Full Version: Everyday Gear for runners
Panty-hose are also great for impromptu fan belts, tourniquets, bungie cords, shoe shining cloths and gags.
Actually one of the small "folding esbit heaters" used by some european armed forces would be nice. About the size of a cigarett case, with some heating tabs inside. One tab will heat about a liter of water to near boiling. No smoke
Folding spades. Never leave your trench without one.
Industrial strength two component glue. The stuff is used IRL to hold together crumbling rocks and glue in 4meter long, 1 inch metal anchors. Comes in two 30cm, 1inch plastic pouches. Just mix (Done by putting them in the hole and punching the anchor through IRL) This glues shut everything
Portable Blowtorch as used by metalworkers when installing eaves. Can be used for hard soldering or burning through lighter metals.
Inflateabel dolls. Dress in uniform, add a small heat source (like a self-heating rations heatpack) and get a nice "sentry"
Female Elf von a leash. In case you need to raise some money quickly.
A few home-made "Honey Pillar Firecrackers" (aka Heddies, a tube with a timer-fired blank in it)
A roll of razorwire and the deployment roller (Not the big concertina spools, this is a 50 or 100m role of a single strand 15mm wide razor-wire the size of a large 50m measurement tape)
The telefone number of "Armageddon Air" in case you need airborne fire support. Alternatives might be the phone number of "Santini Air" or of one Brig.General Bradley Elliot.
Condoms. The british army has some 20 uses listed for them. None of them involves a female
Portabel toilets for than long stakeout. Don't leave DNA samples! For short stakeouts man can use an empty tennis ball tube. And IIRC Kinsey Millhone can tell you what females use
Folding spades. Never leave your trench without one.
Industrial strength two component glue. The stuff is used IRL to hold together crumbling rocks and glue in 4meter long, 1 inch metal anchors. Comes in two 30cm, 1inch plastic pouches. Just mix (Done by putting them in the hole and punching the anchor through IRL) This glues shut everything
Portable Blowtorch as used by metalworkers when installing eaves. Can be used for hard soldering or burning through lighter metals.
Inflateabel dolls. Dress in uniform, add a small heat source (like a self-heating rations heatpack) and get a nice "sentry"
Female Elf von a leash. In case you need to raise some money quickly.
A few home-made "Honey Pillar Firecrackers" (aka Heddies, a tube with a timer-fired blank in it)
A roll of razorwire and the deployment roller (Not the big concertina spools, this is a 50 or 100m role of a single strand 15mm wide razor-wire the size of a large 50m measurement tape)
The telefone number of "Armageddon Air" in case you need airborne fire support. Alternatives might be the phone number of "Santini Air" or of one Brig.General Bradley Elliot.
Condoms. The british army has some 20 uses listed for them. None of them involves a female
Portabel toilets for than long stakeout. Don't leave DNA samples! For short stakeouts man can use an empty tennis ball tube. And IIRC Kinsey Millhone can tell you what females use
| QUOTE (Darkwalker) |
| Condoms. The british army has some 20 uses listed for them. None of them involves a female |
Is the British army recruiting directly from those all-boy boarding schools?
Now, if you said that none of them involve sex, that's different.
Ordinary firecrackers are yet another distraction device.
A spraycan of Wi-Fi-Blocking Paint might be useful in some scenarios.
Holy Symbols are available "over the counter", but less useful in Shadowrun.
A bottle of brandy or other strong liquor is multifunctional as incindiary, disinfectant, and aid to Negotiation. Getting the enemy drunk worked for Odysseus.
Pepper Punch shouldn't have an "antidote" as listed in rules, but alcohol wipes (or bandanas soaked in brandy) probably help wipe it off affected skin. It's the only toxin in SR4 without an Availablity restriction; rules include PP grenades but not the mini handheld sprayer, a good holdout weapon. (It might slow down someone whose vest would bounce a derringer bullet.)
A Pepper Punch dispenser linked to a car antitheft system might be available in stores. Door alarm sensors that just go off when the door opens, no other effect, are available for travellers staying in cheap, dodgy hotels. Am electric gadget specifically for pulling pins out of grenades, linkable to anything from a programmed comlink to an electric eye, might help with the improvised traps.
