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+# Chapter 4: Gear
+
+The people of the Southlands have developed their own weapons and tools. Some
+items may have a different name and look—but identical function—to one from
+another part of the world.
+
+## Weapon Equivalents
+
+| Southlands Weapon      | Equivalent Statistics |
+| ---------------------- | --------------------- |
+| Akrafena               | Scimitar              |
+| Assagai                | Javelin               |
+| Iklwa (stabbing spear) | Short sword           |
+| Machete                | Handaxe               |
+| Ngulu                  | Greatsword            |
+| Starknife              | Dagger                |
+
+## Special Weapons
+
+Weapons with special rules are described here.
+
+### Bladed Scarf
+
+If you use one of your attacks to grapple a creature while wielding a bladed
+scarf, you can use your bonus action to make an attack against it with one end
+of the scarf. If you use your action to Attack with your scarf, you can use your
+bonus action to make an attack with the other end of it, dealing 1d4 slashing
+damage on a hit.
+
+### Club Shield
+
+These shields are wielded by grasping onto a stout two-foot-long pole on the
+reverse side, allowing you to use your shield as an effective weapon. Wielding a
+club shield increases your Armor Class by 2. You can't wield a shield or a
+second club shield at the same time.
+
+### Double Blowgun
+
+The double blowgun is a ranged martial weapon comprised of two hollow tubes
+connected to one mouthpiece. When a proficient wielder uses an Attack action to
+blow into it and each tube is loaded with a needle, the wielder can attack two
+targets within range that are within 5 feet of each other.
+
+### Khopesh
+
+A khopesh is a one-handed martial melee weapon that looks like a cross between a
+sword and a sickle. The long blade emerges from the hilt straight like a
+longsword, but the blade curves toward the end. The curve of the blade can be
+used to trap an opponent's limb. In place of an attack against a humanoid, you
+can attempt to grapple it with an attack roll. On a hit, the target is grappled.
+The escape DC is your Strength (Athletics) check. When a creature you have
+grappled with this weapon attempts to escape and fails, it takes 1d4 + your
+Strength modifier slashing damage.
+
+### Shotel
+
+The curve of a shotel's blade allows you to reach around your opponent's shield.
+When you attack a creature wielding a shield, you gain a +2 bonus to the attack
+roll.
+
+### Stabbing Axe
+
+The long head of this axe is sharply pointed at the top curve, allowing you to
+use it as a short-hafted spear. You can choose to deal piercing damage instead
+of the listed slashing damage.
+
+### Temple Sword
+
+Also called a sickle sword, the blade ends in a crescent-shaped curve.
+
+### War Boomerang
+
+A war boomerang is a martial ranged weapon. It is a flat, curved piece of wood
+with more heft than its smaller cousin. While it does more damage than a regular
+boomerang, it doesn't return to its wielder on a miss. The boomerang can be used
+to knock a target unconscious rather than kill it when thrown by a proficient
+wielder.
+
+### Wrist Knife
+
+This 1- to 2-inch-wide circular blade is worn around the wrist like a bracelet.
