• The item originates among the trade houses and guild counting rooms of coastal and central cities where assessors evaluate cargo risks, voyage odds, and the likely yield of hunts or gatherings. Artisans in small family workshops collect shed plumage during the Warming and Illumination weeks, choosing feathers whose natural layering can be aligned to suggest orderly patterns. These are bound over a light frame of pale plant fiber treated with sap mixed with fine dust from ledger stones or abacus surfaces used in public exchanges. The covering is intended for avatars who possess a Feathers slot and who rely on visible order and precise gesture when presenting calculations or assessments to merchants, captains, or guild masters. It appears often in the same stalls that supply writing kits and measuring cords because the work uses no large crystals and can be finished by one artisan within a day.
• Slot is Feathers. The covering is worn directly on or over the avatar’s existing feathers and occupies only that specialized slot. It functions only while openly visible and is suppressed if fully covered. Adjustment or removal is a free action outside of immediate pressure.
• Skills gained when openly worn consist of a temporary +2 to the Appraisal skill. These points are supplied by the item and do not count against the maximum trained skill level of 5 plus tier. The bonus applies to any check that involves estimating value, assessing risk, calculating probable outcomes, or presenting ordered figures to others. When the item is covered or removed the temporary points cease.
• Color is even slate-gray across the vanes with narrow bands of muted gold along the edges and a faint bronze sheen at the tips that remains steady rather than shifting. The pattern is visible under ordinary daylight or lamplight at the distances of a counting table or a dockside exchange.
• Passive magic includes a continuous alignment of the feather edges into subtle parallel lines that makes gestures of counting or pointing appear more precise, granting advantage on Appraisal checks made to convey numerical estimates or risk levels without written aids. A second passive causes the bronze sheen to hold a steady tone that aids in maintaining focus during extended calculations, reducing the chance of minor errors from distraction. A third passive provides modest insulation that keeps the wearer’s hands and posture from stiffening during long periods at a table or in cooler counting rooms, supporting sustained assessment work.
• Active magic includes the ability, once per long rest, to flare the feathers briefly as an action and impose a clear visual grid-like shadow pattern on a nearby surface or in the air before the wearer, adding the tier-1 die result to one Appraisal check made to evaluate a physical object, cargo, or situation in that moment. A second active permits the wearer, as a free action, to set the feathers into a slow measured sweep that lasts up to ten minutes and grants advantage on a series of related minor calculation checks performed during that time. A third active, usable once between long rests, allows the wearer to close and reopen the feathers in a single precise snap that produces a soft even sound, marking the conclusion of an assessment and granting advantage on one immediate check to persuade others of the presented figures. Each active uses only the ambient magic in the feathers.
• Tags are Feathers, Appraisal, Calculation, Common, Tier1, Worn, Magical, Risk, Order, Ledger, Assessment, Estimate, Probability, Cargo-Yield, Voyage-Odds, Counting-Room, Steady-Sheen, Grid-Shadow, Measured-Sweep, Figure-Presentation, Trade-House, Error-Reduction
• Additional information states that the item fits any avatar with a Feathers slot and can be adjusted in minutes by the wearer or an artisan. It adds negligible weight. In trade districts and near guildhalls the piece is found in small shops and priced according to local availability of suitable feathers and the buyer’s agreement after haggling. The effects remain stable in ordinary magic flow and do not require attunement, though attunement is possible if a slot is open. In reduced flow the active uses continue but the passive advantage on estimate presentation becomes an ordinary roll. Ordinary wear can be repaired by artisans familiar with ordered display gear without changing the properties.
Acquisition and Trade of Feathers 7392 of the Measured Risk
• The item may be obtained when an avatar is successfully possessed if the previous host already wore or carried the covering among gear used for assessments or exchanges. It may also appear as a reward from a completed task for a trade house, a guild counting office, or a harbor official who values accurate risk figures for cargo or voyages. Confrontation with other assessors or merchants who carry similar pieces can leave the covering among dropped items after a search. An artisan with the proper skills and access to suitably patterned shed plumage can craft a new example using an established recipe of plant fibers, sap, and dust from exchange surfaces rather than crystals.
