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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9712303" data-attributes="member: 7808">There's another very simple explanation for this.  Equipping and unequipping is not the same as drawing or sheathing a weapon.  It is holding it in a specific way to be ready for combat.Drawing a weapon is the act of retrieving it from a sheath, bag, table or similar form of storage where it is not held in the hand.  Most of the time, it can be assumed that drawing the weapon also equips it for combat.  However, it is also possible to be holding a weapon but not have it equipped.  Like holding a quarterstaff as a walking stick, or holding a whip as a loop rather than by the handle.  The verbiage you quoted allows for handling of those situations without expending a character's normal free item interaction.This is exactly analogous to how you can draw and hold a shield without donning it.  You can pick it up or take it out of a bag, but you'll be holding it by the edge or some other fashion until you take the action to strap it to your arm or otherwise affix it for protection.  But in that case, the donning takes a full action, where equipping can be done for free with a weapon as part of an attack.  Likewise, you can quickly pull a suit of plate armor out of a bag and hold it, but it will take even longer to equip that.If you want to try and get more rules lawer-y about this, go ahead.  I appreciate a good bout of pedantics.  But it's worth noting the interpretation that equipping and drawing are equivalent has lead to a page full of questions, broken feats, complexities, and loopholes.  If you want to argue that I'm wrong, you'll have to find another way to resolve all of those issues.  IMNSHO, my explanation is not only correct, it is elegant in its explanation to the larger discussion.Finally, it's worth noting that AFAIK the language about equipping you quoted is currently only in the 5e 2024 books, not the SRD (yet?).  Take that to mean what you will.  IMNSHO, it's expected for the books to have information that details things beyond the SRD. But an interpretation of 5e rules that creates conflict with what would be assumed accurate when using only SRD text is another indication that said interpretation is likely flawed.</blockquote>

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