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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silam" data-source="post: 9879174" data-attributes="member: 7055898">Another aspect to consider is creating scenarios where items are completely or partially unavailable. Some examples:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ambush at night during a long rest. The party member who is on guard duty is fully equipped, but everyone else is unarmored. Players can pick up their weapons and can have some (but maybe not all) other wondrous items already equipped. You can sleep comfortably while wearing a ring, but not boots. If the players insist on sleeping in their magic boots and armor, give them exhaustion levels or fewer HDs recovered after the long rest, but orherwise let them get their per day abilities back.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Taken prisoner, wake up naked in a prison cell. Classic. Let’s see how the Wizard does without their spellbook. And the other casters without their component pouches, holy symbols, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Guests at a royal banquet. Weapons and armors checked at the door, or left in the room three floors up from the ballroom (the familiar too, BTW). Wondrous items might be appropriate, but only if they’re classy. Characters might attune to other items entirely, to make up for not having their main items available, which will hopefully be useful, but certainly less powerful if somehow a fight breaks out. Other protected buildings could likewise require checking weapons and/or bags at the door.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Antimagic field. That avenging sword is now a very well crafted piece of inert metal. Deal with it.</li> </ol>There should hopefully be occasions for a Monk to shine when gear is not forthcoming, or a chance for a character with Tavern Brawler to use improvised weapons, etc. Likewise, some scenarios could favor spellcasters, or skill users, or martials, at the expense of the others.Balance is not to have every type of character shine equally all the time. Balance is to have sufficiently diverse scenarios that everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame every once in a while.</blockquote>

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