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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8267052" data-attributes="member: 6696971">This weekend I’m beginning playtesting (and inevitably iterating) my Dungeon World meets Blades in the Dark meets Torchbearer Hack.What you’re depicting above (I think loading out a a Ring of Protection to ward against an effect on an Adventure) wouldn’t be a thing because you can’t just flashback a new, persistent item into your loadout.If you’re getting a persistent warding item like a Ring of Protection it’s acquired either (a) through an Adventure (and therefore a persistent 0 load item that you always have loaded out) or (b) through a multistage Longterm Project during downtime (project  1 = acquire materials > 2 = forge and enchant ring).However, if you’re trying to get an impromptu consumable (say a Brooch of Protection that disintegrates upon invoking its magic), the constraints/procedure would be:1) You have the Load space (this would be a 1 Load item so you’d have to (a) have the space in your Load requirements and (b) spend your 1 Floating Load on it...in the stead of an alternative item).2) Spend 1 Stress (this is complex, not elaborate) and 1 Coin to Acquire an Asset. Do the AaA procedures:Roll Tier (so if you’re Tier 2, roll 2d6).Result = 1-3: Tier -1, 4/5: Tier, 6: Tier +1, critical: Tier +2.You can spend coin to raise the result of this roll by spending 2 coin per additional Tier level added.3) Now we’re at the moment where the Brooch of Warding activates against the Spell/Supernatural Effect.Let’s say it’s a Tier 4 Adult Red Dragon’s Fire Breath.The Company is Tier 3. They rolled a 5 with their 3d6 so it’s a Tier 3 Brooch. That isn’t going to be effective against a Tier 4 Dragon so they invest another 2 Coin to make it Tier 4. This will net them a Special Armor box against the Tier 4 magic. They tick it to Resist the Fire Breath Complication.So instead of taking Harm 3, they’ll take Harm 1 (orthodox Blades would only throttle this back 1, but my game will be high fantasy so more robust heroes and resistance). In order to do that, they’ve spent:* 1 Loadout Box* their only Floating Loadout Box (which means tough luck if they need something else later in a pinch)* 1 Stress* 3 CoinAnd this is all assuming that they had the Loadout to spend.</blockquote>

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