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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 6724285" data-attributes="member: 66434">If these items give a decent bump to AC, to hit bonus or damage per round then they may change the CR. Each item has to be looked at individually and compared to who is using it to see if CR is affected. Those +2 arrows will add a couple points to average damage which probably won't matter much. They are also +2 to hit which IS a major offensive CR factor. +2 attack bonus is enough to bump offensive CR up by one. The acid damage is averaged and added to damage output. With the magic arrow, this would put average damage at 10.5 per round (not counting martial advantage). Because of the hit bonus jumping from +3 to +5, I would make these a CR 1. In most cases a simple +1 to AC isn't worth a CR bump by itself. +2 would bump defensive CR by 1.  Assuming you made the captain a spell caster that could use the wand the average damage would be 28. The captain can already do this much average damage with martial advantage, but the lightning bolt can target multiple opponents. The wand use is also very situational and may or may not be a huge factor depending on how the captain was encountered so I would call it a wash.</blockquote>