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Player Core / Chapter 6: Equipment

Gear

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Your character needs all sorts of items both while exploring and in downtime, ranging from rations to climbing gear to fancy clothing, depending on the situation.

Gear Statistics

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The table on page 291 lists Price and Bulk entries for a wide variety of gear. Any item with a number after it in parentheses indicates that the item’s Price is for the indicated quantity, though the Bulk entry for such an item is the value for only one such item. All items in this chapter are level 0 unless the item name is followed by a higher item level in parentheses.

Hands

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This lists how many hands it takes to use the item effectively. Most items that require two hands can be carried in only one hand, but you must spend an Interact action to change your grip in order to use the item. The GM may determine that an item is too big to carry in one hand (or even two hands, for particularly large items).

Wearing Toolkits

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You can make a toolkit (such as an alchemist’s toolkit or healer’s toolkit) easier to use by wearing it. This easy access allows you to draw and replace the tools within as part of the action that uses them, rather than needing to Interact to draw them. You can wear up to 2 Bulk of toolkits in this manner; any beyond this limit must be stowed or drawn with an Interact action to use.

Adventuring Gear

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These items follow special rules or require more detail.

Alchemical Gear

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The items listed on the Alchemical Gear table are the most widely available alchemical items on Golarion, which a 1st-level character could likely access. Each item’s full entry appears in GM Core. Your GM might allow you to start with other alchemical items from there on a case-by-case basis.

Alchemical Bombs

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Alchemical bombs are consumable weapons that deal damage or produce special effects, and they sometimes deal splash damage. You throw a bomb as a ranged Strike. It's a martial ranged weapon with a range increment of 20 feet and can't benefit from runes since it's a consumable.

A bomb deals any listed splash damage to the target on a failure, success, or critical success, and to all other creatures within 5 feet of the target on a success or critical success. Add the damage together before applying resistance or weakness, and don't multiply splash damage on a critical hit.

Elixirs

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Elixirs are alchemical items you drink with a single action that has the manipulate trait, gaining the listed benefit.

Alchemical Tools

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Alchemical tools are a type of alchemical item you use, rather than drink or throw. They all have the alchemical and consumable traits.

Assistive Items

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Included in this section are assistive items for a variety of disabilities. If a character has been disabled from birth or for a significant period of time before setting out on their adventure, they should begin with any basic assistive items they require as part of their backstory. These items don’t count against their starting money (page 25), and any item granted in this way likewise has no value when sold.

Formulas

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Formulas are formalized instructions for making items. Their primary purpose is to reduce the time it takes you to start the Craft activity, which is helpful for items you'll make frequently. You can usually read a formula as long as you can read the language it's written in, even if you lack the skill to Craft the item. Often, alchemists and crafting guilds use obscure languages or create codes to protect their formulas. If you obtain a formula for an uncommon or rarer item, you have access to that item so you can Craft it. These formulas can be significantly more valuable—if you can find them at all!

For the Price listed on the table, you can buy a common formula or pay an NPC to let you copy their formula. A purchased formula is typically a schematic on rolled-up parchment of light Bulk. You can copy a formula into your formula book in 1 hour.

If you have a formula, you can Craft a copy of it using the Crafting skill. You can also Craft a formula by reverse-engineering it from an item you possess. Use the formula's Price and the item's Craft DC. You must meet any requirements to Craft the item, except you don't need to have access to the item or meet any special Craft Requirements listed in the item's stat block unless the GM determines otherwise.

Table 6-13: Formulas

Item LevelFormula Price
0*5 sp
11 gp
22 gp
33 gp
45 gp
58 gp
613 gp
718 gp
825 gp
935 gp
1050 gp
1170 gp
12100 gp
13150 gp
14225 gp
15325 gp
16500 gp
17750 gp
181,200 gp
192,000 gp
203,500 gp
*Formulas for all 0-level common items from this chapter can be purchased collectively in a basic crafter's book.

Services

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The services listed on Basic Services and Cuisine describe expenditures that can come up during travels and time spent in settlements.

Transportation

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The cost to hire transportation includes standard travel with no amenities. Most transit services provide basic sleeping arrangements, and some provide meals at the rates listed on the table. Arranging transportation into dangerous lands can be more expensive or impossible.

