Weapon Quality
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PERCENTILE SYSTEM FOR WEAPON QUALITY

            A first level fighter buys a sword... 6 levels and 4 years later, he is still using that same sword. Doesn't it ever get old?  Doesn't constant combat wear out a weapon? Presented here is the Percentile System for Weapon Quality.

PRICE OF WEAPONRY

            With these new rules, a quality rating is assigned to weaponry. Of course, a difference in quality reflects in the price. So, Table A provides a price multiplier based on quality. Simply multiply the price multiplier times the normal market value of an item and this will give the price of the quality item.

     TABLE A: Quality

     Quality          Price Multiplier

     Terrible                  .01

     Very Poor              .1

     Poor                      .5

     Normal                1

     Good                 10

     Very Good         50

     Excellent         100

WEAPONS AND QUALITY POINTS

            All weapons have quality points assigned to them based on quality. DMs should use Table B to get the quality points of the weapon. A range is given for the quality to provide slight variety. Depreciation will be discussed later.

     TABLE B: Quality Points & Depreciation

     Quality             Points              Depreciation

     Terrible          -20 to 05                   20

     Very Poor        06 to 15                  10

     Poor                16 to 35                    5

     Normal            36 to 65                    4

     Good               66 to 85                    3

     Very Good      86 to 95                    2

     Excellent        96 to 120                   1

     Table C: Strength Multiplier

     Score     Multiplier

     01-03            .33

     04-06            .5

     07-12          1

     13-15          2

     16-18          3

            During combat, if a player rolls a natural 1 on any to hit roll, the weapon he was using is damaged in some way. The player rolls standard percentage dice (1d100) and if he rolls greater than the quality points of the weapon then the weapon breaks. If the player rolls the quality points or less then the weapon doesn't break but does depreciate in quality. The Depreciation given in Table B should be multiplied by the Strength modifier it Table C and the total should be subtracted from the weapon's quality points.

REPAIR

            Items can be repaired to recover lost depreciation points. Table D gives the repair multiplier based on quality. The formula for cost of repair is:

     Repair Cost = Original Value * Lost Quality Points * Repair Multiplier

     TABLE D: Quality Points & Depreciation

     Quality       Repair Multiplier

     Terrible                 .25

     Very Poor             .10

     Poor                     .05

     Normal                 .01

     Good                    .05

     Very Good           .10

     Excellent              .25

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