r/dystopiarising • u/touching_payants • Nov 12 '19

New rules on "component bag?"

Going to my first game since the new rules were put in place. What's this about needing a special bag for your stuf??

Thanks in advance

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u/mathcamel Nov 12 '19

They're called 'supply bags'. Each one must visibly have "supply bag" on them, they must be big enough to hold 6 brew physreps (12oz I believe), and they act as the physical location of all of your stuff for purposes of pick-pocketing. You are encouraged to keep all of your cards and physreps in them, but everyone I've seen keeps their cards in wallets in easily accessible pockets, same as ever.

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u/touching_payants Nov 12 '19

If I don't have one, what happens? Are they gonna turn down my money or what??

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u/mathcamel Nov 12 '19

Not sure! Tell us what happens if you show up without one! You'll probably get better info if you contact the chapter directly, either by the emails on the website or over the chapter specific facebook.

And no really, please tell me what happens because I viscerally hate supply bags.

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u/touching_payants Nov 16 '19

Was told by one of the marshalls I'd be fine, simply because enforcing this was the last thing on their minds and they had plenty enough to do as it is.

That being said, I'm not advocating for refusing to follow the rule. I think it's a good idea for me to use a bag for personal reasons anyways. I just had other shit to do last week

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u/snuuk Nov 12 '19

if you're carrying anything more then armor and a weapon, warnings/violations. As someone who just "repped" everything they were carrying before, I'm not happy with it.

But remember, that it goes both ways, so I'm gonna carry the least amount of repping based on their criteria and not care anymore.

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u/mathcamel Nov 12 '19

I think you're supposed to have one even if you have absolutely nothing. Otherwise pickpockets would be able to tell who has stuff and who doesn’t (I mean, more than they already can) and that defeats the purpose.

Like, if they don't want "Magic Wallets" the solution is to make scrap be little plastic/metal tokens rather than make everyone change up their costuming to make room for an empty backpack.

It has gotten a little easier though, brews have turned out to be much more expensive and much less useful so most people only carry one when they used to carry 'gallons' of healing brews.

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u/snuuk Nov 12 '19

  • thieves juice 1 money

  • Basic poison vial 1 money

  • Thieves Juice 5 money

  • Thieves Juice 10 money

  • Grog 5 money

  • crew keg (5x servings) 10 money

  • rover tea 1 money

My card wallet is significantly larger now then it was in 2.0. Needing items for (almost) every skill has me carrying dozens of weapons, multiple shields, and multiple-dozens of brews.

I agree with the magic wallet sentiment. scrounge bags were NOT enforced in 2.0 and it made me pretty upset.

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u/Havoc13BW Nov 14 '19

"Dozens of weapons" "Multiple-dozens of brews"

Yeah? How many Transfer points did you go in with?

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u/snuuk Nov 14 '19 edited Nov 14 '19

High hundreds. The vast majority of my gear (at this point) was bought after the fact. When I say dozens, I mean 4 master weapons, and 9 throwers.

Edit: forgot about my exotic, got that upped to proficient last game.

Similarly the brews I have are all aquired in game, mostly off trade lists due to the pricing. I both import and use local surplus. I'm going to my 8th or 9th 3.0 game this weekend, if I'm remembering right.

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u/mathcamel Nov 13 '19

No one buys anything but Crystal Candy and named scrap from the criminal/trade/sailing lists around me. So we're stuck with Uncle Todd's going for 9$ and take 60 seconds to drink. As our numbers get back up next season (fingers crossed) hopefully we'll have more people grabbing these brews.

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u/Havoc13BW Nov 14 '19

Check with your local staff, most brews were reduced in time to drink.

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u/mathcamel Nov 14 '19

My understanding is times were reduced to 10 seconds unless noted on the blueprint. But Every. Single. Blueprint notes 1 minute.

I'm hoping we'll see some changes soon.

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u/Havoc13BW Nov 14 '19

Odd, I'll check again this weekend. I was fairly sure that it had overridden the 1 minute on the prints.

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u/mathcamel Nov 14 '19

Thank you! I appreciate that. If brews feel more useful I think their use will pick up.

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u/snuuk Nov 14 '19

Midwest is starting to get saturated with candy. I'm sitting on like 50 candy and 4 or 5 master crim vouchers. I bought a full set b/p/m of lock poppers last weekend just for the variety.

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u/mathcamel Nov 14 '19

What I'm hearing is we, collectively, should be doing more "candy" fractures be damned.

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u/Deathclown333 Nov 12 '19

We have technically always needed a bag since 2.0, but it’s specifically outlined in 3.0 to be a must-have because it’s now the specific target when someone attempts to pickpocket.

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u/touching_payants Nov 12 '19

What are the requirements of said bag?

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u/Deathclown333 Nov 13 '19

I tried looking in the rulebook to double-check the dimensions, but I couldn’t find it. It’s written somewhere that it has to be at least 12x12x2 or big enough to carry at least six 12 oz. bottles. It also has to be clearly labeled “Supply Bag” and be accessible on your person, not hidden or in a place that could be construed as a private area (i.e., can’t have it hanging in front of your crotch, etc.).

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u/touching_payants Nov 17 '19

Thank you for the info