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Well trying to read that mess is even more work.
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Well, for one thing, trying to add a durability to tools is just asking for a book keeping headache. And you're right that certain tools tend to break down, but it's usually handles that break down, and handles are usually replaceable. A decent tool should be able to last a career with minor upkeep, which I don't think is worth tracking. Actually, I'm a construction electrician by trade, and I know people who are using the pliers their grandfather used when they started the trade.
Too much work to punctuate? For shame! Good grammar and punctuation is always important.
Anyways, your basic question is if there are rules for equipment breaking from wear and tear. Short answer: No.
Long answer: There are rules for the hit points and hardnesses of various items, and ways to calculate this for weapons and armour. This requires a deliberate attempt to break it through sundering, though. There are no rules for general wear.
You may think it isn't realistic, but this is one of those times when realism would get in the way of fun. Doesn't sound much fun to constantly measure the status of all your weapons, armour, and equipment, and constantly buy replacements or repairs. Most are willing to handwave such away by saying it's something their group handles in between quests, or even around the campfire at night, maintaining their weapons and gear. If you want to houserule more involved rules, that's certainly your prerogative. Don't be surprised if your players seem more annoyed than immersed at all the added bookkeeping.
If a Reflex save against a damaging attack is rolled, and the die roll is a natural 1, an exposed item is also subject to the attack. This is covered in the Core Rulebook, at the end of the chapter on Magic, just before the discussion on the difference between arcane and divine spells. (PRD link)
Short of that, all carried equipment is assumed to survive attacks unscathed. This may not be completely realistic, but it is a lot less of a headache in terms of tracking.
It should be noted, however, that gear that is not carried does not have this immunity (unless it is a magical item, in which case it receives its own saving throw).
This isn't Skyrim.
Eh? Skyrim doesn't have durability either.
Too much work to punctuate? For shame! Good grammar and punctuation is always important.
Anyways, your basic question is if there are rules for equipment breaking from wear and tear. Short answer: No.
Long answer: There are rules for the hit points and hardnesses of various items, and ways to calculate this for weapons and armour. This requires a deliberate attempt to break it through sundering, though. There are no rules for general wear.
You may think it isn't realistic, but this is one of those times when realism would get in the way of fun. Doesn't sound much fun to constantly measure the status of all your weapons, armour, and equipment, and constantly buy replacements or repairs. Most are willing to handwave such away by saying it's something their group handles in between quests, or even around the campfire at night, maintaining their weapons and gear. If you want to houserule more involved rules, that's certainly your prerogative. Don't be surprised if your players seem more annoyed than immersed at all the added bookkeeping.
Not to mention the mending cantrip, which would be more than sufficient for any such gear upkeep as long as the equipment is non-magical and isn't completely destroyed.
I've gone through hundreds of lockpicks in Skyrim. The Pathfinder equivalent would the Thieves Tools.This isn't Skyrim.Eh? Skyrim doesn't have durability either.
I've gone through 40 on a single chest before. Only to get random junky loot. I save before trying any expert or master locks now.
I suppose the Pathfinder equivalent to the Skeleton Key would be an adamantine thieves tools?
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Actually, other than hardness and hit points, there are a few items in the masterwork tool category that have usages, like the healer's kit, which has ten uses before it runs out.
Other than that, you might, as a house rule, give mundane objects a number of charges, like how a wand works, but a whole lot more, that can be recharged for some minuscule amount,. like a cp per charge,.