The patron families of Requiem have unique items they can access as part of the role they play in economy of Requiem. To purchase one of these items, you need the appropriate society membership (Basic, Proficient, or Master) and spend the required number of wagers: 10 wagers for a Basic item, 20 wagers for a Proficient item, and 40 wagers for a Master item. Using a Master item requires society membership in the family with which it’s associated. All family items have a 3 month expiration unless noted otherwise.
Anastasia
Basic - Made Man’s Scarf
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
A long black scarf. This item must be phys repped by a long black scarf worn around the neck or shoulders. Basic Stealth skills are reduced to 1 mind. This item does not stack with other items
Proficient - Red Ribbon of Sacrifice
Item Type: Weapon Augment
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Must be registered SES to carry/use, and must tie a visible red ribbon to the weapon phys-rep. Once per 12's may spend 10 mind to call 10 damage Murder
Master - Anastasia Inner Circle Uniform
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Anastasia. This item must be phys-repped by black suit, black pants, red button up shirt, black tie and full head covering skull mask. While worn this counts as a disguise. Allows the user to call "No Effect" to use of Basic Medical to check their status. Once per game a player with Master Stealth can use “Never Here” in response to any negative situation, damage, or skill. When this effect is used the user may call "No Effect" in response to a "No Escape" effect. Cannot be worn with anything that adds armor. Cannot speak above a whisper.
Anderson-Ambrosios
Basic - Turkey Rye Whiskey
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Spend 1 minute drinking. Target is intoxicated and is considered a "Landsman" for all purposes for one hour. If a Landsman consumes the brew they gain 10 body.
Proficient - Light of the Saints
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Item must be Phys repped by a red tinted light source. User may raise the item in the air and call "Area of Effect, all enemies Agony, Self Blinding". The user is then Blinded for 10 seconds
Master - Armored Vestements
Item Type: Armor Augment
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Anderson-Ambrosios. Must be phys-repped with religious symbols applied to the user's armor. Must be used within Consecrated Ground. An individual may spend 1 Resolve to call "Lone Guard" when within a doorway. For the next 5 minutes the target may not move or be moved, is immune to all skills and damage, and cannot be bypassed without the use of appropriate skills. At the end of the duration, the user falls into a 1 Minute Bleedout which can only be stopped by a healing Faith skill. May only be used twice per gather.
BloodWraiths
Basic - Hunter Bola
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
May make a ranged attack via red packet and call "Unavoidable No Enhanced Movement, 5 minutes!"
Proficient - Blood Scented Torch
Item Type: Sinlge-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
User may activate and carry the torch and call "By My Voice Attract All Undead" for up to 30 seconds. User may only walk slowly while using this effect.
Master - Training Dummy
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: BloodWraiths. User and up to 2 other non-BloodWraiths may spend 10 minutes practicing combat drills on the Training Dummy. For the next 12s they gain one use of "Upsurge 10 armor, next proficient combat skill cost 0 mind". Users may only use the Training Dummy once per 12s
Boone-helm
Basic - Blood Covered Artist’s Toolkit
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
A kit used to make trophies. Requires 30 seconds of role-play. When combined with any level hooch, allows the taking of a non-mechanical trophy. If used on a recurring named NPC, or local unique high level threat, it will produce a Creature Comfort card. The card produced lasts 3 years.
Proficient - Terrifying Effigy Materials
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
A terrifying Boone-helm effigy which dissuades raiders. This item must be phys-repped by a gross sculpture made of various bones and body parts. Players must turn in 2 creature comforts when purchasing this item. When placed inside or directly in front of a cabin it will ward off all raider attacks. This item must be registered with Ops.
Master - Hideous Mask
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Boone-helm. This item must be phys-repped by a terrifying mask unique to the character and must be worn for 5 minutes before granting any benefits. While wearing the mask you are immune to Terror/Fear effects and may spend 10 Mind to call "Area of Effect, Terror, flee for 30 seconds". You may not speak outside of single words or grunts while wearing the mask.
Brokentooth
Basic - Swift Foot Sneakers
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
When using Basic Enhanced Movement user may call "Escape/Rescue 10 steps!" to take 10 steps instead of 5. Basic Enhanced Movement can not be augmented in any other way while using this item.
Proficient - Knuckle Bones Grenade
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
User may call "Area of Effect, all enemies Nail, stuck in place 10 seconds."
