11. WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

1) Money

Much of the trade in Middle-earth is done by barter. Use of the Appraise, Fast Talk and Persuade skills can cover much of the bartering player characters may need to engage in. The use of Lores, such as Animal and Plant Lore, and Craft skills are also encouraged as these can be used to guage the quality of the wares on sale. However, money does exist in the form of large and small coins of gold and silver. The larger sized coins are generally referred to as Pieces, while the smaller coins are pennies. There is also the copper penny, the smallest value coin in Middle-earth. Coins are exchanged as follows:

100 copper pennies (cp) = 1 silver penny (sp)

4 silver pennies (sp) = 1 Silver Piece (SP) = 1 gold penny (gp)

4 gold pennies (gp) = 1 Gold Piece (GP)

Thus

1 GP = 4 SP = 16 sp = 1,600 cp

For clarity, pennies will be written as lower case, Pieces will be capitalised.

2) Personal Equipment

Item	Cost
Backpack	2sp
Bedroll	2sp
Belt Pouch	1sp
Blanket	50cp
Dagger Sheath	2sp
Lamp	1SP
Lantern	1SP, 2sp
Pipeweed	2sp
Quiver	2sp
Rope	1sp per 50 feet
Sword Scabbard	1SP
Tinderbox	1sp
Tent (1 man, 2 hobbits)	1sp
Tent (2 man, 4 hobbits)	2sp
Tent (3 man, 6 hobbits)	1SP
Torch	1sp for 10
Water/Wine skin	2sp

3) Clothing

1 suit of clothing includes: trousers or breeches, a shirt, belt, cloak or cape, and footwear. Female characters may have a dress rather than trousers. The player is free to choose the appearance and materials of their character's clothing.

Type	Cost
Clothes, fine, 1 suit	3sp
Clothes, average, 1 suit	2sp
Clothes, poor, 1 suit	1sp
Clothes, travelling, 1 suit	3sp
Clothes, very fine, 1 suit	1SP
Clothes, winter, 1 suit	1SP

4) Livestock

Animal	Cost
Horse, Riding	2SP
Horse, War	4SP
Horse, Draft	3SP
Pony	1SP
Dog	3sp
Tack and Harness	1sp
Barding (horse armour)	2SP

5) Weapons Tables

a) Melee Weapons

b) Missile Weapons

c) Notes

• Weapons that appear as both hand weapons and missile weapons require an extra skill to be used as a missile weapon. If no skill has been developed, the character has a 10% chance to hit.

• Projectile weapons do slightly more damage than melee weapons as they achieve greater velocity and impact.

• Should a character desire a weapon not on this list, the parameters should be worked out in conjunction with the GM

• All weapons and shields are assumed to have 20 Hit Points to determine if they have been damaged by fire, acid, etc.

• Whips have the special effect that they can entangle a foe. A successful attack with a whip inflicts just 1D3 damage but the whip becomes tangled around the target. It is then possible for the whip-user to trip or disarm the opponent. To trip the opponent make a roll of STR vs. SIZ. To disarm the opponent, make a roll of DEX x 3%. If the whip attack is critical, the attacker can disarm or trip automatically, without having to make a second roll. An entangled opponent can try to escape the whip by making a STR vs. STR roll (tearing the whip from the attacker's hand) or DEX vs. STR (escaping by wriggling free).

6) Armour and Shields

a) Shields

b) Armour

c) Notes

• Mithril has one very important attribute: armour made of Mithril does protect against a Critical Hit.