This is mainly because I'm lazy but a pdf or something with all the suggestions in it would be a good thing. Otherwise I could just stop being lazy and pick through the post
We did once get started working on a PDF ebook sort of thing for this, and then real life got in the way.
Well, how about the start of a compilation of this post, then?
Wasn't there a book, The NeoAnarchist's Guide to Everyday life?
No wait, it was... FASA 7208 - Shadowrun - The Neo-anarchists Guide To Real Life
....
Ok, that's not what I was thinking of. I might have an "Everyday gear" pirintout somewhere, but not here. I'll try and stop by my buddy's house and pick up my 500+ pages of printed SR material later.
Wasn't there a book, The NeoAnarchist's Guide to Everyday life?
No wait, it was... FASA 7208 - Shadowrun - The Neo-anarchists Guide To Real Life
....
Ok, that's not what I was thinking of. I might have an "Everyday gear" pirintout somewhere, but not here. I'll try and stop by my buddy's house and pick up my 500+ pages of printed SR material later.
QUOTE (Riley37 @ Oct 1 2007, 03:48 PM) 
Pepper Punch shouldn't have an "antidote" as listed in rules, but alcohol wipes (or bandanas soaked in brandy) probably help wipe it off affected skin. It's the only toxin in SR4 without an Availablity restriction; rules include PP grenades but not the mini handheld sprayer, a good holdout weapon. (It might slow down someone whose vest would bounce a derringer bullet.)
They do actually make wipes specifically intended to reduce the effects of OC exposure. Fox Labs' Sudecon wipes are reportedly pretty good at this.
I posted this a few years back... Mind you it's SR3
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1 small flashlight with new batteries before each run
1 "pay as you go" cellphone with minutes.
1 leatherman multitool
1 small electronic toolkit with wirestrippers, cutters, soldering iron and current tester.
1 screwdriver with interchangeable bits (philips robinson ect)
1 roll ductape
2 pairs handcuffs
1 small spraybottle of bleach (spray any blood you leave behind and no more risk of ritual magic or DNA testing)
1 clean white t-shirt
3 stimpaches
3 trauma patches
1 pocket secratary
1000 nuyen.gif cash (no credstics, cold hard cash)
1 certified credstick worth at least 5000:nuyen:
1 locker key to a storage shed near the airport which contains among other things fake id's, extra guns, a buttload of certified credsticks, and everything else you would need to make a quick flight to a country without an extradition treaty.
6 meal replacement soybars
bottle of water
1 cheep fake sin card, just enough to check into a motel or rent a car.
several plastic garbage bags
1 Zippo Lighter
1 "pay as you go" cellphone with minutes.
1 leatherman multitool
1 small electronic toolkit with wirestrippers, cutters, soldering iron and current tester.
1 screwdriver with interchangeable bits (philips robinson ect)
1 roll ductape
2 pairs handcuffs
1 small spraybottle of bleach (spray any blood you leave behind and no more risk of ritual magic or DNA testing)
1 clean white t-shirt
3 stimpaches
3 trauma patches
1 pocket secratary
1000 nuyen.gif cash (no credstics, cold hard cash)
1 certified credstick worth at least 5000:nuyen:
1 locker key to a storage shed near the airport which contains among other things fake id's, extra guns, a buttload of certified credsticks, and everything else you would need to make a quick flight to a country without an extradition treaty.
6 meal replacement soybars
bottle of water
1 cheep fake sin card, just enough to check into a motel or rent a car.
several plastic garbage bags
1 Zippo Lighter
Fake sins, you can never have to many,
My .02Â¥
A couple of toys from my kit...
What would you make the stats for:
regulation darts
a wrist rocket with:
*marbles as ammo
*ball bearings as ammo
*nuts/bolts as ammo
*golf ball as ammo
tennis balls [filled with fuel]
road flare
m80 [boom]
firecracker
disposable gloves
model rocketry engines/ igniter
super glue [... and also think end of "FX"]
string
marbles/ball bearings (throw on floor)
tennis balls [cut in half to use it to move things]
syringe
bubble wrap [security alert]
pocket tape recorder
party baloons/condoms
cable splitter
wire - 10'
leatherman
pocket flashlight
sm bottle methlene blue
sm bottle ammonia (thanks to previous poster)
sm box pepper
box waterproof matches
USB Rocket Launcher - http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f
Annoy-a-tron http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
A couple of toys from my kit...