+
+## New Weapons
+
+### Simple Melee Weapons
+
+| Weapon                    | Cost | Damage          | Weight | Properties                  |
+| ------------------------- | ---- | --------------- | ------ | --------------------------- |
+| Rungu (throwing club)     | 2 gp | 1d4 bludgeoning | 1 lb.  | Light, thrown (range 20/60) |
+| Stabbing knife            | 2 gp | 1d4 piercing    | 1 lb.  | Finesse, light              |
+
+### Martial Melee Weapons
+
+| Weapon                  | Cost   | Damage          | Weight | Properties                    |
+| ----------------------- | ------ | --------------- | ------ | ----------------------------- |
+| Bladed scarf            | 100 gp | 1d4 slashing    | 3 lb.  | Finesse, reach, special       |
+| Club shield             | 25 gp  | 1d4 bludgeoning | 2 lb.  | Light, special                |
+| Khopesh                 | 25 gp  | 1d6 slashing    | 4 lb.  | Special, versatile (1d8)      |
+| Narumbeki throwing knife| 20 gp  | 1d6 piercing    | 2 lb.  | Light, thrown (range 20/60)   |
+| Shotel                  | 50 gp  | 1d6 slashing    | 3 lb.  | Finesse, special              |
+| Stabbing axe            | 20 gp  | 1d6 slashing    | 4 lb.  | Special, versatile (1d8)      |
+| Temple sword            | 35 gp  | 1d6 slashing    | 3 lb.  | Finesse, light                |
+| Wrist knife             | 4 gp   | 1d4 slashing    | 1 lb.  | Finesse, light                |
+
+### Martial Ranged Weapons
+
+| Weapon          | Cost  | Damage          | Weight | Properties                            |
+| --------------- | ----- | --------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------- |
+| Double blowgun  | 40 gp | 1 piercing      | 2 lb.  | Ammunition (range 20/60), loading     |
+| War boomerang   | 2 gp  | 1d6 bludgeoning | 1 lb.  | Finesse, thrown (range 20/60)         |
+
+## Adventuring Gear
+
+This new equipment is found primarily or exclusively in the Southlands.
+
+| Item                       | Cost   | Weight |
+| -------------------------- | ------ | ------ |
+| Camel saddle               | 60 gp  | 40 lb. |
+| Elephant saddle            | 150 gp | 90 lb. |
+| Ritual cymbals             | 2 gp   | —      |
+| Sand skimmer               | 50 gp  | 50 lb. |
+| Shroud strips (single body)| 75 gp  | 1 lb.  |
+| Silt mask                  | 5 gp   | ½ lb.  |
+| Surgery kit                | 50 gp  | 4 lb.  |
+
+### Camel Saddle
+
+Camels are the most common mounts available in the Southlands, as they are ideal
+for traveling through the desert. A properly fitted camel saddle allows you to
+ride on your mount's humped back in comfort.
+
+### Elephant Saddle
+
+Elephants make for fearsome beasts of war but can be uncomfortable to ride for
+extended periods. An elephant saddle resembles a wide-seated chair with a low
+back and armrests.
+
+### Ritual Cymbals
+
+These small brass cymbals are worn on the fingers and struck together as part of
+ritual dances.
+
+### Sand Skimmer
+
+This wooden land vehicle slides atop sand, propelled by a single sail. The
+skimmer sits atop two narrow runners attached to a flat wooden platform. The
+platform is five feet wide and ten feet long. One driver pilots the skimmer; it
+can also hold one passenger. Depending on the wind, the sand skimmer reaches
+speeds up to 8 miles per hour.
+
+### Shroud Strips
+
+Shroud strips are alchemically treated strips of cloth or leather used to wrap a
+corpse. When the body is completely wrapped in shroud strips, it ceases to decay
+and can't become undead. The first month a body is wrapped in these strips
+doesn't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead. Some clerics
+of life or sun deities create enchanted shroud strips that prevent bodies from
+being turned into undead creatures.
+
+### Silt Mask
+
+This covering keeps sand and other irritants out of the respiratory tract.
+Creatures wearing a silt mask have advantage on saving throws against effects
+that are delivered through breathing. Casting a spell with verbal components
+while wearing a silt mask requires a DC 10 Constitution check; on a failure, the
+spell slot is expended without effect.
+
+### Surgery Kit
+
+This leather roll-up can be fastened with an attached cord for storage. It
+contains several sharp scalpels, a whetstone, a small mirror, sponges, bandages,
+several needles, a small box of soap, and a bobbin of strong silk thread. In
+addition to its use as a common medical kit, if you treat an injured creature
+with a surgical kit during a short rest and the creature uses a Hit Die to
+recover hit points, it can treat any 1 or 2 it rolls as a 3 instead. The kit has
+enough consumable material for 10 uses. The consumable portion can be replaced
+for 5 gp per expended use.