What's in your pocket?

[kato13]

weswood 06-29-2008, 07:59 PM Just for laughs I'm making up a party of NPCs, and I'm having trouble fleshing out thier gear. Everything is starting to look the same.


The party so far consist of a Ranger SSgt, been in the Army since he got out of high school, a infantry Sgt, south Alabama hillbilly hunter/fisher/ one hell of a rifle shot, and a Cpl medic, a drafted concientous objector from LA, California.


The things I tend to carry, or used to anyway: extra coffee (the SSgt has 1/2 kg), means to heat it (sterno/canteen cup), sharp pocket knife & small whetstone, sometimes a multi tool, zippo lighter & flints (I used to refuel it in jeep tanks) plenty of ciggarettes, some parachute or similar cord, and a small flashlight.


The SSgt has a M92 pistol & a Remington 870, the Sgt has an M16A2, and the Cpl refuses to carry a weapon. I'll probably add either a grenadier (M203) or a machinegunner, maybe both.


Back to the original question, what do you carry (aside from the normal clothes/underwear/socks, sleeping bag type stuff)??? They're starting to look the same, gear wise.

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weswood 06-29-2008, 08:12 PM Whoops, forgot the duct tape.

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pmulcahy 06-29-2008, 08:24 PM I'm in my underwear right now -- no pockets at the moment!

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kato13 06-29-2008, 08:40 PM [edit]

Here is my personal equipment list from my equipment database that I plan to use for all modern RPGs.


100' Parachute Cord

100' Rappelling Rope

12 hour low intensity chemlight

18" Machete with Sheath

2d Generation ECWCS Universal Pants

2d Generation ECWCS Universal Parka

30 min medium-intensity chemlight

5qt Canteens (colapsable)

9 Hour Candles (3 Pak)

Advanced Microfibre Towel 30"x50"

Assault Pack MOLLE

Balaclava (Light weight)

Bath Tissue 2-Ply 550sheet, Roll

Bayonette

BDU (Arctic) Insulated

BDU (Universal)

BDU (Universal) Hot Weather

BDU (Universal) Insulated

Belt MOLLE

Beret

BLADE, SCALPEL, No 20, for handle No 4, sterile

Blister Treatment Kit

Body Veil, Camouflage

Body Ventalation System

Boonie Cap (Universal)

Boot Knife

Boot Laces, Black, Pair

Bungee Cord

Butt Pack

Caffiene Gum Pack of 5 sticks

Camelback 3 Liter

Can Opener (P-38)

Canteen 1 Liter Colapasable

Canteen 1 Liter Cover

Canteen 2 Liter

Canteen 2 Liter Cover

Canteen Cup & stand

Carabineer, Locking "D", Black

Chemical Decon Kit

Chemical Defense Suit

Chemlight Case

Cigarette Lighter (Disposable)

Cigarette Lighter (Multifuel)

Cold Weather Sleeping Bag (-10F)

Combat Boots, Pair

Combat Boots, Pair CW

Combat Knife

Combination Padlocks

Compass, Lensatic

CottonWeb 1-1/4" Trouser Belt

CS powder 8 oz

Deck of Cards (Paper Box)

Die (Gaming)

Disposable Geiger Tab

Disposable Handcuffs (nylon)

Disposable Handcuffs (plastic)

DogTag (Microchip)

Double Strap Type II Duffel Bag- Olive

Duct Tape 66mx5 cm

Earplugs

Entrenching Tool (TriFold)

Epoxy Putty

Extra Batteries, Rechargable (AA)

Extra Batteries, Rechargable (AAA)

Extra Batteries, Rechargable (D)

Face Paint Camouflage (3 Color)

Field Jacket w/ Liner Universal

Foam Sleeping Mat

Folding Tactical Knife

Folding Tungsten Carbide Saw

Foot Locker, Large 32"x13"x16"

Foot Locker, Medium 29"x9"x14"

Foot Locker, Small 25"x6"x11"

Glove Liner

Gloves, Leather

Gloves, Nomex Aviator

Gortex Booties

Grenade Pouch

Helmet Light (LED)

