MGT Only: "Ok, make a G.E.A.R. roll..." House Rule proposal

[Enoki]

I would think that three things play into this, skill level for the related skill, intelligence, and initiative.

Skill level would give an indication you know what you need to do something because you can do it. Intelligence is an indication of you being able to remember needing particular things and having the foresight to bring them. Initiative is a measure of your 'drive' or effort to actually do any of that to have the items present.

What I'd do for this is take the lowest value of the three and apply that as a modifier to the roll. Thus, if the character is skilled and intelligent but has low initiative, they knew they should bring X, they remembered they should bring X, but were too damn lazy to actually bring X.

On the other hand, if the character has a 0-skill level in the needed area, is intelligent, and has good initiative, they simply didn't know what to bring and therefore are likely not to have it.

For common items, one can simply assume that a successful roll and passing the check means the item is present within the group or on the character.

 

[Spinward Scout]

Which happens if you leave your Bluetooth or WIFI on.

You should be able to make a Skill Check to see if you forgot something. Or you've been Hacked.

 

[King Midas]

Which happens if you leave your Bluetooth or WIFI on.

Well, you just kicked off the next adventure, of course.

 

[Condottiere]

Instead of meeting in a bar, everyone confers over a Zoom call.

 

[Grav_Moped]

Instead of meeting in a bar, everyone confers over a Zoom call.

This adventure could have been an email and a zoom call.

 

[Condottiere]

More likely post message.

 

[Janitor_Prime]

This adventure was started as a Craigslist meetup.

 

[Enoki]

I would also add that "kit size" should be accounted for. That is, if your party is out in town on a routine task like shopping for a few hours or something, they're highly unlikely to be toting the equipment for a multi-week safari into deep uncharted rainforest. So:

Minimal kit: What you carry every day when out and about with nothing special going on.
Light kit: A bit more when you are going out for a day, maybe two, but not expecting anything unordinary.
Medium kit: A multiday expedition or you are doing something you know requires specialized stuff to get done.
Heavy kit: This is for when you know things are getting serious and you need a kitchen sink for some reason.

 

[kilemall]

I would also add that "kit size" should be accounted for. That is, if your party is out in town on a routine task like shopping for a few hours or something, they're highly unlikely to be toting the equipment for a multi-week safari into deep uncharted rainforest. So:

Minimal kit: What you carry every day when out and about with nothing special going on.
Light kit: A bit more when you are going out for a day, maybe two, but not expecting anything unordinary.
Medium kit: A multiday expedition or you are doing something you know requires specialized stuff to get done.
Heavy kit: This is for when you know things are getting serious and you need a kitchen sink for some reason.

1 kg per day?

 

[Enoki]

1 kg per day?

I didn't specify a weight. But it'd be something like:

Minimal: 1 kg
Light: 2 -5 kg
Medium: 6 to 10 kg
Heavy: 11 to 40 kg

That's the load. The time it's good for would depend on what's being carried or needed.