• Shops that handle the item are almost always small family workshops or single-proprietor stalls in the trade districts of coastal towns or near the counting rooms and guildhalls of larger cities. These establishments specialize in gear for ordered presentation and measurement, often neighboring makers of writing tools, cords, and simple tallies. Owners adjust production as demand from voyage planners or cargo evaluators changes. They employ a few workers for gathering feathers in the Warming and Illumination weeks and for stitching, while the binding pattern stays with the family. No large stores hold many identical examples; each keeps only recent work.
• Purchase occurs through face-to-face exchange in the shop or at a stall beside an exchange. The buyer examines the even gray and gold banding under ordinary light, tests the measured sweep, and haggles. An NPC merchant starts near the local suggested value and adjusts by about 10 percent times the buyer’s tier. Guild or trade-house membership grants a matching reduction. Payment uses gold or equivalent local coinage; the merchant may bank the sum or retain coin. Short notes of future payment tied to a completed assessment are sometimes accepted. Black-market stalls sell at full value or higher for physical gold only and keep no open record of prior holders.
• Sale follows the reverse. The owner offers the item and the merchant haggles downward by roughly 10 percent times the seller’s tier, depositing the gold in the World Bank. Black-market buyers may match the merchant price or double it for urgent need, always in physical gold. Quasi-logs are kept and may be reviewed by officials later.
• Cost is never fixed. In a busy trade district with several workshops and ready feathers the piece may pass for silver equal to a few days’ labor. Where patterned feathers must travel by wagon the same item may require several gold because of access cost and fewer skilled binders. During high voyage seasons buyers pay more; after large arrivals or in low flow sellers accept less. The figure is whatever is agreed after haggling. City or state taxes on the sale are handled by the merchant before the buyer departs with the item.
Roleplay Applications of Feathers 7392 of the Measured Risk in Defense and Offense Across Environments
• In the counting rooms and trade houses of a central city the wearer keeps the feathers aligned in their even gray and gold pattern while reviewing ledgers or addressing merchants. When a dispute over cargo value arises the wearer flares the covering as an action to cast the grid-like shadow across the table, adding the tier die to the Appraisal check that presents the recalculated risk and yield. The clear figures can defend against an inflated claim by making the overstatement visible to all present or serve offensively by justifying a lower offer that forces the other party to accept or withdraw. The passive alignment of edges makes each pointing gesture more precise, supporting both the defense of an existing contract and the push for revised terms.
• On the docks and harbor exchanges the covering remains ready while assessing incoming vessels or outbound loads. A measured sweep started as a free action grants advantage on a series of quick estimates of tide risk, crew needs, or spoilage odds, allowing the wearer to advise a captain against sailing or to calculate a tighter loading that increases profit. If tension rises with rival assessors the precise snap marks the end of a presented total, granting advantage on the check to persuade the gathered traders that the numbers hold, either shielding an ally’s shipment from seizure or pressing an advantage in bidding. The steady sheen helps maintain focus amid the noise of loading.
• Aboard sailing vessels during planning or when weather shifts the wearer uses the insulation and focus passive to sustain long calculations of route odds. Flaring to project the shadow pattern onto a deck chart adds the die to an Appraisal of storm risk or supply duration, defending the crew by recommending a delay or offensively by identifying a faster current that outpaces competitors. The rhythmic sweep can cover multiple related checks for ballast, sail settings, and watch rotations, coordinating a defensive posture against pursuit or an offensive change in heading. Reduced magic flow turns the passive advantage into an ordinary roll, so the wearer relies more on the audible snap and written tallies to carry the same weight.
• In guildhalls or before local officials the feathers support presentations of tax estimates, garrison needs, or hunt yields. The flare’s grid shadow on a wall or floor reinforces a defensive argument against higher levies by displaying the supporting counts clearly, or an offensive case for increased shares by highlighting overlooked returns. Starting the sweep before a sequence of figures grants advantage across the minor checks, keeping the delivery ordered. The snap at the close adds weight to the final persuasion, whether protecting a group’s resources or securing approval for a riskier venture. Temperature stability from the insulation keeps posture steady through extended hearings.
• Along roads or in wilderness clearings where parties evaluate monster activity or resource sites the wearer assesses threat levels and probable losses. A flared shadow across the ground adds the die to an Appraisal of ambush odds or forage sustainability, defending by advising a wider path or offensively by calculating a strike window that minimizes exposure. The measured sweep covers checks for track age, wind effects on scent, and party supply, informing both cautious withdrawal and coordinated advance. In low-flow areas the actives still function while passives require ordinary rolls, prompting the wearer to combine the visual grid with spoken totals for the same effect on companions or opposing groups.
