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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7601628" data-attributes="member: 97077">From what I can tell of [MENTION=6801228]Chaosmancer[/MENTION]'s reply to my post, he or she is asserting that two positions I hold are in conflict (one from this thread and one from another). Unfortunately, it just seems that the positions are misunderstood and in some sense conflated.As for equipment, I would say most groups as a matter of practicality permit the player to establish during play where the equipment on his or her person may be found if the offer is reasonable - as decided upon by the DM. At least that has been very common in my experience. Some groups I've seen do establish equipment locations on the character sheet, though I think that was more common in previous editions of the game. In any case, so far as I can tell, the rules do not call this out as an exception to the player and DM roles. If the player says he or she wants the character to take the rope out of the backpack, the DM mediates between the players and the rules as appropriate (e.g., &quot;Use an Object&quot; in combat or the other rules for object interaction), sets limits as needed (e.g. &quot;Your rope is in the previous chamber set up as a zip line to get across the pits, remember?&quot;), and narrates the result of the adventurer's action. I make no judgment as to how granular about this anyone should be - that's a matter of taste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7601628, member: 97077"] From what I can tell of [MENTION=6801228]Chaosmancer[/MENTION]'s reply to my post, he or she is asserting that two positions I hold are in conflict (one from this thread and one from another). Unfortunately, it just seems that the positions are misunderstood and in some sense conflated. As for equipment, I would say most groups as a matter of practicality permit the player to establish during play where the equipment on his or her person may be found if the offer is reasonable - as decided upon by the DM. At least that has been very common in my experience. Some groups I've seen do establish equipment locations on the character sheet, though I think that was more common in previous editions of the game. In any case, so far as I can tell, the rules do not call this out as an exception to the player and DM roles. If the player says he or she wants the character to take the rope out of the backpack, the DM mediates between the players and the rules as appropriate (e.g., "Use an Object" in combat or the other rules for object interaction), sets limits as needed (e.g. "Your rope is in the previous chamber set up as a zip line to get across the pits, remember?"), and narrates the result of the adventurer's action. I make no judgment as to how granular about this anyone [I]should[/I] be - that's a matter of taste. [/QUOTE]

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