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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5774770" data-attributes="member: 54877">My answer is colored by my preference to drop minors (and merge standard/move into a dual action economy, but that's another topic). If the only such action you do is to stow or draw a single, easily accessible item, then it should be free.  If you swap equipment and/or pull out or stow several things, then it should cost the equivalent of a move. Rationale:  Drawing a sword, notching an arrow, readying a shield, pulling a potion out of a belt pouch, etc. are so common that adventurers would have mastered these things, and will easily do them while doing something else related, such as moves and attacks.  They are so fluid, that simulating the minor cost of doing them is too much simulation for too little return.  OTOH, as both a nod to simulation and tactical game play, the game should discourage you from willy-nilly changing equipment any time you like, at no appreciable cost.  This makes the rough edges of the action somewhat realistic while also creating meaningful decision points.</blockquote>