Reading another thread got me wondering, what kind of must have gear do you carry that doesnt have any actual stats? I like earplugs myself. How about you guys?

Gloves, chewing gum... can't think of anything else.

Duct tape.
Multi-tool.
Fishing line.

-Siege

what Siege said and a towel.

Chemical Lightsticks - Work underwater, as flares, etc

Camera - Never know when a little blackmail could be usefull.

Geiger Counter - Worth carrying it the one time you need it.

Illegal Drugs - For planting.

Smoke Grenades - Good all around.

Spraypaint - Marking trails, defacing stuff, whatever.

Wet-naps - If you get sprayed by something, or just to keep clean.

Not anywhere in Canon, but bleach.

Great for obscuring DNA evidence.

-Siege

Duct tape, a bag of tiny ball bearings for tripping up pursuit, spare batteries, and of course, rags soaked in chloroform.

A 5,000T mallet, which my character can pull out of nowhere, always hits, and causes instant stun. Cannot be used in combat and deals no damage, and is mainly used to hit a fellow player/NPC spouting nonsense.

Gotta love senseless anime cameos.

Plenty of water, some chocolate or other sugar-bearing substance, a bag or backpack, multi-vitamins, aspirin or other analgesic, a roll of Ace bandage, bungie cords, and some good music.

~J

This is from one of my last character sheets. I have a tendency to include minor movie and literary references in my characters, so don't mind any brand names. I always seem to forget to add the pocket spray bottle of ammonia inspired by the Boondock Saints, but that was a bloody great idea.

ACE Bandage, Bottle of Aspirin, Breath Mints, Business Cards (assorted), Compact Mirror (filled with cornstarch instead of cosmetics), Couple of Bacchus brand Condoms, Dental Mirror, Disposable Surgical Gloves, Leather Gloves, Little Black Book (filled with hundreds of random names, cryptic notes, and addresses... several being of people who've pissed him off in the past), Matchbooks (from random hotels, gas stations, and corporations), Nails brand Zippo Lighter, Nicotene Gum, Notepad, Old Blues Harmonica, Pack of Red Apples Cigarettes, Pack of Tums, Pocket Flashlight (NightShot™ Low-Light), Rayban Sunglasses, Silver Liquor Flask with an engraving of Pan (and a Dikote-equivalent casing) filled with cheap booze, Subscription to Buxom Nuns, Swiss Army Knife, WD-40 Mini-Can, Wire Clippers, Worn-Down Pencil.

Pocket Mirror and Disinfectant.

JaronK

Sticky micro cameras and fiber optics, even though I heard they do have stats now as per SOTA 2063. Gotta love those Sam Fisher moments.

Oh, and a monowire yo-yo.

Gloves, bottle of sunflower oil (Or soy-oil), a Black Night chip (for blackmail), pocket mirror.

Cigarettes and a lighter. People get suspicious if someone is just hanging around. Less so if someone just happened to stop and light up for a couple minutes. And if you don't smoke, learn to fake it.

Personally, I preferred to set up my lighter to double as an incendiary device, or micro-grenade. Cigarette cases are a good place to hide a one-shot flash-pak. Zip ties, multi-tool, latex gloves (2 pair), energy bar or two. That's for on the street. In the field or on a run, add in duct tape, industrial lubricant, a WD-40 clone, small pocket or dental mirror, fiber cam, spray bottle of bleach or similar DNA-nuker. Aspirin, camera, bottled water, irritant powder for use against scenting animals (dogs, etc), glowsticks.

Heh.

Power drill and mini-laser torch.

Evidence baggie and DNA swab.

-Siege

There's been some good lists. Add a handkerchief, pen, and an umbrella- for a group running in Seattle (or the Tir) one of those should always be handy. I would *not* want 2060's metroplex rain on me.

The 2060 version of a clipboard.

For those moments you just have to look anonymously official.

-Siege

waterproof matches, box not book
ciggies, any brand
toothpicks, mint flavor
permanent marker, black
sticky notes, yellow
keychain - with flashlight and butane lighter
penknife
flask of 151 proof rum (about 12 ounces)
deck of bicycle playing cards, air cushion finish
and bubble gum, watermelon flavor

[edit]almost forgot my digital wristwatch with stopwatch feature (leather band) and my shades

Just all the stuff I normally carry, also useful in shadowrun with a little imagination

My personal manservent Winston...he handles the details!

Man you guys carry lots of stuff with you just to go to the corner Stuffer.

