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Resources:
In order to avoid precise bookkeeping and math, money and other economic resources are represented on a point system.  Each point of resources represents an approximate amount of money.  Three points of one level may be converted into one point of the next level, and vice-versa.  Costs are listed as one or two dots of a particular level.  So if your character has $80, you have two points of Resources 2, each of which can be spent to by something with a cost of Resources 2 or can be converted into three points of Resources 1.  If you gained another point of Resources 2, you could change all three of them in for a single point of Resources 3.  Rough approximations are presented here:

	Value:				XP cost at start:

1.	0-10$					1

2.	25-50$					2

3.	100-200$				3

4.	500-1000$				5

5.	2500-5000$				8

6.	10,000-20,000$				13

7.	50,000-100,000$				21

8.	250,000-500,000$			34

9.	1,000,000-2,000,000$			55

10.	5,000,000-10,000,000$			89

11.	25,000,000-50,000,000$			144

12.	100,000,000-200,000,000$		233

13.	500,000,000-1,000,000,000$		377

14.	2,500,000,000-5,000,000,000$		600

15.	10,000,000,000-20,000,000,000$		977

16.	50,000,000,000-100,000,000,000$		1577

At character creation, your starting resources (and thus, equipment) are determined by the amount of experience you spend as shown.  Notice that is much more efficient to buy a single higher point than multiple lower ones.

Equipment:

Equipment provides a bonus of 1, 2, or 3 to a particular skill or type of roll.  Even if multiple types of equipment add to a roll, the total bonus cannot exceed 3 (although multiple weaker bonuses still stack).  Use the following table to determine the rough specifications of equipment.  The cost listed is for a +1 bonus, each additional +1 increases the resources level by two.  Actions marked with a * suffer a -2 penalty if attempted without tools (or boosts), and a +0 version of the tool is available for one resource level lower.

Action modified		Cost	Examples

Animal training		2	leash, treats

Social interaction	2	fancy clothes, perfume, gifts

Performance		5	theater

Hiding			3	camouflage

Climbing*		2	ropes, picks

Sight			3	glasses, magnifying glass, telescope

Hearing			3	amplification horn

Craft*			3	tools, workshop

Keyboard*		4	musical instruments

Strings*		3	musical instruments

Rhythm*			3	musical instruments

Winds*			3	musical instruments

Science			4	lab, testing kit, surgical instruments

Weapons, Armor, Vehicles, and well-trained animals also provide equipment bonuses.