Helmet Light Power Cable

Helmet Liner

Insect Repellent (DEET 28%) 5oz (150ml)

Insulated Poncho/Sleeping Bag

Iodine Tablets, Bottle 50 units

Keychain LED

Kneepads Hard

Kneepads Inserts

Knfie fork spoon

Knife Sharpener (Diamond)

Krill Light

Large Pouch

Large Rucksack MOLLE

Laundry Bag 25" w x 36" h

Leather Man tool (Pliers)

Leather Man tool (ViseGrip)

Leatherman Micra (Scissors)

Leatherman Micro (Pliers)

Leprechaun Secure Hand Radio

M249 Saw Ammo Bag Canvas 6½"W x 2½"D x 7¼"H

Magnesium Fire Starter

Mesh Fabric T-Shirt

Mess Kit (Stainless KFS,pan,tray)

Mess Kit Bag

MicroMagLight

Military Flashlight, Angle (IR capable)

Mini Binoculars

MiniMaglight

MiniMaglight Weapon Mount

Morrow Id (Microchip)

Mosiquito Net 4' x 8'

Mosquito Net (Face)

Multiple Battery Charger (8AA/AAA or 4D)

Multi-Purpose Pillow Med 12"x17"

Nightstick (High Impact Plastic)

Nightstick holder

Overwhites

Pacer Beads

Padded Weapon Case

Padlock Key

padlock, key (medium)

Patrol Cap (Universal)

Patrol Sleeping Bag (30F)

Pencil

Pens

Personal Cooking Kit

Personal Defense Spray

Personal Medical Kit

Pistol Holster

Pistol Mag Pouch

Piston Lanyard

Pocket Stove

Power Adaptor for Charger

Premoistened Field Towels (Pack 0f 20)

Protective Mask

Protective Mask Filter

PVS-7F NVG

Rain Pants

Rain Parka

Ranger Axe

Rifle Mag Pouch

Rope Deployment Bag

Rubber Overboots, Pair

Sharpie Marker

Shelter Half

Shoe Laces, Pair

Shoes, Pair (PT)

Shorts (PT)

Shotgun Pouch

Shovel Carrier

Single Edged Razor Blades (Box of 12)

Sleeping Bag Compression Bag

Sleeping Bag Cover (Gore-Tex)

Small Arms Cleaning Kit

Small Pouch

Small Sewing Kit

Socks, Pair (Tube)

Socks, Pair (Wool/Poly Blend)

Straight Razor

Strike Anywhere Matches Box of 250

Sunglasses

Sunscreen 5oz (150ml)

Super Glue, Bottle 28g .1 oz

Super Glue, Tube 3g .10 oz

Survival Fishing Kit

Survival Kit Alpha

Survival Net, nylon (1.8x3M)

Survival Straw

Sweater (Wool)

Sweatpants (PT)

Sweatshirt (PT)

Swiss Army Knife

Tactical Memo Book (3.5" x 6" / 60 pages)

Thermal Underwear Bottom

Thermal Underwear Top

Three point weapon sling, padded

Travel Alarm Clock

T-Shirt

TWS-2000 Thermal Scope

Tyvek Ground Cloth 3'X8'

Underwear

Vest MOLLE

WartHog Tactical Goggle Kit

Watch Cap Wool

Watch, Windup

Waterproof Map Case

WD-40 (4oz can)

wind/waterproof matches (can of 25)

Windbreaker (Black Morrow Divison)

