Load-bearing equipment
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Load-bearing equipment (often shortened to LBE) is the general term for various types of wearable containers and equipment carriers, allowing characters to carry items besides weapons and clothing. In a general sense, LBE is what allows characters to have an inventory, and different items have different capacities.
All characters that are capable of wearing clothing (whether human, or youkai outfits), can also wear LBE with no restrictions.
There are four types of LBE: Tactical vests, Backpacks, Utility belts and Leg rigs. All LBE have two major traits: a general capacity measured in weight units, and up to three special capacities, which accept only certain types of items but allow the wearer to carry these items without having to spend general capacity space.
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General details
Accessibility
The concept of accessibility refers to whether or not an item is immediately accessible to a character while they are in combat. Items that are immediately accessible can be reached and therefore used freely; items that are not require an additional step to reach.
Immediately accessible items include:
- Equipped weapons
- Worn clothing and armor
- Items on the floor, if on the same Battlespace Side
- Items carried in worn LBE, except backpacks (see below for an explanation)
NOT immediately accessible items include:
- Items on the floor, if on a different Battlespace Side; you must first reach that Side.
- Items carried by other characters; they must first be dropped or given away, one way or another.
- Items carried in worn backpacks; the backpack must first be set down on the floor, which costs 1 turn to do while in combat.
Folding down
Because they are containers for items, LBE items cannot normally be carried into other LBE items, to prevent nesting.
However, there is a way to transport LBE items for storage; folding them down to a more compact, easier to transport shape. Folding an LBE item requires it to be completely empty.
Once folded down, the item is marked as such, it cannot be worn or used to store items, but it can be stored in another LBE item and has a weight value; therefore being treated as a regular item.
Weight values of folded-down LBE depends on their type:
| Item type | Weight (units) |
|---|---|
| Backpack: Field pack Backpack: ALICE Mark 2 |
10 |
| All tactical vests Backpack: Courier bag Backpack: Student's backpack |
5 |
| All utility belts | 3 |
| All leg rigs | 2 |
Emergency situations
If your character wears no LBE at all, it theoretically forbids them from carrying anything in inventory. This can be left up to the GM's discretion, however we recommend that characters without any LBE at all be given one or two immediately accessible "pockets", each with a capacity between 1 and 2 units.
In certain situations, it may also be useful to transport or move LBE items (even if not empty or not foldable) over short distances. Once again, the right to do so should be left up to the GM's discretion, with an official recommendation to allow it from time to time, if the situation allows.
Tactical vests
Tactical vests (also called Tac-vests, Load-bearing vests, or simply vests; not to be confused with ballistic vests, which is a term for body armor) is the general term for load-bearing equipment worn over the chest or torso using some sort of vest, chest rig, or equivalent system.
On average, tactical vests do not offer large general capacities, and typically specialize in making it easier to carry ammunition and sometimes smaller weapons, through magazine pouches, grenade pockets, additional holsters, and so on.
A character may wear only one tactical vest at a time.
List of tactical vests
Backpacks
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List of backpacks
Utility belts
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List of utility belts
Leg rigs
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List of leg rigs
See List of leg rigs
