I don't really want to design a massive list of equipment for my game. I doubt half the stuff I create would even be used, inevitably there would be stuff that's better than other stuff.

So i'm thinking of largely taking that choice out of the equation. Instead pc's get to choose from a bunch of class-specific gear, some of which will be mundane some of which will be more unique (robots might have in built ordnance while mercs get regular guns to dual wield Tequila style).

I'm also thinking of having an upkeep feature when it comes to interacting with the setting in terms of inventory. So if people need to reload their guns, or sharpen their swords or get new medical supplies, etc, they can haggle with local merchants for a generic upkeep. This way there is still a sense of economics and money in the setting, characters can barter and haggle in towns etc, but wihtout wasting time designing costs and equipment that will only bog things down.

Anything to avoid hard work.

Or am I totally missing the point?

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;659091(robots might have in built ordnance while mercs get regular guns to dual wield Tequila style).

I think you mean "akimbo" (even though that, too, is a technically inaccurate term). "Tequila" is an alcoholic drink which AFAIK has nothing to do with dual wielding firearms.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;659091Or am I totally missing the point?

No, i don't think you are, you are only aiming for a different semi-monetary system.

Quote from: Premier;659107I think you mean "akimbo" (even though that, too, is a technically inaccurate term). "Tequila" is an alcoholic drink which AFAIK has nothing to do with dual wielding firearms.

Not quite:

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;659126Not quite:

That's awfully obtuse.  I've never heard of it referred to as 'Tequila Style', You might be better off referring to CYF or Chow Yun Fat Style, or even 'John Woo Style' (which is much more accurate, since while CYF was the star that made it famous, John Woo was the director, and the style was common in his movies even beyond CYF, like Broken Arrow or Face Off).

Well, let's not dogpile with minutia and pedantism, that's my job . I admit I got the reference, but it was pretty obscure.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;659091I don't really want to design a massive list of equipment for my game. I doubt half the stuff I create would even be used, inevitably there would be stuff that's better than other stuff.

Characters don't always begin with access to the better stuff. The better stuff is one of the reasons for adventuring.

Quote from: Black Vulmea;659193Characters don't always begin with access to the better stuff. The better stuff is one of the reasons for adventuring.

As far as i see it, the adventure itself is the reason for adventuring.
Better stuff is rather the reason for Treasure Hunting and Looting ...

But i fully agree on the first part:
Characters really tend to start with "the mediocre stuff", rather than the better

Quote from: Black Vulmea;659193Characters don't always begin with access to the better stuff. The better stuff is one of the reasons for adventuring.

better stuff can still feature in the game: most armoury sections for games don't include items that might be rewards. You won't find a price for something like Stormbringer in the DnD books (or do you?).