• Near floating structures or cloud-bowl edges the steady pattern and sheen remain visible against open sky, aiding assessments of wind risk for air travel or cable loads. Flaring projects the grid onto a lower surface or into the air for an added-die evaluation of structural stress or transit timing, either defending a delayed departure or pressing an earlier window that gains position. The sweep and snap continue to structure longer presentations to crews or overseers. Across all environments the benefits require the feathers to stay openly displayed; once covered the wearer returns to unaided checks until the covering is revealed again.
Perception of Activation:
• Normal sight registers the feathers aligning into stricter parallel lines as they flare or sweep, the even slate-gray vanes holding steady while the narrow muted gold bands catch light in uniform strips and the bronze sheen remains constant at the tips. The description is a controlled ordering of the layered covering that projects a faint grid-like pattern of shadow or highlights onto a nearby surface for the duration of the active, after which the feathers return to a resting alignment. Positives include a clear visual confirmation that the assessment aid has engaged and an immediate reference grid that helps the wearer track counts or proportions without additional tools. Negatives include the temporary narrowing of peripheral awareness as attention fixes on the ordered pattern and the chance that the steady gold banding draws notice from others evaluating the same figures.
• Touch registers a firm, even tension along the frame as the feathers lock into measured positions, followed by a series of small, regular shifts if the sweep is active and a single crisp release on the snap. The description is a sequence of precise, low-force adjustments that match the pace of counting or pointing and then settle. Positives include a tactile cue that the activation has synchronized with the intended calculation and a stable feel that supports prolonged focus. Negatives include a brief rigidity in the covering if the flare is held too long and a residual awareness of the aligned edges that can feel constraining during unrelated movement.
• Hearing registers a soft, uniform rustle that resolves into an even measured cadence during the sweep or a single muted snap at the close of an assessment, lacking the irregular quality of ordinary feather movement. The description is a controlled series of light contacts or one distinct punctuation produced by the vanes meeting in order. Positives include an auditory marker that confirms the timing of a presented total and a sound quiet enough to serve as a personal cue without disrupting a quiet counting room. Negatives include the possibility that the even rhythm masks softer spoken corrections from others and that the snap can signal the end of deliberation to listeners who were not meant to conclude yet.
• Darkvision registers the activation as a sharpening of gray-scale edges into clearer parallel bands, the gold areas appearing as consistent lighter lines against the slate while the bronze sheen stays nearly uniform. The description is a rapid increase in linear definition across the feathers that holds or pulses slowly with the sweep. Positives include reliable outline clarity for the grid effect in low light. Negatives include loss of the subtle metallic distinction that normally helps judge the exact steadiness of the sheen.
• True sight registers a faint, steady ultraviolet lining along the gold bands that brightens evenly during the flare and holds without flicker through the sweep. The description is a thin, unchanging outline that traces the ordered pattern and fades only when the active ends. Positives include confirmation that the ambient flow has been shaped into a stable assessment aid and a precise boundary for the projected grid. Negatives include a mild after-trace that can overlap other steady magical markings in a trade hall and a short pause before ordinary fine detail fully returns.
• Blindsight registers a sudden regularization of echo returns from the feathers, the surfaces producing a tighter, evenly spaced cluster that matches the parallel alignment and measured motion. The description is a brief ordering of the near acoustic field into predictable intervals. Positives include an accurate sense of the covering’s structured outline even without sight and early notice if the projected pattern meets an obstruction. Negatives include a temporary reduction in the distinction of irregular distant sounds and a slight shift in spatial feel while the even returns dominate.
• Soul sight registers a controlled brightening and stabilization of the personal aura along the feather edges, the tones settling into muted gray and bronze without sudden shifts. The description is a steady pulse or held line that follows the activation and then eases back to baseline. Positives include an internal marker that the item has accepted the directed thought for calculation. Negatives include a sense of exposed order if others with soul sight observe the assessment and a minor sustained draw on concentration during the sweep.
• Mind’s Eye perception registers a brief overlay of the item’s properties—slot, temporary Appraisal bonus, and remaining uses—aligned across the feathers at the moment of activation, sometimes accompanied by a faint numerical suggestion tied to the current check. The description is a translucent set of values that appears cleanly and recedes, lingering lightly if the sweep continues. Positives include immediate verification that the correct active supports the intended estimate. Negatives include a split in attention if multiple figures are already being tracked and a brief delay in returning full focus to external totals once the overlay clears.
