Essential Adventuring Equipment

[taliesin15]

Aye, mateys! Ye always want to lug around a grimy barnacle-encrusted backpack on yer adventures, filled with Rum, Pirate Booty, and 15 men on a Dead Man's Chest. Arrr...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Always, always, always chalk. Small, practically free, immensely useful.

 

[loki44]

Aye, mateys!

a hook

 

[Rhuvein]

All my characters usually have the following:

Waterskin
Rations
Backpack
Bedroll/blanket
Hat/cloak
Wineskin
Tobacco/pipe
Daggers
Tinderbox
Small animal trap
Fishing hook/line
Salt/herbs
torches

If he can afford it - additional:

Rope
10ft. pole
Flasks of oil
Parchment/ink
Musical instrument

 

[Simm]

In my party the number of concealed daggers you carried became a mark of prestige. I start it with three but whithin a few games player were up to ten or twelve, and once the glove of storage come into play...

 

[Cedric]

Small jar of cotton balls, wax sealed.

Small, double-wrapped, oil cloth bag of sticky sap.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Marbles - great for non-damaging caltrops!

Chest with a lock - What, you think you're really going to carry 100lbs of gold around in your backpack and expect it to be safe?

Several square yards of oiled canvas - It's a tent, it's a rain poncho, it's a sack!

 

[Cedric]

Blowgun

A large ladle