Inventory
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Discussion of coding for inventory is found at Inventory code.
The items about a character's person are measured in two ways- their location and their weight. Weight is used to determine the character's Encumbrance, and will be treated elsewhere. Unless placed otherwise an item is assumed to be carried in the character's hand or hands.
If a character dies their entire inventory generally remains with their body. If an item is spiritbound or otherwise transfers with a dead character it transfers to the character's new inventory after death. If an item is in a container which does not transfer (generally unless it is worn or in hand) it falls to the ground when the character becomes a ghost.
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Locations
The basic management of inventory is done through locations about the body. There are several basic categories of inventory locations, these include;
- Carried
- Clothing locations
- Jewelery locations
- Storage locations
The vast majority of items require only one location to wear, though some require more. A particularly voluminous robe, for example, might occupy the Vest and Cloak locations. Similarly, gauntlets generally condense the ring locations of one hand into a single "Gauntlet" location.
Carried
Unlike virtually every other location, "carried" can contain any type of item. An item which is carried will automatically be wielded if combat begins. An item which takes two hands to wield is generally assumed to be carried in two hands or one with the balance leaned over the shoulder.
- 2 hands
Clothing
- 1 pair gloves
- 1 Shirt
- 1 Vest/Breastplate/Robe
- 1 Cloak
- 1 Pants/kilt/skirt
- 1 Leggings/tights
- 1 Hat/helm
- 1 pair Boots
Jewelry
- 10 Rings/ 1 pair gauntlets
- 2 Bracelets/bracers
- 1 Necklace/brooch
- 1 Cloak pin (if wearing a cloak)
- 1 Belt
- 2 Greaves
- (special) Piercings
Piercings
Piercings are a particular type of inventory location in that not every character has all of them. In fact, characters generally start out with no piercings at all, even in their ears. While some piercings, such as one's ears, are moderately easy to get, and get jewelery for, others require much more to obtain. All piercings involve a (skill~skinner?) times (ability) roll to perform successfully, and deal at least some (stamina or hit point) damage.
Piercings often alter a character in ways aside from simply "unlocking" a slot, including carry special stigma (or honor) among various societies and factions. For this reason, choosing to get a piercing should be treated as a long-term consideration.
- Ears
- Eyebrow
- Nose
- Lip
- Bellybutton
- (PG rated?)
- (R rated?)
- (X rated?)
- (tattoos?)
Storage
Storage locations are generally used for straps and other means by which containers may be attach to one's body. For example, the back location is where a shield might be slung or a backpack worn. A sword sheath might hang over a shoulder or from the belt. While items which fit in other types of location can have space for more items to be stored (for example, a pair of pants may have one or more small pockets as might a cloak or robe) these are the method by which a character generates the greatest amount of storage space about their body.
- 2 shoulders
- 1 back
- (several) Belt (if worn)
Note that a belt is unusual in that it is an item which provides extra locations. Few other items do so, generally acting as containers (see below).
Note that a bandoleer is effectively as a belt worn over the shoulders, allowing a significant expansion of storage space by trading each shoulder location for a set of "Bandoleer" locations. However, bandoleers generally have fewer locations available than the same item used as a belt.
Containers
Some items act as containers. Generally, these exist in Storage locations, such as a backpack, duffel-bag, or attached to a belt- though others are possible. Unlike locations, however, space in a container is general in what can occupy it, but is also limited in quantity.
When a container is opened it presents a grid. The grid a given container presents is based on its internal space- this may be as small as a 1x1 slot, though generally items larger than (10x10 or 25x25?) are better treated as rooms. Other items may be placed into containers and occupy a variable amount of space, depending on their own size and shape- for example a dagger may occupy one or two squares, while a large sword might occupy a 10x2 square in a container.
Containers Within Containers
Some containers have a fixed external size. In this case, they occupy the same amount of space regardless of other considerations.
Many containers, such as bags and pouches, greatly vary in size depending on their contents. While they have a maximum size to constrain what they contain, they cannot grow to exceed the size of whatever container they are placed within (nor can they be placed into a container that is too small for their contents).
Movement
Items placed in a container tend to shift and move. Each time a container is opened the location of its contents may be randomized. All items will be present in a legal formation- it just may not be the formation you were expecting.
Small items
For small items, you want to use a small bag- a pouch. Small containers have no more than 1 "normal" slot, and thus open directly to a maginified 10x10 grid. On this grid many items that normally take up a single space take up a different amount of space. For example an apple (normally 1 slot) occupies the entire 10 slot space, while coins occupy only a few squares and a bead occupies only 1. Sometimes, particularly small items (seed beads and sand) are still distributed in packets- but these are not divisible in inventory.
Special Containers
Some containers, generally those imbued with some form of magic, have special properties. Perhaps they reduce the weight of the items inside, perhaps they accommodate a larger amount of material than they should (and thus allow the containers they are within to contain them with more items than normal).
Suffice to say, special containers create their own special exceptions to the rules.
Sheaths vs Packs
There is no particular difference between a sheath and a sack or pack except that generally sheaths are shaped to properly fit a weapon, not a random collection of stuff. However, there is no bar to using a sword which is shorter than its sheath and packing some items at the end, nor stuffing your sword's sheath with a random assortment of loot.
Tanking
A character who is particularly interested in combat will fill many of their locations with armor;
Clothing
| Jewelry
| Storage
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Concept Art
Main Inventory
Main Inventory Options
Main Inventory with Open Backpack
Main Inventory with Belt
Main Inventory with Ring
Main Inventory with Gauntlets
Main Inventory with Cloak
Main Inventory with Lots of Stuff