Recipe for Feathers 7392 of the Measured Risk
• Materials needed consist of twelve primary feathers shed by hybrid beasts during the Warming or Illumination weeks, each showing even slate-gray coloring that can be preserved and edges suitable for narrow muted gold banding with tips able to hold a steady bronze sheen. Four lengths of flexible pale plant fiber harvested from stalks grown near trade exchanges or counting houses. A small quantity of clear tree sap collected with a fluid collector from a living tree within the past three days. One measure of fine mineral dust taken from the surface of ledger stones, abacus frames, or exchange tables that have seen regular use in assessments. No magic crystals are required; ambient weave in the feathers and sap provides the binding for the ordered effects.
• Tools required include a fluid collector for the sap, a pair of fine needles for precise stitching, a flat marked work surface large enough for aligned rows, a shallow bowl for mixing sap and dust, a fine brush for edge application, a straight edge or cord for maintaining parallel placement, and ordinary binding cord for temporary hold. All are mundane tools common to workshops serving trade districts.
• Skill requirements call for a trained level of at least 3 in crafting focused on ordered or measurement-related gear, plus at least 2 in binding or alchemy skill to apply the mixture without disrupting even alignment or sheen. Familiarity with Appraisal items is needed to test the grid projection, measured sweep, and precise snap. Levels can come from downtime training or temporary points from openly worn badges.
• Crafting steps begin with careful cleaning of each feather to preserve even color and structure, followed by arranging them in two strictly parallel overlapping layers on the marked surface so gold-band edges face outward and tips align uniformly. The fibers are soaked in the sap-and-dust mixture until pliable, then laid as an internal frame and stitched with a pattern that enforces straight settling and lift. Remaining mixture is brushed along edges to set the gold bands and bronze tips, then dried under ordinary light for one After Noon period. The covering is tested for parallel flare, even sweep cadence, clear snap, and faint grid shadow; any misalignment is adjusted before completion. The process uses the listed materials and takes most of one day in a trade-district workshop. The result matches the original slot, temporary skill bonus, passives, and actives when worn openly on an avatar with a Feathers slot.
Feathers That Kept the Count
In the time before the marks of years were set upon the days there lived among the people who moved goods upon the water and the people who kept the houses of counting those who stood and spoke the numbers of what might be gained and what might be lost. These ones gathered the fallen feathers of the mixed beasts when the warming came and when the light returned fully to the land. They bound the feathers with the pale threads of the plants that grew near the places of exchange and with the sap of the trees and the dust of the stones where the tallies were made so that the feathers would align when the wearer wished the figures to be seen clearly.
One among them was called by a name that the later tongues could not hold and so is spoken only as the One Who Measured. This one desired that the odds of a voyage or the yield of a cargo would not be lost in argument and that the count of risks would reach those who decided whether the ships would sail or the goods would move. The One Who Measured took feathers that held the even color of the shore stone and the narrow color of the worked metal and bound them so that when the thought was given the feathers would settle into straight lines and cast a pattern of even shadows upon the table or the ground. The binding was done in a small house near the place where the captains and the merchants met. When the work was finished the feathers lay close until the wearer called them and then they aligned and the pattern appeared.
The first time the feathers aligned the One Who Measured stood before a group who disputed the number of days a cargo of grain would last upon the water. The body turned and the feathers ordered themselves and the shadow grid fell across the tally marks so that each could see the same count of days and the same measure of spoilage. The arguing slowed because the figures stood in the same place for all. Those who saw it said the feathers had taken the scattered numbers and set them into one order. The One Who Measured tried the feathers again when a captain wished to know the odds of a storm upon a certain route and the measured sweep of the feathers marked each part of the reckoning until the total was reached. The people began to ask for the same feathers so that their own assessors could hold the count when voices alone could not agree.
Yet the feathers did not always bring the agreement that was wanted. When the unseen flow grew thin the alignment still happened but the shadow grid was fainter and some who stood at the edge of the group did not read the same numbers. When the flow grew strong the feathers aligned more rigidly than the wearer intended and the pattern drew eyes to figures that had not yet been fully counted. The One Who Measured saw this and spoke to the people that the feathers remembered only the ordered displays the beasts had shown when they lived and that the wearer must also remember which numbers were ready to be shown and which were still incomplete. The people did not all hear. Some wore the feathers and aligned them for every small tally so that the gatherings grew weary of the grids and looked past them even when the risks were great. Others wore them only to make their own counts seem larger and the true measure was lost beneath the pattern.
