Crafting and Repairing Items

In the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game rules, ability checks to craft and repair items require parts,
with purchase DCs for these parts given in the skill descriptions. In the Apocalypse, however,
nothing, including repair parts, can be simply purchased at the store, and purchase DCs are
irrelevant. Instead, every attempt to craft or repair an item has a parts DC used to determine
whether the user has sufficient parts available to complete the job. Before you can succeed at
repairing or crafting an item, you must make a parts check to see if you have what you need.
To make a parts check, you must have a number of the appropriate type of parts equal
to at least the number of parts used in the attempt, as indicated on Table: Parts Checks. Roll
1d20 and add the number of appropriate parts on hand. For example, if you’re attempting to
craft a crossbow, and you have eight mechanical parts on hand, your bonus on the parts check
is +8.
If you succeed on the parts check, you have the parts you need and can proceed with
the appropriate ability check for the task. If you fail, you do not have sufficient parts available for
the task. You can retry the check, but only after you obtain at least one additional part.
The DC for the check depends on the task’s complexity. General guidelines for parts
check DCs are given on Table: Parts Checks.
If you succeed on a parts check, you expend a number of parts. If you succeed in your
attempt to craft or repair the item, you expend the listed number of parts for the complexity of
the item. If your ability check fails, you expend half the number of parts, and have to succeed at
another parts check to make another attempt. The number of parts expended is given on Table:
Parts Checks.

Table: Parts Checks

Task Parts Check DC Parts Expended
Repair check
Simple 10 1
Moderate 20 3
Complex 30 6
Advanced 40 10
Craft check
Simple 15 3
Moderate 25 5
Complex 35 10
Advanced 50 20