating crossbow. They use spring-loaded flywheels to hurl volleys small bolts, essentially acting as the hybrid of a machine gun and a crossbow.

Compound bow: Though something of antiquity, the compound bow is still favored amongst Mongolian and Manchu Bannermen, who hold a long history of archery. Like the crossbow, contemporary compound bows can make use of a great number of specialty arrows.

Rifle: A long-barreled firearm, intending for precision and accuracy at a distance. Some rifles use internal magazines to store ammunition, while others have rotating chambers that align with the barrels.

Autorifle: Automatic rifles fire bursts of ammunition, riddling targets with bullets. They are less accurate than single shot rifles and fire smaller caliber rounds, but fire a lot more of them a lot faster.

Scattergun: A massive smoothbore firearm, the scattergun is essentially a modern blunderbuss. It fires a hail of shrapnel, as deadly as it is inaccurate.

Creating your Own:

Obviously, there are many other possibilities for ranged weapons. When creating custom ranged weapons, consult the following table: Total Points: 8 points for longarms, 6 points for pistols
Maximum Accuracy: 3 points.

Maximum Damage: 5 points

Short Range: 0 points

Medium Range: 1 point
Long Range: 2 points
Mechanical: Making a weapon mechanical rather than ballistic, and thus silent, costs 1 point.
Automatic Fire: Making a weapon automatic costs 1 point.

Example: Lei Fong is building a fully automatic electrified shuriken launcher. He designates his weapon as a medium-ranged mechanical automatic longarm, and puts two points into accuracy and three into damage. Lastly, he upgrades it with capacitor rounds, bringing the accuracy down to two, but adding the Shocking effect to his ammunition.

Firearm Upgrades and Speciality Ammunition:

Firearm technology has improved greatly since the days of the pole gun and the musket. Just as outlaws favor electrified and flaming swords and whips, so to do they enjoy shooting electrified and flaming bullets.

Most of these upgrades require modifications to both the ammunition and the gun itself. Thus, to shoot electrified Capacitor Rounds, one needs a rifle that has been modified to charge them. Similarly, a gun modified for Capacitor

Rounds couldn't be loaded with Incendiary Rounds. The Multiple Ammunitions upgrade circumvents this.

Unless one has the Ingenious Deadly Machines talent, a weapon can only have one ammunition upgrade; a gun could shoot thermal rounds or capacitor rounds, but not thermal capacitor rounds.

Bows and crossbows, in lieu of specialized ammunition, can be fire trick arrows with the same effects. The primary advantage of the these more archaic weapons is that they do not be fitted for specialty rounds. The same compound bow can fire incendiary arrows, electrical arrows, and so on.

In S3, we feel like keeping track of individual rounds of ammunition is an unnecessary level of book-keeping. Thus, when purchasing specialty ammunition and the relevant firearm modifications, assume that the cost covers a “lifetime's supply” of ammunition or trick arrows.

Firearm Upgrades:

Upgrade	Bonus	Penalty	Cost	Craft Skill
Capacitor Rounds	Shock Damage	-1 Accuracy	5 taels	Engineering 3
Incendiary Rounds	Fire Damage	-1 Accuracy	5 taels	Engineering 3
Shredder Rounds	Wounding Damage	-1 Accuracy	5 taels	Engineering 2
Thermal Rounds	Ignores Armor	-1 Accuracy	5 taels	Engineering 3
Injector Rounds	Poison Delivery	No damage	2 taels	Engineering 2
Grappling	Grappling Hook	-1 Damage		Engineering 2
Multiple Ammo Type	Can switch between different ammo types	None	2 taels	Engineering 2
Collapsible	Gains concealment	-1 Damage	2 taels	Craftsmanship 2

Thermal Rounds: Firearms outfitted for ballistic thermal rounds fire super-heated armor-piercing rounds, capable of punching through thick armor. They have a -1 penalty to overall damage, but ignores armor bonuses equal to the wielder's Engineering Rank (minimum 2).
Mechanical thermal rounds tend to simply be shaped thermal charges that blast through targets on impact.

Incendiary Rounds: These rounds are coated in phosphorous that ignites as they fly through the air, turning the bullets into flaming missiles. They add a fire effect, and targets shot by them risk being lit on fire (see fire damage). Flaming bullets have a more air resistance than regular bullets, causing a -1 penalty to Precision.
Mechanical incendiary rounds are usually crossbow bolts hollowed out and filled with explosive gas or fluids.

Capacitor Rounds: These bullets are actually tiny, highly charged capacitors, and they deliver an electrical shock the target's nervous system after making contact. Typically, the gun will contain a spinning dynamo that charges the rounds before firing them. The weapon suffers a -1 penalty to overall damage, but gain a number of bonus coins to stunning damage equal to the wielder's Engineering Rank (minimum 2).

Shredder Rounds: Ballistic shredder rounds are clouds of flachette packed into casings, turning each bullet into a cloud of tiny knives.

Mechanical shredder rounds tend to be substantially more ostentatious; all kinds of blade throwers, chakram launchers, and fully automatic shuriken guns have been cooked up by mad inventors throughout China.

