The Old World: Grim and Perilous

Chapter 8
Equipment and
Vehicles
This chapter includes many of the most popular weapons, gear and services to be found in the
Old World. Note that the tables of weapons and armor in The Old World also have a number of
HP, or Hard Points. This indicates how many attachments that item can be fitted with, however,
we do not provide specific rules for using item attachments - those are covered on page
of the Genesys Core Rulebook and are later supplemented on page of the Realms of
Terrinoth. Feel free to choose whatever fits best for your campaign.
This section covers the most common types
of weapons and armor to be found in the Old
World. Items marked with (T) next to their
name come from the Realms of Terrinoth
rulebook (p. ) and, if not stated otherwise,
additional rules from the Realms of Terrinoth
should be applied.
New Item Qualities
In this product we introduce one new item
quality - Parrying - and slightly change the effect
of the Pierce quality with a goal to make it
a more viable choice.
Parrying (Passive)
Parrying weapons are designed to actively deflect
incoming strikes. When a user of an item
with the Parrying quality is using the Parry talent,
they may further reduce the damage of the
Weapons and Armors
Coinage
Three types of coins are commonly used in the
Empire: brass pennies, silver shillings and gold
crowns. There are pennies in a shilling and
shillings in crown, resulting in a total of
pennies in crown. In this supplement, most of
the prices are kept in shillings (s), however sometimes
you may spot the symbol for pennies (d) for
items that cost less than shilling, or crowns (GC)
for items more expensive than s.
hit they suffer by a number equal to the item's
ranks in the Parrying quality. If the user has
not purchased the Parry talent, they follow the
normal rules of the talent, but reduce damage
only by the item's Parrying quality rating.
Pierce (Passive)
The Pierce quality seems to be designed as a way to
counter heavily armored or high soak enemies, how-
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