Wool Blanket



Here are some kits I am working on


Survival Kit

fishing hooks 6

Sinkers 2

50 ft 8lb test fishing line 1

Pocket Chain Saw 1

Survival Blanket (Silver/OD) 1

Votive Candle 1

Flint 1

Magnesium Fire Starter 1

Cotton Tinder,Wax Soaked (pouch w/5 balls) 1

Pocket Knife (small) 1

Signal Mirror 1

Water/wind proof Matches box of 20 2

Whistle (Plastic) 1

Iodine Tablets (Individual packed) 12

Salt Tablets (Individual packed) 12

Sugar Cubes (Individual packed) 6

Survival Straw 1

200ml Water Bag 1

Duct Tape 66cmx5 cm 1

Stainless Steel Utility Wire (1.83 m x 1 mm) 1

Braided Nylon Cord - 10 ft. (3 m) 150+ lb. 1

#69 Black Nylon Thread 50 ft 1

Heavy Duty Sewing Needle 1

Saftey Pins, Large 4

.7 liter plastic container w/ lid 1


Survival Fishing Kit 0.19

Alluminum Case (4 5/8"x 2 13/16" x 1 1/8") 1

Fishing Instruction Booklet 1

Treble Hooks 2

Straight Shank Hooks Size 9/10 2

Leader Packet (6 assorted) 1

18lb test line 50ft Monofil Line 1

63lb test line 50ft Monofil Line 1

Red Cotton Cloth 1 1/2"x1" 1

Assembley Assorted hooks/spinners (12/6) 1

Yellow Cotton Cloth 1 1/2"x1" 1

Assembley Assorted needles (8) 1

Size 3 saftey pins 8

Small Spoon Lure, Silver 1

Large Spoon Lure, Silver 1

Large Spoon Lure, Red and White 1

Knot and Hitch Instruction Card 1

Single Edged Razor Blade 1



Vehicle Kit Signal/Survival

Road Flares (15 min) 12

Smoke Grenades 4

Strobe White/IR Light LED Hand Crank 1

2-man Emergency Tube tent 2

candles (3 hour) 16

Water/wind proof Matches box of 20 2

Duct Tape 66mx5 cm 1

energy bars (1/2 day food) 4

12 hour low intensity chemlight 5

30 min medium-intensity chemlight 5

5 min high-intensity chemlight 3

5 min high-intensity chemlight (IR) 1

Tactical Memo Book (3.5" x 6" / 60 pages) 1

Pencil 1

550 SURVIVAL CORD, 100' roll 1

Hexamine Heat Tabs (roll of 6) 4

Heckler & Koch P2A1 Flare Gun (25mm) 1

25mm Flares 10

Pump Flashlight, LED 1

Fire Extinguisher (8oz halon) 1

Air Horn 1

Bear Mace (8 oz) 1

3 blade pocket knife 1

Heavy duty Canvas Bag 13"x13"x7" 1


Sorry for the long post. I literally have hundreds more. I have been working on this project so long I just wanted to throw something out there to get the feeling that this will be useful to someone.


If you want more let me know.

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weswood 06-29-2008, 09:59 PM You had me worried, I started reading the list and thought you carried all that in your pack/pockets. But thanks, very useful.

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kato13 06-29-2008, 10:27 PM No problem. LOL on my not explaining. I edited my post to avoid further confusion.


Your situation is one of the primary reasons I am making this database.


My hope is that eventually you could generate random equipment for a person, vehicle or location. I still have not figured out exactly how to do this but it will be a fun project nonetheless.

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Hangfire7 06-30-2008, 04:14 AM In my pocket right now is simply a tissue for when I sneeze. I am in my bed clothers at the moment and unlike Paul, mine do have pockets





As for PCsand NPCs pocket gear, I have always found it interesting to be creative, add things that are simply, common but also unique to that character so that it adds to the realness and flavor of the said PC.


Items I have personaly carried in my pockets when I was in, or when I was afield:


550 cord, usualy a few different sized lengths, usualy scraps left over from tyying down poncho shelters or tent stakes. For the record, I never bought any 550 cord I just picked up the short lengths from others.


Pocket knives of assorted varieties, from a gerber single blade mini pocket knife to a german army knife with four blades I bought on the USS Belleauwood, how it got there I have no clue.


The occassional fixed blade knife, I carried a Gerber gaurdian boot knife for the longest time.


Minimag flashlight, AWSOME in the day!


AA batteries, worth their weight in gold! Often wrapped in a ziplock baggie to keep them dry. And then wrapped in an AAFES of Navy Exchange plastic shopping bag for further protection.


Bottle of Tobasco Sauce or other hot sauce pilfered from the chow hall.


