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<blockquote data-quote="borringman" data-source="post: 9432283" data-attributes="member: 7040288">Meaningful equipment is fun.&nbsp; My groups have had good times with &quot;right place, right time&quot; use of equipment.Nerfing <s>Greek</s> &quot;alchemical&quot; fire to the point that it costs, on average, 20gp per hit point of damage (!!!) is, why even have it in there.&nbsp; If you need to cauterize a troll, regular oil is 0.2% the cost and much safer to handle.Also in 5E, the morningstar and war pick are functionally the exact same weapon, but the former weighs twice as much and costs triple.And as [USER=7017304]@jmartkdr2[/USER] points out, since 5E's survival rules are so sparse (and largely obsoleted with rituals anyway), most of the survival equipment serves no mechanical purpose whatsoever.I'm a big fan of &quot;crunch&quot;, but that doesn't mean I enjoy reading phone books.&nbsp; When faced with lines and lines of items with little functional or diegetic value, my eyes glaze over.So at least specifically wrt to 5E (the elephant in the room), the equipment lists aren't all that large.&nbsp; The problem is that the vast majority are a waste of time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="borringman, post: 9432283, member: 7040288"] [I]Meaningful[/I] equipment is fun. My groups have had good times with "right place, right time" use of equipment. Nerfing [S]Greek[/S] "alchemical" fire to the point that it costs, on average, [I]20gp per hit point of damage[/I] (!!!) is, why even have it in there. If you need to cauterize a troll, regular oil is 0.2% the cost and much safer to handle. Also in 5E, the morningstar and war pick are functionally the exact same weapon, but the former weighs twice as much and costs triple. And as [USER=7017304]@jmartkdr2[/USER] points out, since 5E's survival rules are so sparse (and largely obsoleted with rituals anyway), most of the survival equipment serves no mechanical purpose whatsoever. I'm a big fan of "crunch", but that doesn't mean I enjoy reading phone books. When faced with lines and lines of items with little functional or diegetic value, my eyes glaze over. So at least specifically wrt to 5E (the elephant in the room), the equipment lists aren't all that large. The problem is that the vast majority are a waste of time. [/QUOTE]

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