What would you make the stats for:
regulation darts
a wrist rocket with:
*marbles as ammo
*ball bearings as ammo
*nuts/bolts as ammo
*golf ball as ammo
tennis balls [filled with fuel]
road flare
m80 [boom]
firecracker
disposable gloves
model rocketry engines/ igniter
super glue [... and also think end of "FX"]
string
marbles/ball bearings (throw on floor)
tennis balls [cut in half to use it to move things]
syringe
bubble wrap [security alert]
pocket tape recorder
party baloons/condoms
cable splitter
wire - 10'
leatherman
pocket flashlight
sm bottle methlene blue
sm bottle ammonia (thanks to previous poster)
sm box pepper
box waterproof matches
USB Rocket Launcher - http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f
Annoy-a-tron http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
The Leatherman was already covered somewhere else, it makes it so you are considered to have "Inadequate tools" when being used.
As for the pocketlight, I thought that's what the already listed flashlight was, just about any flashlight from penlights to head-bashers.
As for the pocketlight, I thought that's what the already listed flashlight was, just about any flashlight from penlights to head-bashers.
There's lots of snappy ideas for Runner's Toys here, but why do you need a listing of costs and weights? Just translate website dollar prices to nuyen. Use a conversion factor if you have to, and maybe double the price for 10% off the weight.
I would figure the gear would be lighter than the current-day equivalent, due to the increased use of plastics, foam metals, room-temperature super-conductors, and the like.
QUOTE (eralston @ Dec 24 2005, 01:20 AM)
I just ended a campaign with a character who kept this in his trunk:
1 Chainsaw, 2 gallons gasoline, 1 chemistry textbook, 1 steam plant textbook, 1 tool kit, 1 pair combat boots, 1 fire extinguisher, 1 roll duct tape, 1 box UV glowsticks, 2 Savior Reloads, 1 North American Atlas, 1 deck of poker cards, 1 set of chips, 1 forensics kit, 1 generic black armored Jacket, 1 set decal patches for armored jacket, 100m stealth grapple line, 1 catalyst stick, 1 grapple-gun, 1 set climbing gear, 1 Travel Guide for Hawaii, 1 Magemask, 1 Standard Transportable Satellite Dish, 1 lockpick gun (6)
1 Chainsaw, 2 gallons gasoline, 1 chemistry textbook, 1 steam plant textbook, 1 tool kit, 1 pair combat boots, 1 fire extinguisher, 1 roll duct tape, 1 box UV glowsticks, 2 Savior Reloads, 1 North American Atlas, 1 deck of poker cards, 1 set of chips, 1 forensics kit, 1 generic black armored Jacket, 1 set decal patches for armored jacket, 100m stealth grapple line, 1 catalyst stick, 1 grapple-gun, 1 set climbing gear, 1 Travel Guide for Hawaii, 1 Magemask, 1 Standard Transportable Satellite Dish, 1 lockpick gun (6)
Someone loves Army of Darkness!
QUOTE (Brahm @ Jan 26 2006, 07:24 PM)
They will be concerned that your balls clank. Clanking balls always concern me.
Hehe. I was thinking about this, combining both Tennis Balls and Hand Grenades. Cut a slit in the Tennis Ball, insert grenade. A F1 Grenade's diameter is under that of a standard Tennis Ball, but the "pin" section juts upwards and would still be outside of the Tennis Ball.
QUOTE (BlacKat @ Feb 1 2006, 03:47 PM)
Carry cases. One game we spent some time discussing and trying to figure out what kind of case they needed to transport an object they "aquired" safely and how they would go about getting them. Anything from armored briefcases to refrigerated carry usingts for biological transport(organs, bio weps, Dino-DNA 
)
BlacKat
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A standard professional news camera case is around the size of a human torso. Think of all the fun you could have fitting things in there. In addition, many generic cases are sold with moldable or changeable foam inserts.
QUOTE (masterpenguin @ May 20 2006, 08:29 AM)
Have you looked through the anarchist cookbook (a google search of "anarchist cookbook" will find you a copy on the 2nd hit if you don't have it)
It could also find you in a record with the FBI, though you can't get put on charges just for having it.
A couple of personal favorites:
Bleach, Amonia, Vinegar, Club Soda.
