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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7149543" data-attributes="member: 6801845">In my campaigns, it rarely comes into play.  However, if someone was at "home" and somewhere they assumed was safe it could come into play.In theory I assume that people take their armor off to clean up, take a bath, launder the padding and do basic maintenance.  However, D&D IMHO gives way too much credence to high dex characters being able to avoid damage.  Dex should help but after a certain point someone walking around encased in steel should be far more protected than someone who is just being dodgy.  But it's not worth the effort to change the rules so I just hand-wave some of the consequences of heavy armor.Of course I still have no clue how difficult it would be to get a nights sleep in armor (assuming you aren't hot and sweaty, of course) since I've never done it or talked to anyone who has tried.</blockquote>