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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dunamin" data-source="post: 4864552" data-attributes="member: 57529">Hmm...Though it makes sense for caltrops to be reusable, I fear the current non-consumable take would make them immensely overused (if not "must-have" gear) by only pricing them at 5 gp per batch.In effect, any time an adventure party can prepare themselves for an encounter that is just around the corner, they can potentially gain very significant tactical advantages by dictating which areas of the encounter environment shall be difficult terrain.Defending a position that will soon be attacked? Stopping a foe that will soon flee this way? Or simply about to open any sort of door/gate/portal in a dungeon/lair/villain's bathroom?Use caltrops to create bottlenecks and position defenders there.Create caltrop-fields to position ranged allies behind.Place caltrops at the bottom of towers to deter foes.Heck, you effectively allow the characters to custom-paint the encounter environment to optimize their strategy of choice - which can be fun once in a while, but possibly frustrating for the DM in excess.I might just be overtly worried, but thought I would bring it up, regardless. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>