The two former is for removing DNA, the two later is for removing fingerprints.
Propane Tanks, portable sizes and larger versions. The smaller portable sizes work great for a camp stove, a propane lamp, or as part of a improvised explosive device.
Dremel tools and basically anything by Black and Decker. Good tools for the man on the go (And almost all of them can cut nails.
Butane canisters.
nitrous oxide canisters. Also known as "Laughing Gas" (the stuff your dentist uses on you), known by street racers as "NOS". When introduced to your engine, gives it a nice kick (and can also blow it out if it's not modified for it, or it's overused). When introduced in your body works quite well as a pain reliever (though causes b-12 deficiency if overused). Canisters are sold for it in sizes ranging from Propane Tank sized, to Helium tank sized, to canisters small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Works well for an injured runner needing relief, or a rigger who absolutely must go faster (AND HAS AN EMPTY ROAD/SKY AHEAD OF THEM!).
QUOTE (O'Donnell Heir @ Apr 9 2008, 10:35 PM)
A couple of personal favorites:
Bleach, Ammonia, Vinegar, Club Soda.
The two former is for removing DNA, the two later is for removing fingerprints.
Bleach, Ammonia, Vinegar, Club Soda.
The two former is for removing DNA, the two later is for removing fingerprints.
"They used ammonia... none of this (poo) is any good... (Frag)... You know what this means?! Even if we get suspects in this case, we got nothing... Nothing!"
Anyone have any idea what the stats are for a roofers nail gun?
duplicate post - aack
Man it sucks to be poor.
My "special field kit mk2" consists of
*twenty extra large, thick rubber bands
*50meters of 20kilo mono filament line
*one box 50 matches, in water tight plastic baggie
*three rolls duct tape ---of course---
*one roll of electrical tape
*wire cutters/splitters
*two standard DRD road flairs
*I roll 2 meter x 2 meter plastic tarpaulin material
* 3 different sets of standard source batteries
*one set of tyro ground lens and a collapse able leather tube (instant primitive x3 telescope anyone? Plus the lenses have other uses)
*one oversized swiss army knife with as many attachments as I could afford when making the kit
Now, before ya dis the old troll remember that all of this stuff fits in to something the size of a (troll sized) butt pack and before the addition of the swiss army knife cost about Y50. It sits in the saddle bag of the Harley and even IN Plex it can be a life saver in the right conditions. When you're stuck out in the Puyallup Barrens at night in early January with a chummer with a broken back that you don't dare move and the rain settling in and nothing with anything resembling a roof in range it means you end the night with a live chummer instead of a dead (or crippled) one. All you gotta do is remember to take the bloody thing. Thank god for the BSA and the lessons it teaches. Be Prepared.
BB
My "special field kit mk2" consists of
*twenty extra large, thick rubber bands
*50meters of 20kilo mono filament line
*one box 50 matches, in water tight plastic baggie
*three rolls duct tape ---of course---
*one roll of electrical tape
*wire cutters/splitters
*two standard DRD road flairs
*I roll 2 meter x 2 meter plastic tarpaulin material
* 3 different sets of standard source batteries
*one set of tyro ground lens and a collapse able leather tube (instant primitive x3 telescope anyone? Plus the lenses have other uses)
*one oversized swiss army knife with as many attachments as I could afford when making the kit
Now, before ya dis the old troll remember that all of this stuff fits in to something the size of a (troll sized) butt pack and before the addition of the swiss army knife cost about Y50. It sits in the saddle bag of the Harley and even IN Plex it can be a life saver in the right conditions. When you're stuck out in the Puyallup Barrens at night in early January with a chummer with a broken back that you don't dare move and the rain settling in and nothing with anything resembling a roof in range it means you end the night with a live chummer instead of a dead (or crippled) one. All you gotta do is remember to take the bloody thing. Thank god for the BSA and the lessons it teaches. Be Prepared.
BB
QUOTE (imperialus @ Mar 5 2008, 12:13 PM)
1 small spraybottle of bleach (spray any blood you leave behind and no more risk of ritual magic or DNA testing)
On this, we used homemade gas dispersal grenades loaded with various cleansing chemicals to neutralise our traces. Hand spraying our blood-splatter on-site took too long, lobbing a gas grenade into the room as we leave covered us most days and discouraged pursuit.
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