SW Finding Gear Legal

These mechanics are for items that are not Restricted. For those items, see Finding Restricted Gear.

Availability

How available a piece of equipment is depends on two things: its Rarity, and the place where they are being sought from.

Calculate Final Availability

• Find the Rarity of the equipment in question.
• Add in the Rarity Modifier of the location where you are searching for the item.
• Finally, add in a Condition Modifier, as follows:
  • Superior Quality: For an item with the Superior Attachment (1 Hard Point), +2 Rarity, +5000 credits
  • Roughed Up Quality: For an item with permanent Minor damage (add one to all rolls with it), -1 Rarity, 50% of normal cost.
  • Junked Quality: For an item with permanent Moderate damage (add one to all rolls with it), -2 Rarity, 25% of normal cost.
• If the final Rarity is a 1 or less, you can automatically find it, at Brand New condition.
  • If the Availability is 2 or higher, you will need to search for a seller.

Searching for a Seller

• Make a Knowledge (Core Worlds) or Knowledge (Outer Rim) check to find the item you are searching for. The Difficulty and Time spent searching depend on the Rarity, as below:

Rarity	Difficulty	Time
0-3	Simple ( – )	Immediate
4-5	Easy ()	One day
6-7	Average ()	Two days
8-9	Hard ()	Four days
10+	Daunting ()	One week

• If the place where you are searching has a datanet or is part of the HoloNet, you may instead make a Computers check to search.

Check Results

Result	Option
	You find the item, at the normal cost for that item.
+	For each additional success, you may: • Reduce Time of search by one day.
	• Buyer's Market. Reduce base price for item by 5%.
	• Familiar Market. Gain + the next time you search for an item to purchase in this location. • Got the Goods. Get access to one attachment for the weapon of Rarity no greater than the item rarity, and up to 250cr in value (buy additional times to add +250cr to value)
	• New Friends. Gain a point of Core Worlds, Outer Rim, or Xenology Contact Network for that location. Seller also begins as Aligned for the purpose of an Impressions check before Negotiation.
	• Seller's Market. Increase base price for item by 5%.
	• Sullied Name. Gain + the next time you search for an item to purchase in this location.
	• Long and Sour Memory. Whether or not the meet happens, you somehow manage to make an enemy in the area. If you have a Contact Network for Core Worlds, Outer Rim, or Xenology in that area, reduce it by 1. Seller also starts at Opposing for Impressions before a Negotiation check.

Buying the Item

• Once the item is found, it can simply be purchased at the available price.
• If a character wishes, they may attempt to haggle.

The Meet

• The meeting occurs as agreed upon by the buyer and seller.
• Upon meeting the seller, the buyer (or his representative) must make an Impressions check.
  • If the seller is allowed to choose a meeting advantageous to them, grant one or more to the Impressions check.
  • If the buyer insists on a meeting advantageous to them, it inflicts one or more .

Negotiations

NEGOTIATIONS
PRESENCE (NEGOTIATION) vs PRESENCE (COOL or NEGOTIATION)
This check is made after a short period of negotiations is undertaken, and is an opposed check. Modifiers: Based on Rapport
Result	Option
	• You Drive a Hard Bargain. Each success reduces the final price of the item by 5%.
	• I'll Throw This One In. Each advantage grants you some additional freebie or extra from the seller, such as spare energy clips, a duffel to transport it in, or some other piece of gear or attachment (un-attached) worth 100cr or less (multiple advantages can be stacked to increase the value of this "gift").
	• Feel Free to Look Me Up Again. You made a good impression. Gain +2 Rapport with this NPC, and the next time you search for gear in this area, add whatever benefits you gain from your Rapport with them.
	• Can't You Tell What This Is Worth? Each failure increases the final price of the item by 5%.
	• Ya Put Your Foot In It. You inadvertently offend the seller. Gain -1 Rapport per threat generated.
	• Made an Enemy. For whatever reason – even if the buy goes off – you've made an enemy today. That NPC's Rapport with you shifts negative by 5 steps, to a minimum of -1.