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Also, on topic, and from personal experience, jungle rot and falling apart clothes should be a thing, depending on how realistic you want it. If PCs don't regularly change socks every few hours, their feet will get trenchfoot and eventually literally rot. Google jungle rot, but be warned. It's gross. I've seen guys come back from a week of patrols where they didn't get to change their clothes, and their t-shirts and underwear were literally disintegrating. Mold and mildew is also a huge problem. You had to have plenty of baby powder or crotch rot (ranger rash) was horrible as well.
But again, it all depends on how realistic you want to make it, to really give the PCs the feel of just how horrible and oppressive the jungle can be. There's a reason why people living in tropical jungles don't wear much clothes
Don't think it would help much if immediately afterwards everything gets wet again.
I'm not going to be telling the group I run through ToA that I'm running ToA. I'm going to simply tell them to make three characters. I'm giving a slight hint in the form of warning them that certain characters (but not which) will be at a disadvantage, but that it's up to them to mitigate or come up with solutions. The reason being is that I don't want them to be building characters specifically to nullify or take advantage of the environment or adventure.Well, it can help clean items, sure. But it can't fix them. Better have mending along too. But then, how many PCs will want to spend two cantrips on those (even if in this case they are invaluable)? Guess we'll see. I've already seen 2 of the character sheets of the PCs I'm running this game in this Friday, and neither have taken those cantrips.
They'll learn I guess...
See, I see this as part of the fun. That you're in this harsh but wondrous environment and have to find ways to survive it and its perils.