The sad part is, it's mostly true.

I usually have an assortment of stuff on my person -- not as much now, but when I wore large coats with lots of pockets, I could always count on finding some bizarre stuff.

In my backpack, I have a flashlight, pocket knife, mini-first aid kit and an assortment of change, a snack and pen/paper.

-Siege

My God...all this stuff, and no one's mentioned CONDOMS?!?

Birth control, people! No wonder the world of 2063's so damn crowded...

don't need condoms anymore. You just pay for innoculations, and injected yearly birth control

Ya know, it may be a sad commentary on my social life, but I don't expect to get laid while heading to the...ahem...Stuffher Shack.

-Siege

Maybe that's why these folks are going to the stuffer shack, they're out of condoms

...and who said they were used solely for birth control? 'Sides, I doubt most SINless would be willing or even able to score regular innoculations or birth control injections.

*****

Exactly! I find they make GREAT firebombs.

I quote the late, great Harry Carey...

"If you're going to grill out, make a pile of cool as high as a dwarf's ass, and then fill a baggie with lighter fluid, if you can't find a baggie, use a condom, UNLUBRICATED for Chrissakes, you're going to eat the burgers, not screw em!"

Nothing like a Ares Polearm filled with kerosene when the local elf-posers are in your face...

Condoms are very useful for things other than their intended purpose.

Put 'em over your head (Cutting a small hole so you can breathe) and you have an instant mask....which actually does quite a bit to distort your features.

Pull a condom over the barrel of your gun to give it some rudimentary water-proofing.

Stretched and tied, they make a good tourniquet.

Like CobiWann said, they make good firebombs...you can fill them with pretty much anything that won't eat at the latex...and then throw it at someone later.

At a push, you can use them to store something in....blood for ritual samples, a finger-tip for later identification.

And the best thing is, no-one stops you for carrying them. (Except maybe your mom....but every runner has his issues.)

Strong enough for a troll, but made for a human...

Really? Hmm -- I'll have to remember that. I was thinking in terms of destroying blood samples though...

-Siege

Internal release chemical gland, enzyte.

On topic: http://blackjack.dumpshock.com/stuff/FICTallineed.htm <- Blackjack compiled an interesting set of stuff there, I thought it might be pertinent.

Off: Siege. Wow. You're really bad and really good at the same time.

He's even better when the lights are out…

~J

Cyanide Capsule, because you know it takes to much time and ammo to do it with those 4L Holdout Pistols.

Smokes, lighter, cell, and a smile. (Can we tell who plays the face?)

Current fav character load out for just driving around

Toyota Elite with phtovoltaic paint, morphing plate and a rating 6 transponder library chip, in the trunk is a load bearing harness with 4 pistol mag pouches, 2 small gear pouches, 1 large gear pouch, and a large military rucksack, also in the trunk: OXSYS Artificial gill, fins and mask, 2 changes of clothes, 4 Neuro Stun grenades, 3 Freeze foam splash grenades, 1 freeze foam solvent grenade, 4 slip-spray grenades, shoebox of loaded clips for dart pistol (narco-ject), 2 changes clothes, spare microtransceiver with encryption, spare filter mask.

the ammo pouches carry several clips (don't have the sheet in front of me), the equipment pouches carry 5 plasteel retraints, 2 magemasks, AOD signal locator, jammer, US emitter/detector, survival kit, standard medical kit, a few spare gel packs for ruthenium, in the rucksack we have my sneaky armor (Heavy jumpsuit+helmet, armored jacket, face covering, forearm guards 12 scanners, all ruthenium coated) and my pistol gunsmith kit.

On me however is:
P-sec jacked in to datajack for those private calls, also on are the primary micro-transceiver w/encryption, a pager, a voice mask, a white noise generator, a pair of insulated gloves, at least 3 AOD trackers in case I need to plant them, Fake ID (Takeo Ishii, has permits for all guns), music playback unit and a nice variety of modern pop and late twentieth jazz, pair of wire cutters, and my primary air filter, other sundries might include a wetnap or three, a zippo, pack of mint flavored gum, small bottle of aspirin, pocket knife, 10 loose rounds of regular ammo (for cyber pistol reload), and usually a Browning Heavy pistol for the concealability with 2 spare clips.

this guy usually wears stuff with lots of pockets obviously
He's built around a concept of rapid response to job offers. You don't always have time or opportunity to go home and pickup your gear.
And he's a very socially adept pistol sam (friendly face, good looking and knows it, etiquette of 4)