what's in your backpack?

[Angcuru]

lots of saltpeter, sulphur, a match, and any other essentials for making a big bang.

 

[Hand of Evil]

lots of saltpeter, sulphur, a match, and any other essentials for making a big bang.

Bet you are a lot of fun around the old fire...ball!

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Capital one!

 

[Norfleet]

Towels. Lots of towels. You have no idea how useful towels are. Furthermore, they don't cost your character a single gold piece, if you can swipe them from the inn.

 

[Teflon Billy]

A belt pouch with a whet stone. I'm a simple man.

When all you've got is a hammer, you'd be amazed how many problems turn out to be nail-like

 

[BrooklynKnight]

A belt pouch with a whet stone. I'm a simple man.

When all you've got is a hammer, you'd be amazed how many problems turn out to be nail-like

Like that zit on your forehead?
*hammers*

 

[Thanee]

My 2nd level sorceress has the following equipment:

Explorer's Outfit (that's worn usually)
Courtier's Outfit + Jewelry
Backpack
Bedroll
Winter Blanket
Scroll Case
Mirror
Belt Pouch
Sack
Soap
Waterskin
Spell Component Pouch
Everburning Torch

Light Warhorse
Riding Saddle
Saddlebags

Bye
Thanee

 

[Shadowdancer]

I almost always carry 2, count them 2, water skins. One full of, duh, water, and one empty. (Of course, I do that because few others think to bring an extra, empty, waterskin.) If I'm feeling very froggy, I'll sometimes tote along an empty flask. (Or I'll get the flask instead of the extra waterskin.) It sounds silly, stories and legends are just filled with TOO many interesting magical liquids not to be ready with something to fill. I don't want to have to empty out my own waterskin, because I hate not having water for myself... So I always have something extra to carry liquids. You can have the extra waterskin prefilled with water or wine, but that will add to your encumberance.

I also always carry two water skins ever since a hard lesson learned in our very first, 1E campaign. One of the characters was an assassin. We were hired as caravan guards for some merchants going through a desert. One night, a giant poisonous spider attacked. After we killed it, the assassin wanted to collect the poison to use later. He had nothing to keep it in, so he emptied out his water skin and filled it with the poison. Then we got seperated from the caravan in a sandstorm. We were wandering around lost in the desert. The rest of us had to share what little water we had with the assassin, because he had poison in his water skin.

 

[Steverooo]

Level One:

Two quivers of arrows
Backpack
Bedroll
Blanket, Winter
Bit & Bridle (pay for adventure)
10' chain
Dagger
Explorer's Outfit (one free)
Flint & Steel
2 Spiked Gauntlets
Grappling Hook
Handaxe
Light Horse (pay for adventure)
Leather Armor (Best I could do, without a stealth penalty!)
Composite Longbow
Longsword
Morningstar
Iron Pot
2 Beltpouches
15 day's trail rations (part was pay)
50' hemp rope (recovered during the adventure, IIRC)
Riding Saddle (pay for adventure)
Sewing Needle
7 Slings
Unarmed
3 Waterskins (part was pay)
Whetstone

Due to a 15 STR, this PC was at Medium Encumbrance, with the pack, but left some stuff with the mount.

 

[bekkilyn_rpg]

I am trying to avoid making my current character into too much of a clutterbug (and want to keep him at light encumbrance for things like movement speed and tumble), so currently, my 2nd level elf barbarian is:

Wearing an Explorer's Outfit and Studded Leather Armor
Wielding a Greatsword or sometimes a Shortbow
Is Carrying:

+20 arrows
Backpack
Beltpouch
Flint and Steel
Silk Rope (50ft)
Whetstone
Waterskin
Trail Rations (2)
Bedroll
Sewing Needle
A few miscellaneous coins of various types. (Not sure how some of you are able to afford such vast amounts of stuff at 2nd level. )

With Wilderness skill, he could scavenge for more food and water. Also, he has the Endurance feat for times when he might have to do without a few extra luxuries or necessities.