Thursday, November 27, 2025

What are you wearing?

Armor is not very fashionable. (1DR; -1 to Reaction rolls) The refined adventurer has other options.

  1. Mourning Black - A particular shade for particular occasions. Grief is unavoidable when swaddled in mourning black. All the folk of House Devinsen are required to wear this color in public.
  2. Ensign's Coat - Signed by the Queen herself. No sacred place or disputed territory is off-limits to you.
  3. Top Hat & Tux - +1 extra pocket for each magic trick you know how to do (max +8).
  4. Sensible Swimwear - The bold striped pattern makes it harder for predators to pick a target out of the beachgoing herd.
  5. Savage Mink - In your dreams, this warm winter wear is replaced by a 7' carnivorous mustelid.
  6. Mothwing Cloak - Unlocks the air dash ability.
  7. Living Floral - Sprawled across the head, chest, and shoulders. Requires daily water and sunlight to maintain its color and aroma.
  8. Gothic Dress - Dark, lacey symbol of the Gotlandic warrior. Terrifies Catholics.
  9. Coat of Honors - Military badge mosaic. You can carry (decorative!!!) arms without ruffling any feathers.
  10. Cage Crinoline - Metal support for a wide dome skirt. Can, in a pinch, trap a creature no stronger than a cat. 
  11. Cold Crinoline - As above, except it keeps the temperature of any item stored within, and you have to wear long underwear.
  12. Cottagecore Bullshit - Fools the upper and middle class into thinking you are lower class. Doesn't fool anyone else.
  13. Cuirasse-douce - Appears to be armor; is in fact made of beautifully embroidered cloth. In your dreams, the armor is real.
  14. Squirreler's Sleeves - Four secret (unsearchable) pockets, tucked into folds and frippery.
  15. Graduate's Blazer - From Tobias Walnut's School for Sharp-Faced Boys. Alumni are honorbound to assist one another. (Their motto translates to No lad left behind.)
  16. Blood Red Ruff - Antiquated accessory. Puts one in mind of zinnia in bloom. Unfolds into 45' of crimson fabric if you're willing to ruin the outfit.
  17. Inverness Cape - Weatherproof, waterproof, acidproof, bloodproof. Has a dedicated pipe pocket.
  18. Patterned Shawl - As invisibility cloak in rose gardens.
  19. Academy Waistcoat - The armor of the skeptic. (Ghosts avoid intellectuals if they can help it.)
  20. Ancient Robes - A cultural artifact no less than 300 years old, tailored to fit modern sensibilities. Its origin is mysterious, not for lack of historical context, but because the tailor didn't give a hoot.

Additional Accessories

  1. Midnight Sleeves - Shoulder-to-wrist tattoos of the night sky. A useful astrological reference. 
  2. Amber Brooch - Some primordial creature is suspended within.
  3. Original MacHotep - A painting folded in the Eastern style into a priceless piece of headwear. Popular with art collectors but not artists. 
  4. Ticking Timepiece - Has hands for days, months, years, and centuries. Very heavy.
  5. Chastity Belt - +2 Save to resist temptation. May manifest mild Ψonic abilities.
  6. Pants - Only men wear pants. Thus, anyone wearing pants is a man.
  7. Big Wig - Fashionable to foreigners, vain to locals.
  8. Liquid Lead - For coloring nails, lashes, and lips.

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