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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8872306" data-attributes="member: 8461">In terms of the OP, I'll grant that the question under consideration is whether or not the PC is wearing gloves, with the understanding that they'd obviate the need for a saving throw. I'm suggesting that there's an alternative ways of viewing the scenario in question, one which sidesteps that consideration altogether, i.e. by suggesting that the dice are determinative in terms of what they tell us, at least to the point of overriding minor details that have no (intrinsic) mechanical impact on the scene in question.Now, you don't have to view it that way (and certainly, a lot of people don't seem to), but the alternative seems to be a lot of wrangling over otherwise-unclear circumstances, with no easy way of adjudicating them before they happen. What type of footwear makes you immune to caltrops, for instance? How thick of a scarf can you wrap around your nose and mouth to get advantage against breathing in poison gas? If you grant the premise that these things make a difference, you can find yourself going down a series of rabbit holes (remember, slippery slopes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope#Non-fallacious_usage" target="_blank">aren't always fallacious</a>).</blockquote>