Lifestyle

A character’s Resources determines their basic lifestyle, but sometimes a protagonist wants to explore the life of excess.
Characters don’t pay for their personal housing, food, or upkeep, as these elements roll into the Resources ability, and run
the risk of banality when introduced to play. The lifestyle expansions in this table are the types of activities and purchases
a character will need to test with their Resources ability.

Gear Resources TN Gear Resources TN Gear Resources TN

Alternate ID (Excellent) 16 Drugs (Street Quality) 9 Luxury Cruise 15
Alternate ID (Poor) 9 Five-Star Hotel 14 Michelin Star Meal 12
Casino Credit 14 Jewelry (Designer) 15 Party (Extravagant) 14
Discreet Affair 12 Jewelry (High Street) 11 Party (Intimate) 11
Drugs (High Quality) 11 Jewelry (Unique) 17 Party (Rave) 12

Adventuring Pricing

Gear There will be times when characters receive cash as

From the simple flashlight to cutting-edge night vision
goggles, gear acquirable in Modern AGE spans the ordinary
to the sublime, with the costs equally as far ranging. Due
to the sheer volume of equipment available, some items in
the following table form packages, the contents of which are
left for the GM and players to determine. Other equipment
appears separately. Resources difficulty may differ depending
on the game’s setting. The following descriptions cover some
of the gear examples in the Adventuring Gear table.
Chaff Grenades [Pulpy/Cinematic]: When thrown within a
15-yard proximity of electronics, a chaff grenade disrupts the
operations of any non-insulated device for 2d6 rounds, using
a combination of conductive foil and an electromagnetic
pulse. These are usually available only in Pulpy or Cinematic
campaigns.
Flash Grenades: These bombs create a blinding flash affecting
anyone within a 15-yard radius, if the person(s) looked in the
direction of the explosion. The blindness goes away after 2d6
rounds.
Magnifying Scope: A magnifying scope acts as a modern
pair of binoculars, with zoom functions and built-in camera.
Scopes are assumed to be included with sniper rifles and anti-
materiel rifles. Adding a scope to another firearm increases its
maximum range from 1.5x to 2x its listed base range.
rewards, and decide to spend their hard-earned money
on equipment or lifestyle upgrades. It is the GM’s
responsibility to look up the average item cost and
adjust accordingly for their game. Alternatively, cash is
convertible into a temporary increase in Resources. The
increase disappears as soon as a Resources check fails.
Night Vision Goggles: Battery-powered goggles allowing
users greater vision in darkness, illuminating anything within
the goggles’ range in shades of gray or green hues.
Smoke Grenades: These bombs create a cloud of obscuring
gas that expands up to 10 yards from detonation point. The
cloud dissipates after 1d6 rounds.
Suppressor: Otherwise known as a silencer, suppressors dull
the noise of gunfire.
Gritty: A suppressor stops any flash of light from a firearm’s
action, and halves the distance at which it can be heard.
Pulpy/Cinematic: A suppressor makes a firearm almost
impossible to hear outside any room it’s fired in, or beyond a
5-yard radius, whichever is smaller
Thermal Goggles: Battery-powered goggles allowing users
to see heat and movement in darkness.

Adventuring Gear
Gear Resources TN Gear Resources TN Gear Resources TN
Bomb Disposal Kit 15 Gun Scope 12 Night Vision
14
Camera 8 Laptop/Tablet 11 Goggles

Cell Phone 8 Laser Sight 11 Oxygen Tank 13

Chaff Grenades 15 Magnifying Scope 13 Radar Jammer 15

Diving Gear 13 Mechanic’s Toolkit 10 Signal Jammer 13

Flare Gun 9 Medic’s Kit 10 Smoke Grenades 14

Flash Grenades 16 Mine Detector 14 Suppressor 13

Flashlight 6 Motion Tracker 15 Survival Gear 11

Gasmask 11 Mountaineering Gear 14 Thermal Goggles 12

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