Camo compact! Screw the issue tubes of camo paint that was to hard to put on and never went on well anyhow. And the camo compact you had a mirror for field shaving too.


Plastic soap dish of shaving gear, travel toothbruth, mini tube of toothpaste, disposable razor and mini soap bar.


Cigarettes in plastic cigarette box


Cigarette lighter or two.


Tin or two of dipping tobacco


Empty MRE tobasco bottle filled with water used as a level for laying in guns.


Full MRE tobasco bottles or salt or instant coffee packs or crackers or cookie or charms or carmel packs or tootsie roll or crackers.


C-Ration parts same as above.


Stipper clips or guide, they are all over the place when you don't need them but you can never find one when you need them. Only when I washed my uniform did I find four stripper clip guides and hald a dozen clips.


Com wire, used for making field antenas as well as tying things up, used it once to tie my SAW sling on when it melted through the sling.


1 pijnt pilots flask, <I had water in it, didn't want to carry a canteen like boot camp and we were required to have a water bottle, it fit nicely in my pocket without a bulge or bouncing around>


Lucky charm necklace, lucky charm necklace that was cool me and my bros all bought together, lucky charm brazelet same as aboce.


Generic PX pain reliver or/and cold tablets


Metal Spoon liberated from Ship or Base galley prior to going to the field.

because you are tired of loosing or breaking MRE spoons or they aren't long enough.


Weapons cleaning gear, issue and civilian purchase


Tape, Electrical or Duct


Crevate from 1st Aid Kit, also worn as a scarf or a bandana around the neck.


Gloves often in pocket


Heat Tabs <several>


Bug Juice insect repellant


Plastic Bagies, shopping, ziplock or small trashbags <3 gallon sized or so> for water proofing gear


Wallet


Eye glasses and case


Spare Alice Clip


Greande Pins <when the Lt is hot to toss that smoker grenade but realised its the wrong time and place and he already tossed the pin it comes in handy>


P-38 or P-51 can opener, works great for when you bring those mini cans of chili or dinty moore to the field and even better when you raid the Armys or 7th Marines chow tent taking pans of T-Ration pudding.


Pens and Pencils, notepads, letter writting gear, letter to be sent, letters from home, stamps, I even carried a pocket book of crossword puzzles which helped kill the time, nothing like laying against your pack in an LZ waiting for the helos to come in and you ask "whats a four letter word for route that starts with P"


Regular papperbacks, some titles, Last of the Mohicans, Rumor of War, Hunt for Red October, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tunnes of Chu Chi are just some of the titles I have carried.


Personal Binoculars <I carried them and I know of one other who carried their own in my entire time in.>


Strobe Light


Map <wrapped in plastic>


Transistor Radio


Walkman and tapes


mini Picture Albuim with pictures


Metal Mirror <for shaving>


Small backpackers stove <a freind in the 82nd carried one and a TOW pogue>


Canteen Stove some of our 31s carried these.


Aimpoint site


Spare magazines


Boot Laces


Sunglasses


Baby powder


Wool Watchcap


Wool glove liners


Boonie Hat


Fieldjacket liner


Those are some of the things one can find in their pockets on operations, often it depends on the enviorment and mission of course. And also what is available. Alot of times it was pogey bait, but in a T2K world that would be long gone.


But you will notice that the majority of the items have to do with comfort be it food, keeping dry or warm or comfortable in some other way with a few items having other uses. And thus is the mindset of the guys in the field, its all about comfort, getting it, or mainaining it as best you are able. Or at least mitgating your misery.

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Headquarters 06-30-2008, 07:23 AM what about

billfold

drivers license

id

videoworld card

picture of sweetheart/family members

pocketknife

spare change

deck of cards

nudie magazine

quart of spirits in flask

a few extra spring/sparts and stuff for the M60 they havent got

a pocket book -I like Cormac McCarthy

the good book

cellphone

service papers


snow goggles or other goggles


personal letters

one of them little heaters to wear in your gloves

medication/drugs of different types

and not to forget -in every mad max movie max has a littl etrinket that is critical to the outcome of teh story -a little flute ,a small wind up melody box etc etc


keys


anyways..most likely players will only haul what they need for the "mission"..


tell them teh only way to make it out is to pop change in teh machien..has anyone got any spare change ?

