Editing The Islands of Sina Una (section)

==Item Limitations==

Purely optional of course, but for those who want to keep the "feel" of a pre-colonial Filipino fantasy adventure have to keep some things in mind, in that some items that come as "default" equipment in any other Western-based medieval fantasy ''simply aren't available'' in the Islands.  

As a rule of thumb, a GM may replace DMG default equipment with the same subtype available in the campaign book -- examples given are substituting scale mail with a '''barote''' (a cuirass made out of woven abaca fibers), or a rapier with a kampilan (a single-edged longsword that grew broader at its point, with a flat or forked head).

* '''Scarcity of Iron and Steel''': These metals are of a premium in the Islands, and unless an item is a weapon, piece of armor, wilderness gear, or a farming tool of some sort, you won't find these.  Steel weapons and armor are valuable beyond measure, and are usually available to either nobility or the very wealthy (or adventurers who have the coin to have these custom-made of course).

* '''Advanced Armor Unavailable''': The practicality of wearing enclosed heavy steel armor in a tropical setting where one can be expected to swim on a regular basis notwithstanding, never mind a real danger of overheating in the tropical climate, advanced types of armor such as breast plate, half-plate, or full-plate mail simply have no equivalent in the Islands.  It says something that chain mail counts as one of the best ''heavy'' types of armor available.

* '''No paper''': Paper-based writing is all-but unknown in the Islands, and most record-keeping are done instead on bamboo scrolls, copper plate, or palm leaves. So no paper or parchment, or books either. 

* '''Lack of anti-demon weapons''': Suffice to say that demons don't feature much in the cosmonology of the Islands, so you won't see things like holy water or silvered weaponry.  Due to the prevalence of ''aswang'' however, you ''will'' see a lot of salt-coated equipment.

Due to the tropical weather, people normally wore light and breezy attire, and often went about their travels barefoot.  Wooden-soled or straw sandals are not unheard-of, but are reserved for social gatherings like meetings with the ''datu''.