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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5499365" data-attributes="member: 19675">Having played PCs who fought with weapons based on their commoner's background- picks, hammers & mauls for a mason turned Paladin, for instance- and having played peniless warriors who had to depend on the wealth of their partymates to buy anything beyond studded leather and a club, or others who inherited their gear from relatives (perhaps even the one who trained them), or those who had their gear by virtue of being in the militia or their employer (and thus, did not own it) and others besides, I'd say there are a number of ways you can figure out how the farmboy got his gear.Ones I've thought of but haven't tried yet:1) scavenged from a battlefield2) stolen3) community chipped in4) prosperous family farm, and farmboy wanted his birthright early (a la the Prodigal Son, but spent on gear)5) found in a hidden cache (a la Tom Cruise in Legend)6) bartered for in exchange7) satisfaction of a debt8) indentured servitude</blockquote>