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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7829140" data-attributes="member: 177">And, on the other hand, folks in the upper levels of my dojo used to wrap their hands specifically to protect their knuckles and support their wrist joints, not to increase damage - since they were supposed to be doing no damage at all in sparring.&nbsp; So, &quot;hand wrap&quot; and &quot;damage&quot; are not synonymous by any means.It would seem to me that &quot;gauntlet&quot; is a very general term - you can, as a practical matter, have things on your hands to protect your hands, have things on your hands to do extra damage when you hit, or both, or neither - you can find lightweight lether gloves that are called &quot;gauntlets&quot; that serve no appreciable combat purpose.You can imagine a listing for &quot;gauntlet&quot; on a weapon table, and on an armor table (not that 5e does much with piecemeal armor, but whatever).&nbsp;&nbsp; Your character gear may use the listing on one, the other, both, or neither.&nbsp; If all gauntlets in your game are the same, mechanically, that's fine.&nbsp; I don't see a reason to argue that everyone should use just your version, or just some other person's version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7829140, member: 177"] And, on the other hand, folks in the upper levels of my dojo used to wrap their hands specifically to protect their knuckles and support their wrist joints, not to increase damage - since they were supposed to be doing no damage at all in sparring. So, "hand wrap" and "damage" are not synonymous by any means. It would seem to me that "gauntlet" is a very general term - you can, as a practical matter, have things on your hands to protect your hands, have things on your hands to do extra damage when you hit, or both, or neither - you can find lightweight lether gloves that are called "gauntlets" that serve no appreciable combat purpose. You can imagine a listing for "gauntlet" on a weapon table, and on an armor table (not that 5e does much with piecemeal armor, but whatever). Your character gear may use the listing on one, the other, both, or neither. If all gauntlets in your game are the same, mechanically, that's fine. I don't see a reason to argue that everyone should use just your version, or just some other person's version. [/QUOTE]

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