Economy

Equipment Quality

The four-tier quality scale that determines Roll Modifiers on item use and Price Multipliers on purchase.

Quality Roll Modifier Price Multiplier Description
Poor −1 ×0.5 Damaged, improvised, or badly maintained. Firearms jam on any Fumble; armor degrades on Grievous Wounds.
Standard ×1 Functional, mass-produced, adequate. The baseline against which others are measured.
Superior +1 ×2 Well-crafted by a skilled artisan.
Masterwork +2 ×5 Exceptional; the finest available. Often named, often inherited.

Quality is the most common Roll Bonus a mundane character will encounter. A Masterwork firearm in the hands of an Expert (Specialization +1) gives +3 to every shot — enough to make impossible TNs achievable.