In the years that followed the feathers were made again and again in the small houses near the exchanges. Each maker used the shed feathers of the mixed beasts and the sap and the dust of the tally stones and each covering was a little different in the way the lines held. Some coverings let the wearer project a clearer grid across a larger table. Some let the wearer mark the steps of a long reckoning so that the listeners knew when the next figure would come. The stories that were told of these coverings grew long. One story said that a wearer had stood upon a dock and aligned the feathers so that two crews saw the same count of lost goods and agreed upon the division without striking. Another story said that a wearer had used the snap of the feathers to close a reckoning of voyage odds and that the sound alone had made a hesitant captain accept the total. These stories were repeated until the words changed and the names of the wearers were lost.
The One Who Measured grew old and the feathers that had been made first began to lose the evenness of their edges. New feathers were added and the binding was renewed with fresh sap. The people asked whether the first feathers still held the memory of the counts or whether only the new feathers answered. The One Who Measured answered that all the feathers held what they had been given when they grew and that the binding only let the wearer speak to that memory through the ordering of the lines. When the One Who Measured no longer stood in the exchanges the coverings continued to be made. The small houses kept the way of the work and the travelers who came from other islands carried the coverings away and brought back tales of how the feathers had aligned in the halls of guilds and upon the decks of ships when the numbers of risk needed to be seen by all.
In one season when many cargoes waited at a coastal town a wearer stood beside a stack of goods while merchants disputed the likely loss to damp. The feathers aligned and the grid of shadow fell across the tally board so that each saw the same count of barrels at risk. The words that followed settled the price before the dispute grew sharp. In another season a wearer used the measured sweep while reckoning the supplies for a long crossing and the added order helped the listeners keep each part of the total until the speaking ended. The people who kept the harbors began to look for those who wore such feathers when a count needed to reach a group quickly and clearly.
Not every use brought the desired agreement. A wearer once aligned the feathers over an incomplete tally so that the grid showed numbers that were still being changed and the group accepted a total that later proved short. Another wearer trusted the alignment when the flow was thin and the shadow did not reach the far side of the table so that half the people read different figures and the argument continued. The covering was later brought back to a small house and new feathers were set in the place of those that had frayed and the sap was applied again. The covering worked once more but the wearer chose the moments of alignment with greater care. The stories that were told after these happenings said that the feathers gave the ordering of the count only when the wearer also chose which figures were finished and that the feathers alone could not decide the truth of the numbers.
Long after the first binding the coverings were still found in the stalls near the exchanges. Travelers asked the makers how the lines were kept even and how the snap was made clear and the makers answered with the steps that had been used since the early days. Some buyers paid with the small coins of silver and some paid with the larger coins of gold when the feathers had come from distant gatherings. The makers did not set one price for all days. When many feathers of the right even color lay ready the covering left the stall for less. When few could be gathered the covering stayed until more was offered. The people who bought them carried them to other places and the way of making them spread though each new maker changed a small part of the binding to suit the counts of that island.
In the time when the ships moved more often a wearer stood upon a deck while two captains compared the odds of a shared route. The feathers snapped once in a precise sequence and the sound marked the close of the reckoning so that both accepted the same total of days and risks. Other times were told in which the feathers aligned too soon and showed figures that were not yet sure or aligned too late and the moment for agreement was already gone. In each telling the feathers themselves remained as they had been made: layers that ordered themselves when called, that cast the even pattern for those who looked, and that settled again when the count ended. The people who wore them learned that the alignment gave the chance to set the numbers in one place but did not place the meaning of those numbers into the minds of those who saw them.
Thus the tale was carried from the shore exchanges to the inland counting houses and from the inland houses back to the shore. Each telling added a new reckoning or a new dispute and the words shifted as they passed through different tongues. The feathers themselves remained as they had been made. The people who wore them learned that the ordered lines and the measured sound could gather the figures into one view yet the decision that followed was still the wearer’s own to offer and the listeners’ own to accept.
Moral of the story: The feathers align when the wearer asks and the pattern falls as it has always fallen, yet the count that is believed is still the count the wearer must choose to finish and to show.