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O'Borg 06-30-2008, 12:56 PM A ring, my preciousss.......oh sorry, wrong game.

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MajorPo 07-01-2008, 04:18 AM Have you thought about throwing in a few items, maybe way down near the bottom of the backpack that would add a little freak out or curiosity value for any PC's that might try rummaging through. Maybe a worn and almost threadbare head from a teddy bear, a mummified finger, or a large black latex butt-plug. Set your imagination free...

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Targan 07-01-2008, 04:20 AM MajorPo, you know there are some incredibly dodgy things in the backpacks of PCs and NPCs under the command of your character in our campaign. Tech Sgt Latoya Martinez has a large dildo in hers and Sgt Che Jesus Cortez has some extremely dodgy porn mags in his, for example.

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Hangfire7 07-01-2008, 08:26 AM Actualy in the field I made it a point to have a phone card and change. Just in case the only method of com was a phone booth, ala Grenada. <Which stuck in the back of my head and thus I kept those items.> Also, hey if the phones of your area are working why not sneak a call home, or if you happen upon a soda machine then why not? Which we would do on occassion on field ops and patrols in Japan, sneak into the vil in the middle of the night and hit the soda machine for a cold one Or, should you be persued by local waifs toss a handful of change to distract them as you disapear.

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weswood 07-01-2008, 06:32 PM Have you thought about throwing in a few items, maybe way down near the bottom of the backpack that would add a little freak out or curiosity value for any PC's that might try rummaging through. Maybe a worn and almost threadbare head from a teddy bear, a mummified finger, or a large black latex butt-plug. Set your imagination free...


When my reserve unit got called up for Desert Storm, we had to be at the Center at 0400, so I just went straight from the bar to the Training Center. A lady friend at the bar gave me a teddy bear for luck. We never made it farther than Camp Pendleton, but man did my GySgt give me a wierd look when i unpacked my seabag.

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pmulcahy 07-02-2008, 06:34 AM I got brass in pocket...never mind.


Anyway, when I went to the field, and even when we went off to Desert Shield, I always had as many paperback books as I could put into my stuff. Even for a day on the range I had one book in one of my cargo pockets. Books help me relax, and in those few times I had to just do nothing (amazing how few those come along as you go up in rank!) I would often read. My books would go into those gallon-sized Ziplock bags, except for the one in my cargo pocket, which would go into a smaller one.


Also, most troops have something to play music, and what tunes they could carry in their stuff.

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Poor Merchant 07-02-2008, 10:38 AM I've just scanned the lists above but nobody seems to have mentioned condoms - useful not just for the obvious purpose, but also for popping over the barrel of your rifle to keep some dirt out of it, carrying small amounts of water in an emergency in the field and lots of other stuff too.

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pmulcahy 07-02-2008, 05:29 PM I've just scanned the lists above but nobody seems to have mentioned condoms - useful not just for the obvious purpose, but also for popping over the barrel of your rifle to keep some dirt out of it, carrying small amounts of water in an emergency in the field and lots of other stuff too.


And Silly String to detect tripwires, tampons to temporarily plug bullet wounds, and Krazy Glue to close cuts and slashes.

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Rainbow Six 07-16-2008, 03:26 PM I always had a character (usually the group leader) carry the dog tags of the fallen...


(I didn't see this one posted...apologies if it was and I missed it)

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newyorkronin 07-16-2008, 10:51 PM I defer to the characters in the film "Predator"


Blane: Chewing tobacco (during helo insertion)

Billy: Pendant and huge bowie knife (on bridge, confronting Predator)

Hawkins: Archie comic book (during helo-insertion)

Poncho: Grappling hook (climbing to helicopter wreckage)

Mac: Disposable razor and flask of booze

Dillon: Handfull of captured intel docs (after raid on guerrilla camp)

Dutch: Cigar and Zippo lighter (in beginning of movie, chilling out in helicopter)

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