Spellcasting

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Spellcasting services are uncommon. Having a spell cast for you requires finding a spellcaster who knows and is willing to cast it. It’s hard to find someone who can cast higher-rank spells, and uncommon spells typically cost at least 100% more, if you can find someone who knows them at all. Spells that take a long time to cast (over 1 minute) usually cost 25% more. You must pay any cost listed in the spell in addition to the Price on the table.

Spellcasting Services

Spell RankPrice*
1st3 gp
2nd7 gp
3rd18 gp
4th40 gp
5th80 gp
6th160 gp
7th360 gp
8th720 gp
9th1,800 gp
* Plus any cost required to cast the specific spell.

Cost of Living

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Cost of living provides a total cost to covers room and board, dues, taxes, and other fees. You typically need to track and pay for your cost of living only during downtime.

Table 6-16: Cost of Living

Standard of LivingWeekMonthYear
Subsistence*4 sp2 gp24 gp
Comfortable1 gp4 gp52 gp
Fine30 gp130 gp1,600 gp
Extravagant100 gp430 gp5,200 gp
* You can attempt to Subsist using Society or Survival for free.

Animals

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The Prices for animals are listed both for renting and for purchasing them outright. You usually need to pay for animal rentals up front, and if the vendor believes the animal might be put in danger, they typically require a deposit equal to the purchase Price.

Most animals panic in battle unless specifically trained otherwise. When combat begins, they become frightened 4 and fleeing as long as they're frightened. If you successfully Command an Animal using Nature, you can keep it from fleeing, though this doesn't remove its frightened condition. If the animal is attacked or damaged, it returns to frightened 4 and fleeing, with the same exceptions.

Warhorses and warponies are combat trained. They don't become frightened or fleeing during encounters in this way.

Statistics for the animals appear in Monster Core.

Barding

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You can purchase special armor for animals, called barding (shown on the Barding table). All animals have a trained proficiency rank in light barding, and combattrained animals are trained in heavy barding. Barding uses the same rules as armor except for the following. The Price and Bulk of barding depend on the animal’s size (use the statistics for Small barding for creatures below Small size). Barding can’t be etched with magic runes, though special magical barding might be available.

Table 6-18: Barding

SizeBardingPriceAC BonusDex CapCheck PenaltySpeed PenaltyBulkStrength
LightSmall or Medium10 gp+1+5-1-5 ft.2+3
Large20 gp+1+5-1-5 ft.4+3
HeavySmall or Medium (Level 2)25 gp+3+3-3-10 ft.4+5
Large (Level 3)50 gp+3+3-3-10 ft.8+5

Quick Equipment Packages

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Nethys Note: This page combines Player Core 1 and 2's quick equipment packages.

If you want to quickly decide how to spend your starting money when playing a class from this book, start with one of these kits. The Armor, Weapons, and Gear entries include the basics, and the Options entries suggest additional items you might purchase with your leftover money to fit your character. Note that an adventurer’s pack, which is included in each kit, is 1 Bulk and contains a backpack, bedroll, 10 pieces of chalk, flint and steel, 50 feet of rope, 2 weeks’ rations, soap, 5 torches, and a waterskin.

Alchemist Kit

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Price 8 gp, 3 sp, 2 cp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 7 light; Money Left Over 6 gp, 6 sp, 8 cp
Armor studded leather armor
Weapons dagger, sling with 20 bullets
Gear adventurer's pack, alchemist's toolkit, caltrops
Options repair toolkit (2 gp)

Barbarian Kit

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Price 4 gp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 5 light; Money Left Over 11 gp
Armor hide armor
Weapons dagger, javelins (4)
Gear adventurer's pack, grappling hook
Options greataxe (2 gp), greatclub (1 gp), greatsword (2 gp), or battle axe and steel shield (3 gp)

Bard Kit

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Price 7 gp, 5 sp, 2 cp; Bulk 4 Bulk, 4 light; Money Left Over 7 gp, 4 sp, 8 cp
Armor studded leather armor
Weapons dagger, rapier, rapier, sling with 20 bullets
Gear adventurer's pack, musical instrument (handheld)

