Hard Metal Plough

A simple but well polished field plough.

Mechanics:

Item Type: Gizmo

Keywords: Gizmo, The State Farm

Skills Required to Use: Agriculture

Expiration: 6 Months

Item Details/Special Rules: Requires Approved Phys Rep.

Basic Mechanics: When you use Basic Agriculture to gather resources you may include up to 1 additional participant. Additional participants may use Basic Agriculture even if they do not possess it and may spend Mind and Time to gather resources alongside you while you use Basic Agriculture. For each additional participant that already has Basic Agriculture, the time to use the skill for all participants is reduced by 1 minute to a minimum of 5 minutes. If you stop using the Agriculture skill for any reason, such as breaking the roleplay or are put into Bleed Out, then all Participants cancel their Agriculture skill and all Mind Points used are lost.

Proficient Mechanics: When you use Basic or Proficient Agriculture to gather resources you may include up to 2 additional participants. Additional participants may use Basic or Proficient Agriculture even if they do not possess it and may spend Mind and Time to gather resources alongside you while you use Basic or Proficient Agriculture. For each additional participant that already has Basic Agriculture, the time to use the skill for all participants is reduced by 1 minute to a minimum of 5 minutes. If you stop using the Agriculture skill for any reason, such as breaking the roleplay or are put into Bleed Out, then all Participants cancel their Agriculture skill and all Mind Points used are lost. Replaces Benefits of Basic Crafting.

Master Mechanics: When you use any level of the Agriculture skill to gather resources you may include up to 3 additional participants. Additional participants may use any level of the Agriculture skill even if they do not possess it and may spend Mind and Time to gather resources alongside you while you use Agriculture. For each additional participant that already has Basic Agriculture, the time to use the skill for all participants is reduced by 1 minute to a minimum of 5 minutes. If you stop using the Agriculture skill for any reason, such as breaking the roleplay or are put into Bleed Out, then all Participants cancel their Agriculture skill and all Mind Points used are lost. Replaces Benefits of Proficient Crafting.

Achievement Mechanics: Shepherd of the Land - You may spend 1 Resolve and designate a 20’ x 20’ plot of empty land as a Farming Area, even in Civilized Land. The Farming Area must be phys repped appropriately to represent a small farm, must have a sign detailing this effect, and must mark all four corners appropriately. This Farming Area lasts until the end of the event it is created. Anyone using the Agriculture skill in this Farming Area, and is under 100XP, that is put into Bleed Out may call “Blood of the Earth” and instead become Stable at 0 Body.

Crafting Requirements:

Skills Required to Craft: Artisan and Lore: Nature

Craftable Items:

• Basic: Simple Hard Metal Plough
• Proficient: Well-Crafted Hard Metal Plough
• Master: Superior Hard Metal Plough

Components	Basic	Proficient	Master
Basic Scrap	1	2	3
Uncommon Scrap		1	2
Rare Scrap			1
High Grade Lumber	1	2	3
Natural Fibers		1	1
Mechanical Components			1
Alloy Metal	1	1	1
Hard Metal	1	1	1
Chromium Metal	1	1	1

Blueprint Copying Requirements: Proficient Educated, Lore: Nature, 2 Basic Herb, 20 Mind, and 30 Minutes