Injector Rounds: These weapons have been modified to fire hypodermic needles capable of rapidly delivering drugs and poisons. Instead of dealing normal damage, injector rounds deal damage by the poison they have been loaded with. Poisons delivered via Injector Rounds take effect immediately, as opposed to the normal one round delay. Note that regular bullets and arrows can easily be coated with poisons, just like any other weapons. Poison delivered via regular armaments takes one full combat round to work it's way into the target's system before it takes effect.

Grappling: Firearms can be modified to shoot grappling hooks instead of bullets. Grappling hook guns and grappling hook arrows are popular accessories amongst rogues, and are typically used for getting around. They can also be handy in combat for a variety of creative stunts.

Multiple Ammunition: These guns have been modified with -several- different types of specialty ammunition, typically with a separate barrel for each one or some other easy mechanism for switching between them. Note that this only allows a weapon to switch between ammo types, not stack them; one fitted with electrical and shredder rounds would gain either the Wounding or Shocking Effect on any attack, but not both. All penalties for any given ammo type still apply when using that ammo type.

Multiple Firing Modes: This weapon can switch between single shot and scattershot, or single shot and automatic fire. Many automatic weapons can be switched down to fire single shots for greater precision, and many mufti-barreled weapons can fire each barrel one at a time, or all of them together.
It is possible to take this upgrade twice, to have a weapon that can switch between single, automatic, and scatter shot. Though I'm honestly not sure how that would work.

Collapsible: The gun has a a collapsible stock and barrel, allowing it to be broken down and easily hidden. This upgrade makes long arms and non-concealable firearms concealable.

Bayonet: This simple blade may be affixed to any long-arm, allowing it to double as a crude spear. It deals damage as a knife in melee. Whenever you score a Critical Hit (attack is at least twice the defense roll) with a bayonet in melee, you add the firearm's base damage to the total melee damage, just like a sword pistol.

Section Four: Explosives

Explosives are both and art and a science. Namely, setting them off is an art and making them is a science.

Attack accuracy with grenades is equal to the attacker's Explosives Total. Unlike other weapons, grenades do not have Precision ratings.
For those warriors who do not cook up homemade explosives in their garages, “over the counter” grenades are available. Such weapons assume a base Alchemistry of 2C. If you want the good stuff, you have to make it yourself.

Name	Damage	Range	Effect	Cost	Creation
Delivery Modes					Alchemistry 3
Thrown Grenade		Short
Grenade Launcher		Medium
Rocket Pistol		Medium
Rocket Launcher		Long
Explosive Effects
High Explosive	+4C	-	-		Alchemistry 2
Concussion	+3C	-	Shocking
Incendiary	+2C	-	Burning		Alchemistry 2
Fragmentation	+4C	-	Wounding		Alchemistry 2
Thermal Charge	3C		Piercing
Extinguisher	See text	-	See text		Alchemistry 3
Chemical Effects
Obscuring Smoke	See text	-	-	100 cash	Alchemistry 1
Blinding Smoke	+4C	-	-	500 cash	Alchemistry 3
Burning Smoke	+4C	-	-	1500 cash	Alchemistry 4
Poison Gas	Per Poison Type			Per Poison Type	Medicine 3

Explosives have three main parameters: Explosive Effect, Chemical Effect, and Delivery method. The delivery method determines how far and wide the explosion can reach, and the Effects determine what kind of damage the explosion deals. An explosive must have both a Delivery Method and an Effect.

Delivery Methods:

Grenades can be delivered by a variety of means: set off in traps, fired from grenade launchers, or fitted into rockets and fired from rocket launchers.

Hand Grenade: The basic delivery method of grenades – throwing it. Grenades are short ranged and concealable thrown weapons.

Grenade Launcher: To add reach to grenades, sometimes a grenade launcher will be employed. The launcher itself is a non-concealable mechanical weapon, and it upgrades the range on the grenade to Medium.

Rocket Launcher: For truly long-range explosive demolition, grenades can be fitted into rockets. Rocket launchers are a non-concealable ballistic longarm, and upgrade the grenades range to Long.

Rocket Pistol: Increasingly popular amongst outlaws and street gangs, the Rocket Pistol is a miniature one-handed rocket launcher. It is considered a one-handed ballistic pistol, and upgrades the grenades range to Medium.

Explosive Effects:

Fragmentation: This is your traditional explosive, which hurls bits of shrapnel at high speeds. They deal lethal damage.

Concussion: A concussion grenade releases a potent shockwave, but no shrapnel, battering foes without killing. They deal nonlethal damage.

Stun: Stun grenades create a thunderous sound and flash of light, disorienting all who are effected. They deal stunning damage, but no wounds.

Incendiary: These grenades are filled with a highly flammable phosphorous gas. Anyone damaged by them is lit on fire, and takes damage on subsequent rounds as per the fire damage rules.

Extinguisher Grenade: A handy device to have in a bomb-fight; an extinguisher grenade deploys a cloud of chemical foam that puts out fires. Anyone who is on fire and is hit by one of these grenades is automatically extinguished.

