Special Equipment Bonuses

[filo_clarke]

So today I was looking through some Rifts books for adventure ideas when something caught my eye; in Rifts Merc Ops, a Compass adds +10% to Land Navigation rolls, and a Map adds +5%, netting a +15% when used together. “Makes sense”, I thought. But this got my mind rolling. Rifts Lemuria contains a selection of blades that add a bonus of +2% to such skills as Wilderness Survival, Fishing, Salvage and Ocean Geographic Surveying. Northern Gun 2 has a Climbing Kit that adds +10% to Climb rolls. How many more examples of this kind of thing can be found hidden in the books? What pieces of (mundane?) equipment exist that provide tangible bonuses to skill use?

[The Beast]

Wait. What the hell is the netting used for?

[filo_clarke]

Wait. What the hell is the netting used for?

Netting?

Edit: Oh I get it. No, "netting" as in the act of coming together to form a cooperative network. Both items together produce a total bonus of +15%. I apologize for the lack of clarity.

[Thyne O'Rouke]

There are actually several rifts books that have "mundane" equipment that would add more bonuses to any given skill that seem to stack.... hence netting a character a huge bonus.

[filo_clarke]

Good... do you have any examples?

[mercedogre]

The I A-100 Infiltrator Body Armor from Japan adds 5% to climb,

[mercedogre]

there's also the shaman fetishes from Spirit West that provide additional bonuses

[mercedogre]

i couldn't find swimming fins for feet, but I would imagine that could give a swimming bonus

[mercedogre]

the designer drugs in Triax 1 pg 176 give some bosuses

[Zer0 Kay]

there's also the shaman fetishes from Spirit West that provide additional bonuses

Fetishes are not mundane.

[mercedogre]

no, i but i threw them in anyway

[mercedogre]

All-Surface Climbing Gear: Gloves and boots with a combination of gecko-hair fibers, electromagnets, vacuum-suction cups, climbing claws and a microchip to sense which to use on a given surface for climbing. Adds a +10% bonus to the Climbing skill. Cost:18,000 credits.

Electronic Auto-Lock Pick: Computerized lock pick for all those high-tech locks. Adds +10% to Lock Picking and Locksmith skills. Cost: 8,000 credits.

from NG 2

[drewkitty ~..~]

There are a couple stealth boots in the AUGG equipment section.

[Fermat]

AUGG also has programs and tools to greatly enhance robot repair and construction, up to +40% as I recall. Headjacks and Vehicle jacks both add to COmputer and pilot skills.

I also remember a rule saying that a computer modelling program can increase one's building skills by +10%, but I can't recall where. I will check my index later.

[Alrik Vas]

There are a lot of gear and circumstantial skill modifiers in the "adventure" part of the mercenary adventures book. Boot Camp stuff.

I think even in the gear section of RUE there are other examples.

[Axelmania]

I recall climbing claws in TMNT or Ninjas which added massive climbing bonuses. I think one of the vibro hooks in Rifts Lone Star might have too.

[drewkitty ~..~]

I recall climbing claws in TMNT or Ninjas which added massive climbing bonuses. I think one of the vibro hooks in Rifts Lone Star might have too.

From the TMNT MB page 65 (shortened due to I didn't want to type everything out.)
Climbing Claws (hand-gear), Called Tenkagi or Shuko in japanese, add 15% to climbing wood or stone surfaces.(These are pictured in the book)
Climbing spikes (footgear), add 15% to climbing skill.
(I would limit the spikes to wood structures.)

Ippon-Sugi Nobori, much like a lineman's/Lumberjack's climbing strap that attach to ether side of their work-belt.
Usable only on trees or tree like wood structure. +24% climbing.

[dragonfett]

Ghillie Suits, Stealth Ghillie Suits, the Naruni Camouflage Body Armor all give bonuses to Prowl. (The first two come from Merc Ops, the third comes from Mercenaries)

Beyond these I can't find anything.