Master - The Broken Tooth
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Brokentooth. May spend 1 resolve and call "Adrenaline Surge" to regain body equal to half their total body and fix half of their mangled limbs rounded down to a minimum of 1. After 10 minutes, Unresistable Downsurge half total Body. May be used in bleed out
Devils
Basic - Devil’s Lettuce
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: Social Influence
Use of this item in combination with Proficient or Master Social allows the user to target up to 5 characters at once. This shared session must involve role-playing smoking hookah. Standard mind and resolve costs still apply.
Proficient - Shitheel’s Chrome Studs
Item Type - Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Once per 12’s the User may spend 5 Mind and antagonize their target to utilize the Challenge skill.
Master - Liquid Chrome
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Devils. Character must role-play spraying Liquid Chrome into their mouth for 5 seconds to then call “Unstoppable 1 Minute”. At the end of the minute the character immediately falls into Bleed out with a timer of 1 minute. While under the effects of Unstoppable and during the 1 minute bleed out after, the user can not be healed via brews or injectables.
Jones
Basic - Acid Tooth
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Register installation within tooth by attaching item card to character sheet. Allows the user to immediately die whilst destroying their mind so information cannot be recovered after death via Osteotome. Infection loss cannot be prevented after use.
Proficient - Mantle of Faith
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Must be phys-repped by a shawl, frock, or stole. While wearing the phys-rep, you count as all faiths for the purpose of being targeted by and for targeting other people with all anomaly skills.
Master - Life Aid Elixir
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Tier 3 Society Membership: Jones. The Target of this effect must be told the entire effect and must consent to all aspects OOG before this item can be used on them. Spend 1 resolve on a deceased lineage who shares your faith (or 2 resolve for one who does not) who has not sunk yet to cause the Target to become stabilized. For the remainder of the event the Target may not take any hostile action towards the user. The user has one unresistible use of the command "Defend me 10 minutes" on the target which can be used any time for the remainder of the event. This can be used in both social and physical altercations
Lonely Streetz
Basic - Better Lucky Than Crowned
Item Type - Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires a Phys-rep of a hat which must be worn to use this item. In response to the wearer triggering a trap they may call “Close Call” and undo the action which triggered the trap. The trap remains in place and active. The user must either remove the hat or wear it in a noticeably different way than usual. This item can not be used again until it is repaired via Basic Artisan.
Proficient - Secret Sauce V2
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Item must be Phys repped by a flask. Must turn in a dose of Red Line when purchasing this item. This item keeps the expiration of the original item.
In response to a skill call or strike, you may call “Secret Sauce” and activate the associated dose of Red Line. You may only benefit from one Secret Sauce per event and may not be affected by another Red Line this 12’s
Master - Never Lackin’
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Requires Society Membership: L$. User may spend 5 Mind to activate any level of Enhanced Movement they possess and may carry someone at all levels of use, even if the target is not in bleed out. This cannot be countered (Respond “No Effect” to any counter calls) and may be used while in bleed out, if so auto stabilize at end of skill use.
Molon
Basic - Lamento Mori Wine
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Spend 1 minute drinking. You may silently observe a non-death Mortis Amaranthine scene and are seen. This can be considered CvC.
Proficient - Moss Creeper Extract
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
In reaction to a negative effect or a resolve loss targeting any player involved in a Mortis Amaranthine procedure you are present for you may open and allow this brew to aresolize to negate that effect (at ST's disgression)
Master - Martyr’s Crystal
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Molon. Must be phys-rep'd as a glowstick that is cracked on activation Spend 1 resolve while holding the glowstick above your head and call "Attract Undead". This call may be done any number of times. In response to the user hitting bleed out or being killed call "Area of Effect All Undead, 50 Undead Bane Murder"
Nostras
Basic - Choke Slam Grips
Item Type: Weapon Augment (Unarmed)
Skill Tree to Use: Unarmed (Choking Blow & Takedown)
If you successfully use Take Down or Choking Blow, you may swing the opposite for free on the next attempted strike. (Must know both skills to use)
Proficient - Snapjaw Spite Rigging
Item Type: Armor Augment
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
If your augmented armor has any armor points remaining, you may Break the armor to reflect a Skill back at an attacker.
Master - Refined Redline
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Nostras. For the next 15 minutes the user gains one use of Tenacious. Can be used in Bleedout. Costs 1 Resolve.
(Tenacious - After 30 seconds in Bleed-Out and/or taking a Killing Blow, Tenacious use is expended. Regain full Body. “Double Tap” (B. Combat Tactics) bypasses this effect.)
Stevensons
Basic - Father’s Happy Juice
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Spend 1 minute drinking. You are immune to first Fear, Terror, Agony, or Challenge until the next 12's
Proficient - Father’s Cigar Box
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
This box can not be hidden indoors. A box with a Proficient lock that is immune to break and can only be moved by its owner. If anyone picks the lock, they suffer a mangled arm (unavoidable).
