Questions tagged [equipment]
For questions about items usable by a character, sometimes carried on their person.
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Do you need Thieves' Tools to pick a lock or disarm a trap?
Under the 2014 rules, it wasn't entirely clear whether you needed Thieves' Tools to pick a lock or disarm a trap.
Now, with the 2024 rules: Does a character need Thieves' Tools to pick a lock or ...
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Does having proficiency in Sleight of Hand give advantage to Thieves' Tool check to pick a lock?
Thieves' Tools are the only place that picking a lock is mentioned in the PHB with a Utilize action to pick a lock. Which makes sense you'd make a Dexterity (Thieves's Tool) check.
However in the DMG ...
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Would Acid Fog dissolve the opponent's equipment?
It says "the fog deals 2d6 points of acid damage to each creature and object within it", and I wonder if the "object" includes the objects that those creatures are holding/...
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What is the action economy required to retrieve an item from stowage?
This question is directed mostly towards retrieving Adventuring Gear. Most of the Adventuring Gear items’ descriptions give specific action requirements to use it. However, items such as backpacks, ...
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How does the Shapechange spell interact with augmentations?
How does the Shapechange spell interact with cyberware and bioware in 5th edition Shadowrun?
The spell description reads;
Shapechange transforms a voluntary subject into a normal
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Does proficiency with an ability check that uses a tool but not with the tool itself give any advantages for D&D 5.24?
So, in the new rules (5.24) it says the following description under any tool/kit:
If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you make that uses the tool. If ...
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Is there any offical guidance on pricing furniture or dungeon dressings?
My group is slowly getting closer to clear out the dungeon they are adventuring in, and it is quite possible they will want to take possession of it, and improve it by installing new traps, furnishing ...
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How many vials would reasonably fit inside of a chest?
My players have taken a side quest to deliver a chest full of vials of basic poison, and I want a ballpark estimate of how many doses of poison there are in the chest.
Poison, basic (vial); weight: -
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How much can you put into a sack?
The description of the sack says:
A sack can hold up to 1 cubic foot / 30 pounds of gear.1
A cubic foot of gold weighs over 1,188 pounds, equivalent to 59,400 gp. Can you carry it in the sack? Do ...
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Can you use the special use features with tools without the tool?
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Special Use. Proficiency with a tool usually brings with it a
particular benefit in the form of a special use, as described in this
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Weaver's Tools
Repair. As part of a ...
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What are the tool proficiencies for the Urban Bounty Hunter background?
I'm fairly proficient in English, but struggle to figure out what the intended tool proficiency selection is in the "Urban Bounty Hunter" background out of the Sword Coast Adventure's Guide (...
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Are Alchemy tools expendable or not?
BWGR, p. 254:
Alchemy is the distillation of materials in order to divine their essence. Also, alchemists can create mixtures of arcane substances to generate a specific effect.
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Tools: Yes. ...
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Do handcuffs prevent you from casting spells with somatic components?
Is a handcuffed spellcaster still capable of executing the somatic components of spells? I'm asking about rulings in the official rulebooks, not "This is how I'd do this" responses.
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How does gear with limited amount of uses work?
I am not certain about how to interpret the rules about limited amount of item uses. It seems that either I can use the gear a certain number of times during each assignment, or I am only allowed to ...
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Have different types of normal clothes ever done anything in DND?
In 5e there are common clothes, travellers clothes and fine clothes, but I don't think they actually have any rules around them.
I have found there isn't much in the way of clothing materials on older ...
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What is the price for a non-empty spellbook?
One of the NPCs in the campaign I run doesn't have enough time to teach their spells to adventurers, but they have most of their spells carefully written into books they are ready to rent.
Their ...
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Does a Bullseye Lantern require a hand?
A Fighter PC without Darkvision who has donned a shield in their left hand and wishes to attack with a sword in their right hand. Their ally, a Gloomstalker Ranger, bought them a Bullseye Lantern so ...
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What NPC skill or ability should be used to oppose a PC's Intelligence check made when using the Disguise Kit?
The Player's Handbook states that "The DM might call for an Intelligence check when you try to accomplish tasks like [...] Pull together a disguise to pass as a city guard." However, it's ...
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How do the items and sizes rules apply to consumables
A tiny character, such as a Sprite, can have their weapon and armor adjusted to their size.
When the adventuring party now loots Healing Potions, I assume they are regular sized potions. They will be ...
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What happens when a sniper picks up a bigger gun in Mutants and Masterminds?
In Mutants and Masterminds 3rd edition, on page 25 of the Hero's Handbook, the rule for balancing attack bonus and effect rank is as follows;
Attack & Effect: The total of your hero's attack ...
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Is there a price list for goods outside of the core book?
Rokugan is a very varied place, and characters might want to acquire a lot of things that are not covered in the core book.
Like, recently I came into the pickle that a painting samurai wanted to ...
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How long does it take to set up a Hunting Trap? How does it work?
Can you affix the heavy chain to an immobile object when you use your action to set a Hunting Trap (PHB p. 152), or is it just the opening of the teeth that takes an action? The text says:
When you ...
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Would Spell Storing (weapon) be a superior option than Spell Storing, Minor (ring) for self buffing?
In DND 3.5e, both can contain up to 3 levels of spells in total.
Spell Storing, Minor (ring) costs 18000GP.
On the other hand, Spell Storing (Weapon) costs +1 bonus, which makes the minimum cost ...
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Is the price of a waterskin mentioned anywhere?
In the book for the The Witcher Pen & Paper RPG, there is a list of suggested items for Witchers to buy when they create their character. In this list, "a waterskin" is one of the ...
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Does proficiency with a Poisoner's Kit protect you from exposure while Harvesting Poison?
The Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 258) describes a risk if you badly fail to harvest poison from a creature:
A character can … attempt to harvest poison from a poisonous creature … The creature must be ...
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Is there a standard way to add equipment to the monster stat block?
Let's suppose that I want to create a homebrew monster with some equipment, like magic items such as necklaces, potions, etc. My question is: is there a standard way to add equipment to the monster ...
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Where can I find the hit points of armors?
I see an ability like this in monster manual:
Rend Armor (Ex): If a bebilith hits with both claw attacks, it pulls apart any armor worn by its
foe. This attack deals 4d6+18 points of damage to the ...
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The Enlarge spell only affects one creature or object. What happens to a creature's armor or clothing if it grows?
In AD&D 1e Player's Handbook, the Enlarge spell description specifically states:
It can be cast upon only a single creature or object.
It makes a differentiation between living and non-living ...
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Can a level 1 character start with a magic item?
I was wondering if it would be possible for a level 1 character to start with a magic item if it wasn't a campaign requirement. I am the DM. Is it possible?
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Is there a way to temporarily gain tool proficiencies?
Is it possible for my character to gain proficiency with a tool temporarily?
I'm playing an Artificer, so I can create the tools I need using The Right Tool for the Job, but that doesn't give ...
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What's the difference between silk rope and hempen rope besides price and weight?
We know that only the sailor background in D&D 5e is given silk rope. Any pack made for adventuring provides hempen rope. Based on the weight and cost of silk rope and the use in the sailor ...
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What are all of the armors and shields that are legal in 3.5e?
I want a complete list of every 3.5e-legal type of armor and shield published by Wizards of the Coast, or in Dragon or Dungeon magazine. (To be clear, I mean base type of armor or shield, not every ...
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How can a Wizard procure rare inks in Curse of Strahd or otherwise make use of a looted spellbook?
For information specific to the Curse of Strahd campaign, please use spoiler tags because I am a player and not the GM.
Two notes first:
We are playing the Curse of Strahd, but I don't know what ...
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How much do several pieces of parchment or paper weigh?
Okay, similar question to my previous one. The equipment and weight table in adventuring gear says:
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Paper(one sheet)
2 sp
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Parchment(one sheet)
1 sp
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It has nothing about ...
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How much does string weigh?
I'm creating a rogue character and I've looked through all the equipment I can get with my class and decided to get the burglar's pack. Within this, I get 10 feet of string. I'm calculating my ...
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What's the best way to handle new objects placed inside a permanent shrink item chest?
A caster has Leomond's secret chest and casts shrink item to carry it around (while it's not on the ethereal plane) regularly enough to warrant spending the experience points to cast permanency on it. ...
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How heavy are ingots?
Pathfinder 2's Travel Guide set prices for multiple trade goods including ingots of different metals (iron, copper...). Is there an indication somewhere of how much bulk would each of those ingots ...
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What happens to gear and clothing when you use the Kitsune’s Change Shape ability? (Or other polymorph effects in general)
I was trying to search on the Archives of Nethys for what happens to a character's clothing/gear when they use change shape . I couldn't find anything on the specific ability or even polymorph rules ...
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Looking for a DM solution to a Squishy group
I've been playing tabletop RPGs for a while off and on, only a little as a DM, but I get the basics of it. I've convinced some of my immediate and extended family (most of whom are NOT gamers, let ...
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Are there no RAW effects of a saddle, bit, or bridle?
The players recently acquired a figurine of wondrous power (elephant) and are considering using it as a combat platform in an upcoming boss fight (rather than just commanding it to attack).
I noted ...
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Is this armor the best my character can get?
I have an epic character in a game where epic armors and shields can go up to a +20 effective bonus and up to a +10 enhancement bonus at most, with enough money to buy a +20 armor and eventually a +20 ...
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Can you use Alchemist Supplies to make infinite money?
So just for the sake of this question, I'm going to assume you have proficiency and the kit itself.
In the description of Alchemist Supplies it states the following:
Alchemical Crafting. You can use ...
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What prevents enemies from speaking command words to turn off your magic items?
The Magic Items section of the PFSRD says this about command words (emphasis mine):
Command Word: If the activation is on command or if no activation method is suggested either in the magic item ...
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What happens to the equipment of Phantom Steed when the spell ends?
The spell Phantom Steed lets you summon a horse-like creature. It says:
You decide the creature's appearance, but it is equipped with a saddle, bit, and bridle. Any of the equipment created by the ...
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Would it be possible for a Multiclass Order of scribes wizard/sorcerer to put sorcerer spells into their spell book [duplicate]
The Multiclassing rules state that you determine the spells you are able to prepare and cast independently, but it does not seem to apply to spells a wizard is able to transcribe into their spellbook.
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What bonuses are expected to be applied to armor class?
I found this list of bonus types:
"Ability", "Armor", "Circumstance",
"Insight", "Luck", "Morale", "Natural Armor", "Profane&...
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Are there any writing implements cheaper than an inkpen and cleaner than charcoal?
I have a first-level character who would like to keep a journal, but is on a very tight budget, and I am dissatisfied with the idea of using charcoal, given how easily it smudges and smears in real ...
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Unarmed strike with brass knuckles, gauntlets, or bare fists
One of my players wants to buy a set of brass knuckles to keep on him as a low-profile weapon in case he can't bring his giant axe with him into a situation and feels the need to engage in fisticuffs. ...
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How does a Slowed creature move through caltrops? [duplicate]
Moving through difficult terrain seems to negate the need to make a saving throw for ball bearings and by extension, caltrops. Because
You move at half speed in difficult terrain— moving 1 foot in
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Can a mind smith's materialized weapon be of large size?
Would materializing a large-sized axe - for a giant instinct barbarian to use - be legal? For reference the mind smith dedication says that:
The overall shape and design of your mind weapon can be of ...
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