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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TirionAnthion" data-source="post: 5403028" data-attributes="member: 61048">Equipment, overlooked and underusedI must admit that I have a bad habit of glossing over equipment as of late. In the older additions, especially in my BECMI days, equipment was an essential part of character creation. I spent alot of time as a player buying every fiddly little bit of equipment I could find. As a DM, I found interesting ways to use mundane items and tracked encumbrance as well as food and water carried by my players. Those things seemed essential to the experience.In 4e I seem to have lost that element. I often pay very little heed to what equipment my players have. When I make pregens I even forget to buy equipment other than armor and weapons. That is something I would never have overlooked in the past. This is due in part to the focus on combat. I find that combat has moved to a much more prominent place in this edition. Also I have found that my current player base seems to enjoy this. I run D&D Encounters and the players actively seek out combat. This makes things like equipment lists seem less important.This post has helped to remind me of what I liked about mundane equipment in previous editions. In fact, I think I will look for some creative ways to use mundane gear in my weekly encounters games. Anyway, thanks to Weem for posting this and reminding me why I liked equipment.</blockquote>