Chemical Effects:

Smoke Bomb:

These grenades deal no damage, but fill the air with thick smoke, requiring an Awareness check to identify anything or anyone more than 5' away, and imposing a -4 penalty on Awareness checks and any ranged attack rolls. Smoke can come in varying degrees of lethality, as shown below.

Blinding Smoke:

These grenades are similar to smoke bombs, except that the smoke burns the eyes. It conceals as per Concealing Smoke above, but also inflicts blindness. Anyone who fails their fortitude save is blinded; anyone who fails by double is blinded and stunned for their next round. They remain blinded until they are removed from the cloud, after which they can take a new Fortitude save against the original damage each round to clear their eyes.

Burning Smoke:

These explosives release a cloud of deadly acidic vapor that burns the skin, such as chlorine or mustard gas. It both blinds and conceals likes Blinding Smoke, but also delivers a light wound every round that a character is within the cloud.

Poison Gas: The smoke from these explosives has been mixed with a drug or poison, administering it to all who fall within the explosives radius. For poison effects, see below.

Section Six: Miscellaneous High Tech Weaponry

Some weapons just don't fit in with the rest. The following are some of the most scientifically intricate weapons available in S3, tied directly to technological rather than combat skills.

Name	Damage	Accuracy	Range	Concealment	Cost	Skill
Flame thrower	(Alchemistry)	(Explosive)	Medium	No	7 taels	Alchemistry
Arc Projector	(Engineering)	(Engineering)	Medium	No	10 taels	Engineering

Flamethrower: A flamethrower fires a jet of compressed phosphorous gas, capable of filling a room with hellfire. Flamethrowers are notoriously finicky to maintain, and use the wielder's Alchemistry for attack rolls.

Arc Projector: Almost strictly the domain of mad scientists, Arc Projectors hurl bolts of lightning through the air. They deal nonlethal electrical damage, and ignore armor. Arc Projector's are notoriously complicated weapons, and use the wielder's Engineering Total for both attack and damage.

Most of Arc Projectors look like large Capacitor Rifles, complete with spinning dynamos, though wrist-mounted Arc Projector's with back-mounted dynamos have are also possible.

Section Six: Drugs and Poisons

Poisons come in many forms, but can be sorted accorded to two variables: means and administration and effect. Poisons can be administered either through ingestion, injection, or inhalation. Ingested poisons are usually concealed in food or wine. Injected poisons are usually administered by way of weapons, and one dose is enough for a single blow. Inhaled poisons are dispersed into poisonous smokes, and those who inhale them suffer their damage each round they are exposed.

Damage from Poison: Damage from Poison is equal to the attacker's Medicine Total. When using “over the counter” drugs and poisons not brewed by the attacker, they default to 7C of damage. Ingested poisons usually take a few minutes to take effect. Injected poisons applied via regular weapons have a one round delay before they take effect; those applies via hypodermic needles take effect immediately.

Common Poisons by desired effect:

Type	Effect	Cost (per dosage)	Creation
Neurotoxin	Damage	250 cash	Medicine
Sedative	Unconsciousness	250 cash	Medicine
Necrotoxin	Continuous Damage	500 cash	Medicine
Nauseant	Nausea	250 cash
Energy Blocker	Stop Expenditure of Breath	250 cash	Medicine
Blinding Agent	Blindness	100 cash	Medicine
Hallucinogenic	Hallucinations	500 cash	Medicine
Hypnotic	Suggestibility	500 cash	Medicine

Nerve Toxin: These neurotoxins are often distilled from insect and animal venoms. They shut down motor functions, making movement difficult, and eventually inducing paralysis. They deal damage as per normal weaponry, and are the most common type of poison used in combat.

Sedative: These drugs cause the target to lose consciousness. Typically administered in food or drink, the target must pass Fortitude check or fall unconscious. Such drugs are naturally counteracted by adrenaline, and as such, cannot be used in combat.

Necrotoxin: These are insidious poisons that burn or rot away the vital organs from within. Each round the target has the necrotoxin in their system, they take a light wound. The necrotoxin will continue to damage the victim until they are either treated or fall comatose.

Nauseant: These poisons are often distilled from poisonous plants, and induce severe nausea, vertigo, or pain. The afflicted target must make a Fortitude check each round in order to act until the poison is purged.

Energy Blocker. These poisons inhibit the natural flow of vital energy through the body. When struck, the target must make a Fortitude save; if they fail, they lose the ability spend Breath until until healed.

Blinding. These poisons temporarily deprive one of sight. The target must pass Fortitude check or lose use of their sight for the rest of the scene. These toxins are usually deployed as a gas or powder thrown in the eyes.

Hallucinogenic: These drugs cause the target to hallucinate and behave erratically, sometimes causing fear, anxiety, or giddiness. Each round, the target must a Fortitude check in order to act rationally; a player who fails this save will be placed under the control of the Narrator for that round.

Hypnotic: Truth Serums and other such drugs render the brain loose and suggestible. A target who fails their fortitude save when afflicted with a hypnotic is incapable of making deception checks or empathy checks, rendering them easily manipulated incapable of not telling the truth.