Suggested conversions to other systems:
Call of Cthulhu Seventh Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Plumage of the Ordered Count
• The item appears as layered even slate-gray feathers with muted gold bands and steady bronze sheen on a light frame. It must be worn openly and is a minor magical artifact of common availability.
• When worn openly the investigator gains a bonus die on all Accounting, Appraise, and relevant Science or Know rolls that involve estimating value, assessing risk, or presenting ordered figures. The bonus die is lost if the feathers are covered.
• Once per day the wearer may spend an action to flare the feathers and project a faint grid pattern, adding a bonus die to one Appraise or Accounting roll made to evaluate an object, cargo, or situation in that moment.
• As a free action the wearer may begin a measured sweep lasting up to ten minutes and gain a bonus die on a series of related minor calculation rolls during that time. Usable once between rests.
• A precise snap can be produced to grant a bonus die on one immediate Persuade roll to convince others of the presented figures.
• Provides minor reduction to penalties from prolonged sedentary work or cool rooms affecting focus.
• The item has 8 hit points. Below half the benefits cease until repaired with Craft and materials.
Blades in the Dark Adaptation of the Covering Known as Tally-Vane
• Fine wearable of slate-gray and gold-banded feathers, worn openly, one load.
• While worn grants potency on all Study or Sway actions involving assessment of risk, value, cargo odds, or presenting calculated figures.
• Once per score push to flare and gain increased effect on one Study roll to evaluate a score element, cargo, or situation, projecting a momentary ordered pattern.
• Free action spend 1 stress to start a measured sweep granting potency on a series of related assessment rolls for several minutes.
• Snap as part of an action to gain potency on one Sway roll to persuade others of the totals.
• Standard quality. Impaired if harmed, loses benefits until repaired in downtime.
• No direct skirmish benefit beyond informed positioning.
Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Feathers of the Calculated Grid
• Wondrous item, common. Layered slate-gray feathers with gold bands and bronze sheen. Worn openly, requires attunement.
• While attuned grants +2 bonus to Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Insight) checks made to appraise value, assess risk, or calculate outcomes. Lost if covered.
• Once per long rest as an action flare to add 1d4 to one such check and project a faint grid aiding the evaluation of one object or area.
• Bonus action once per long rest to start a sweep granting advantage on up to three related minor calculation checks over ten minutes.
• Snap to gain advantage on one Charisma (Persuasion) check to present the figures convincingly.
• Advantage on saves against effects that would impose disadvantage on prolonged mental tasks from environment.
• AC 11, 15 HP. Below half suppresses benefits until repaired.
Knave Second Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Bound Plumes of the Reckoning
• Worn gear, slate-gray with gold banding, one slot, openly worn.
• While worn +2 to checks for appraisal, risk assessment, or ordered calculation. Lost if covered.
• Once per day action to flare adding an extra d4 to one appraisal check and creating a momentary grid reference.
• Free action to sweep granting advantage on a short series of related calculation checks for ten minutes. Once between rests.
• Snap for advantage on one check to persuade others of the presented count.
• +1 to saves against environmental effects hindering extended focus.
• 10 item HP. Below half benefits cease until repaired. Zero destroys it.
Fate Core Adaptation of the Covering Known as Aspect of the Held Count
• Wearable extra of slate-gray feathers with gold bands and bronze sheen, worn openly. Aspect “Feathers That Order the Figures.”
• While active +2 to Overcome or Create Advantage with Investigate or Lore for assessing value, risk, or presenting ordered numbers. Unavailable if covered.
• Once per session free invoke to flare and add +2 to one assessment roll while projecting a grid pattern, or to snap and aid a persuasion of the totals.
• Spend a fate point to start a measured sweep granting +2 to a series of related calculation rolls in the scene.
• Can Create Advantage “Clear Reckoning” on a scene or target.
• Consequence to gear makes aspect unavailable until recovered.
• No direct physical stress benefit.
Numenera and the Cypher System Adaptation of the Covering Known as Count-Plume Binding
• Cypher-level artifact, common, slate-gray and gold feathers. One slot, worn openly. Depletes on 1 on 1d20 after active use.
• While worn reduces difficulty of Intellect tasks for appraisal, risk calculation, or ordered presentation by one step. Ends if covered.
