Supply Bags

A guide for DR:TX players

This guide is meant to show you one of the ways you can furnish your own Supply Bag for your character(s) coming in to our game.

What is a Supply Bag?

A Supply Bag is where all the carded items your character carries (other than weapons and armor) ‘lives’. This is the physical representation of all the stuff they carry, so that you don’t actually have to have separate ‘phys reps’ (physical representations) for everything. Instead, a bag of adequate size holds enough stuff to represent all those things in the play space. You keep it on you, or within access to your character, anytime you are carrying stuff that has an item card.

This way, when you need to pull out an injectable, or a brew, or some other item, you have something you can actually pull out and roleplay using for the purposes of administering items to yourself and others.

According to the DRL rulebook your supply bag needs to be able to close while holding six refillable water containers, six syringes (needle-less!), all your item cards and be clearly labeled as a supply bag. You don’t need to carry all that stuff constantly, but you do need to have enough space in your bag to contain it all as needed.

You can always add to this bag other props you find useful, like bundles of plastic plants to represent herbs and produce, or chunks of foam for scrap metal, but it’s not required.

“A bag that characters carry on themselves that stores all scrap, herb, and other item cards that they are carrying. While you still are required to link an item card to a physical representation for use, you do not need all items to all have representations at all times; you just need physical representations for the items you have on you that you want to sell or use. This bag must be large enough to hold your refillable water containers, all needle physical representations, and all item cards at once and still close. You can only have one Supply Bag on you at any time, and you cannot use other bags or items to disguise your Supply Bag. Supply Bags can have reasonable modifications (for example, a hip pouch that’s large enough to hold items), but must have the words, “Supply Bag” visible on it. While you may have genre physical representations visibly attached to your costuming, you should keep in mind other’s personal boundaries and how they interact with the Pick Pocket skill. In other words, make sure these physical representations are not put in sensitive areas or other areas you wouldn’t want someone to attach a clothespin to. Those who disguise themselves are encouraged to use a secondary Supply Bag with their new costuming.”

~Dystopia Rising Live Player’s Guide, Page 96

This mini guide uses:

• Inexpensive water based acrylic paints

• Matte Modge Podge spray

• Cheap hardware store primer spray paints.

The supply Bag