Champion Kit

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Price 8 gp, 7 sp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 7 light; Money Left Over 6 gp, 3 sp
Armor chain mail
Weapons dagger, javelins (4)
Gear adventurer's pack, crowbar, grappling hook
Options steel shield (2 gp), your deity's favored weapon (see your deities entry; use the Price listed in the weapon's entry)

Cleric Kit

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Price 1 gp, 7 sp; Bulk 1 Bulk, 2 light; Money Left Over 13 gp, 3 sp
Armor explorer's clothing
Gear adventurer's pack, religious symbol (wooden)
Options your deity's favored weapon (see your deities entry; use the Price listed in the weapon's entry), chain mail (6 gp), healer's toolkit (5 gp)

Druid Kit

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Price 4 gp; Bulk 4 Bulk, 4 light; Money Left Over 11 gp
Armor hide armor
Weapons dagger
Gear adventurer's pack, grappling hook
Options healer's toolkit (5 gp)

Fighter Kit

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Price 5 gp, 8 sp; Bulk 2 Bulk, 2 light; Money Left Over 9 gp, 2 sp
Armor scale mail
Weapons dagger
Gear adventurer's pack, grappling hook
Options greatsword (2 gp), longbow with 20 arrows (6 gp, 2 sp), or longsword and steel shield (3 gp)

Investigator Kit

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Price 9 gp, 2 sp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 5 light; Money Left Over 5 gp, 8 sp
Armor studded leather armor
Weapons crossbow with 20 bolts, sap, shortsword
Gear adventurer's pack, crowbar
Options alchemist’s toolkit (3 gp), simple manacles (3 gp), writing set (1 gp)

Monk Kit

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Price 5 gp, 3 sp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 3 light; Money Left Over 9 gp, 7 sp
Armor explorer's clothing
Weapons darts (10)
Gear adventurer's pack, climbing kit, grappling hook, smoke ball (lesser)
Options staff (0 gp), longspear (5 sp)

Oracle Kit

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Price 5 gp, 5 sp, 2 cp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 3 light; Money Left Over 9 gp, 4 sp, 8 cp
Armor studded leather armor
Weapons mace, sling with 20 bullets
Gear adventurer's pack
Options steel shield (2 gp), healer’s toolkit (5 gp)

Ranger Kit

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Price 3 gp, 7 sp; Bulk 2 Bulk, 1 light; Money Left Over 11 gp, 3 sp
Armor leather armor
Weapons dagger
Gear adventurer's pack
Options longbow with 20 arrows (6 gp, 2 sp), longsword and steel shield (3 gp), 2 shortswords (1 gp, 8 sp)

Rogue Kit

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Price 6 gp, 2 sp; Bulk 4 Bulk, 1 light; Money Left Over 8 gp, 8 sp
Armor leather armor
Weapons dagger, rapier
Gear adventurer's pack
Options thieves' toolkit (3 gp)

Sorcerer Kit

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Price 2 gp, 4 sp, 2 cp; Bulk 1 Bulk, 7 light; Money Left Over 12 gp, 5 sp, 8 cp
Armor explorer's clothing
Weapons dagger, sling with 20 bullets
Gear adventurer's pack
Options adventurer’s pack, caltrops (2 sets)

Swashbuckler Kit

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Price 8 gp, 7 sp; Bulk 3 Bulk, 3 light; Money Left Over 6 gp, 3 sp
Armor leather armor
Weapons hand crossbow with 20 bolts, rapier
Gear adventurer's pack
Options buckler (1 gp), dueling cape (5 sp), fine clothing (2 gp), grappling hook (1 sp), main-gauche (5 sp)

Witch Kit

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Price 1 gp, 8 sp, 2 cp; Bulk 2 Bulk, 5 light; Money Left Over 13 gp, 1 sp, 8 cp
Armor explorer's clothing
Weapons dagger, sickle, sling with 20 bullets
Gear adventurer's pack
Options cookware (1 gp), healer's toolkit (5 gp)

Wizard Kit

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Price 2 gp, 6 sp; Bulk 2 Bulk, 2 light; Money Left Over 12 gp, 4 sp
Armor explorer's clothing
Weapons staff
Gear adventurer's pack, writing set
Options crossbow with 20 bolts (3 gp, 2 sp)