• Action to flare reducing difficulty of one evaluation task by one step and projecting a grid. Risks depletion.
• Spend 1 Intellect free action for sweep granting an asset on a series of related calculation tasks for ten minutes. Once per rest.
• Snap for an asset on one task to persuade others of the figures.
• Asset on tasks to maintain focus under mild environmental distraction.
• Inert on depletion until difficulty 3 repair.
Pathfinder Second Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Plumage of the Precise Tally
• Item 1, common, magical, invested. Slate-gray feathers with gold bands. Worn openly.
• While invested +1 item bonus to checks to Recall Knowledge, Assess, or calculate value and risk (using appropriate skills). Suppressed if covered.
• Once per day Interact to flare adding 1d4 to one such check and creating a faint grid aid.
• Free action once per day for sweep granting +1 circumstance bonus to up to three related minor checks over ten minutes.
• Snap for +1 circumstance bonus to one Diplomacy check presenting the figures.
• +1 circumstance to saves against effects imposing penalties on prolonged calculation from environment.
• Hardness 2, 8 HP. Below half suppresses until repaired.
Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Reckoning Plumes
• Worn gear, magical. Slate-gray with gold banding. Back slot, openly worn.
• While worn +1 to all relevant Smarts or assessment rolls for value, risk, or ordered calculation. Lost if concealed.
• Once per session free action to flare adding +1 and a momentary grid to one appraisal roll.
• Action or Benny to start sweep granting +1 to a short series of related rolls.
• Snap for +1 on one Persuasion roll of the totals.
• +1 to relevant rolls against mild environmental distraction for five rounds.
• Toughness 4. Wound suppresses benefits until repaired; second destroys.
Shadowrun Sixth World Adaptation of the Covering Known as Tally-Plume Focus
• Wearable Force 1 sustaining focus, Availability 4R. Slate-gray feathers with gold bands and bronze sheen. Worn openly.
• While active +2 dice pool to Logic-based tests for appraisal, risk assessment, accounting, or presenting ordered figures. Lost if covered.
• Once per day Simple Action to flare adding 2 dice to one evaluation test and projecting a faint grid pattern.
• Free Action to start measured sweep adding 2 dice to a series of related calculation tests for up to ten minutes. Once between rests.
• Snap for +2 dice on one Con or Negotiation test to persuade of the figures.
• Minor resistance to environmental factors affecting prolonged focus.
• Barrier Rating 2, 6 Condition Boxes. Half or more filled suppresses benefits until repaired.
Starfinder Adaptation of the Covering Known as Grid-Vane
• Worn magic item, level 1. Slate-gray and gold feathers. Shoulders, openly worn, invested.
• While invested +2 enhancement to relevant Intelligence or Wisdom checks for appraisal and risk calculation. Suppressed if covered.
• Once per day standard action to flare adding 1d4 to one such check with grid aid.
• Bonus action once per day for sweep granting +2 on up to three related minor checks over ten minutes.
• Snap for +2 on one Charisma check presenting figures.
• +1 circumstance to saves against environmental distraction on mental tasks.
• Hardness 2, 10 HP. Below half suppresses until repaired.
Traveller Mongoose Second Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Reckoning Harness
• Personal equipment. Slate-gray feathers with gold banding. Worn openly, negligible weight. Cost varies.
• While worn DM+1 on all relevant Admin, Science, or assessment checks for value and risk. Lost if concealed.
• Once per day significant action to flare adding DM+1 to one evaluation with momentary grid.
• Free action for sweep adding DM+1 to a series of related checks for ten minutes. Once between rests.
• Snap for DM+1 on one Persuade of the totals.
• DM+1 on Endurance for brief environmental effects on focus.
• Damaged like clothing; torn removes benefits until repaired.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fourth Edition Adaptation of the Covering Known as Mantle of the Measured Count
• Worn magical garment, common. Slate-gray with gold bands. Back location, Encumbrance 0, openly worn.
• While worn +10 to all relevant Evaluate or Intelligence Tests for appraisal and risk. Lost if covered.
• Once per day Action to flare adding +1 SL to one such Test with grid projection.
• Free Action once per day for sweep granting +10 to a short series of related Tests over ten minutes.
• Snap for +10 on one Charm Test presenting the figures.
• +10 to Endurance against brief effects hindering calculation.
• 4 Wounds. At 2 or fewer benefits suppressed until repaired; at 0 destroyed.