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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9405221" data-attributes="member: 23751">Here's the thing.  You are both right. The reason you and [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] are both right is that you are describing two completely different styles of play.Skilled play relies on the players themselves coming up with ideas, often based on what gear they have, to find and overcome obstacles, traps, etc.  To use your example, if they don't think to pack snow blinders, it's not a gotcha to have them be affected, but rather a consequence of their play not being skilled enough in that area.  Not all folks like skilled play or only like partial skilled play.Depending on which style of play you enjoy, whether you want the DM to include basic things the PCs would know into their gear will be good or not.Personally I like semi-skilled play. If a PC would know about snow, then I will build things like snow blinders into their cold weather gear.  Even a ranger won't automatically know about those things.  The ranger would have to be familiar with snow for some reason. Being from an area with snowy winters or having that terrain type specialty, etc.  Otherwise they are going to need skilled play.  They can ask around and find out, or they can find out the hard way. It's also possible that if they befriend someone from the area, that person might volunteer the information.</blockquote>