{"id":"shared/rule/system/background-experience-point-costs-for-charms-and-gadgets","type":"rule","system":"system","line":"shared","name":"Background /Experience-Point Costs for Charms and Gadgets","sources":[{"source":"BoS","page":141}],"entries":["Unless they’re been created by the character who uses them, Charms and the related {@system Gadgets|BoS} have a given Background cost per batch. Each batch is considered to begin with 10 {@system Charms|BoS} or {@system Gadgets|BoS}.","Because {@system Charms|BoS} and {@system Gadgets|BoS} are one-shot Wonders, the Background cost per batch is one-half of what it would be (rounded up) if the Charm or Gadget in question was a Wonder that could be used more than once. If, for example, Nix secures a batch of Dr. Hans von Roth’s Pan-Entropic Road-Vortex Collapse Modules (that is, little hand-held bombs that use {@sphere Entropy|M20} 3 /{@sphere Matter|M20} 2 to instantly collapse holes in asphalt or concrete), that 10-unit batch of {@system Gadgets|BoS} would cost Nix three points; a three-dot Wonder would normally cost 6 points; halved, that’s three points. When that batch is exhausted, the points are spent. In order to get a new batch, then, Nix’s player must spend three more experience points in order to score a new batch of Dr. von Roth’s {@system Gadgets|BoS}.","Yes, this sort of thing can get expensive; considering, though, that such items are one-shot magickal Effects that anyone can use, however, it’s not unreasonable to keep them costly and somewhat rare."],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"bos-rules"},"rule_type":"system","_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/shared/rule/system/background-experience-point-costs-for-charms-and-gadgets","html":"/records/shared/rule/system/background-experience-point-costs-for-charms-and-gadgets","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/shared/rule/system/background-experience-point-costs-for-charms-and-gadgets/children","sources":[{"abbr":"BoS","page":141,"folio":141,"title":"The Book of Secrets"}]},"_db":{"title":"Background /Experience-Point Costs for Charms and Gadgets","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Unless they’re been created by the character who uses them, Charms and the related Gadgets have a given Background cost per batch. Each batch is considered to begin with 10 Charms or Gadgets. Because Charms and Gadgets","tags":[],"children":[]}}