Equipment Descriptions

Need to describe equipment lists in some generic format that is compatible across multiple game systems. Will use namespaces as for characters. Weapons and armour will need backporting to this new format.

An item on the list might look something like this:

    <item name="Padlock" quality="1">
        <category>Adventuring</category>
        <importance>1</importance>
 
        <availability>3</availability>
 
        <short>A poor quality padlock.</short>
 
        <description>
            <para>
                A poor quality padlock, designed to keep a door or chest shut. Requires
                a relatively big key, and can be quite easy to pick. Often it is easier to just
                break it though, by either hitting it very hard, or levering it open.
            </para>
        </description>
 
        <weight>250</weight>
        <material>iron</material>
 
        <cost>2000</cost>
 
        <device xmlns="http://yagsbook.sourceforge.net/xml/d20">
            <difficulty>20</difficulty>
            <hardness>3</hardness>
            <hitpoints>5</hitpoints>
            <break>20</break>
        </device>
 
        <device xmlns="http://yagsbook.sourceforge.net/xml/yags">
            <difficulty>15</difficulty>
            <soak>10</soak>
            <toughness>1</toughness>
            <break>30</break>
        </device>
    </item>

Some items require in-game statistics. These will be denoted with namespaced elements, so in the above example there are lock stats for both d20 and Yags.

The format of the statistics depend on the type of item. Some possible elements are given below.

There are probably plenty of other options.