Master - Harvesting Blade
Item Type: Two-hander Weapon Agument
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Stevensons. This weapon may scatter shot killing blows. Once per 12's user may spend 30 seconds sharpening this weapon to swing +5 damage and add the Body modifier on their next 3 attempted strikes within 5 minutes
Tarrarian Party
Basic - Decompression Sticker 🙂
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: Social Influence
Phys repped by the Party's signature "Smiley Face" sticker (can collect one at ops or post office) While the user is wearing the sticker, after a successful use of Proficient Social Influence both the user and the target regain 5 mind.
Proficient - Emergency Tunnel Map
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Player may crouch down low to the ground while utilizing Full-Engagement and count out loud "Tunneling 1, Tunneling 2, etc" to Tunneling 10. Once the count is complete they may call "Escape Tunnel" and go OOG and report to ops. If interupted the item is not lost.
Master - Ceremonial Frenzy
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Tarrarian. User plus 4 others: For the next 30 minutes all combat skills cost 2 less mind. Gain the gorger advantage but regain mind at the same ratio as body. Gorgers regain 2 body per advantage use instead of 1. Mind cost reduction does not stack.
Volkov
Basic - The Silence
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Spend 1 minute drinking. 10 minutes after being imbibed, target will speak without filters for 5 Minutes, followed by 15 Body, Murder.
Proficient - Intel Verification Specs
Item Type: Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: Medical
A telescopic lens for examining someone from afar. This item must be phys-repped by a pair of goggles or a telescopic lens. Spend 5 minutes and 5 mind to use the "Check Status" portion of Basic Medical on a Target within Line of Site. Target is unaware that Basic Medical has been used. Counts as CvC and requires a Guide. Guide will get the relevant information on the target for user. Must maintain Line of Site and intently stare through the goggles for the duration
Master - Confidential Informant
Item Type: N/A
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Volkov. Player may request access to the Volkov Dossier on a person, or event. Depending on classification of request, information may not be returned until the next 12s, or next gather. If information is being requested for a PC, player will spend 1 resolve and be aware this is considered CvC. Example of information that could be gained:
PC: What tree most points are in, aberrant, PFAs, where they sleep, civics shift etc.
NPC: When/Where they may appear next, ways to gain favor, request to make contact with NPC, may be tailored to player’s question.
Plot/Events: Timing, location, NPCs/Players involved
Warren
Basic - No Solicitors Door Mat
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
This item augments a door and adds an extra layer of security. When the Break skill is used on the door, the user suffer 1 Mangled arm and 1 Mangled leg.
Proficient - Vegasian Glitter Bomb
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
This item may only be used defensively. User may call "Area of Effect - Blinding, Basic Enhanced Movement." User may only use the "Escape" portion of the Enhanced Movement Skill but may not rescue someone with them
Master - Crocodile Tear Shades
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Warren. This item must be phys-repped by a pair of shades Spend 1 Resolve and role-play excessive groveling to call “Area of effect, all Lineages no hostile actions towards me, 2 minutes.” You must continue to grovel throughout this time and can not use skills, abilities, or items and may not leave the immediate area. You may choose to end this ability at any time. This can be used while in bleedout and with mangled limbs.
Zodiac
Basic - Mockery Juice
Item Type: Brew
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
A brew that allows you to blend in with the undead. Spend 5 Minutes applying to skin, effects last for 2 hours once applied. Can not be applied to others. Must apply undead or rot-face make up. Applied person counts as an undead for the purpose of skills and effects. User gains a single activation of "Undead don't attack me" This requires the user to act like a shambler while maintaining this effect except that they may open doors. This effect immediately ends if the user activates any other skill, effect, item or in any way stops acting as a shambler.
Proficient - Dance of Death Voucher
Item Type: Procedure
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Voucher may be turned in to OPS to under go the procedure Must apply rot face make up as a minimum, but cuts, stitches, pustules make up preffered. Can also use a Zodiac like mask. For the remainder of the event may spend 1 Resolve and call "By My Voice, all Undead Agony 10 seconds"
Master - Mortus Spores
Item Type: Single-Use Gizmo
Skill Tree to Use: N/A
Requires Society Membership: Zodiac. User may spend a Resolve and receive 1 Fracture to make a single ranged attack delivered via red pack and call "Infect, unavoidable." This effect makes the Target count as an undead for the next 2 hours for the purpose of Skills and Effects.