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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8049250" data-attributes="member: 1465">I have a &quot;location&quot; column in my custom character sheets' equipment page. But I also have the small typical equipment box on the main page.So essentially I have two places for marking equipment:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">typical equipment section on the main character sheet page</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">separate whole page for extended equipment</li>
</ul>All players use the main character sheet, while the extended equipment page is meant to be optional, only for characters who own a lot of stuff. Presumably, low-level characters don't need to worry about the other page until they start feeling the section in the main page is getting too full.I started thinking how big the default equipment box on the main page should be, but soon wondered what would happen if the campaign turns monty-haul where each PC gradually collects magic items. That's why I designed the optional equipment page, and since it was now a whole page I also included some room for less common stuff such as living expenses, hirelings or strongholds. But if you play in a game where each PC has loads of magic items, the DM might decide not to handwave encumbrance, and you have to choose which items to carry with you into the dungeon, then you need a way to mark what is &quot;equipped&quot; that is easier than erasing and rewriting the whole content of the equipment box on the main page, hence the &quot;location&quot; column (an &quot;equipped&quot; checkbox would be clearer, but I thought &quot;location&quot; was more encompassing in case you have multiple choices e.g. equipped, home, bag of holding, secret hiding place...).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8049250, member: 1465"] I have a "location" column in my custom character sheets' equipment page. But I also have the small typical equipment box on the main page. So essentially I have two places for marking equipment: [LIST] [*]typical equipment section on the main character sheet page [*]separate whole page for extended equipment [/LIST] All players use the main character sheet, while the extended equipment page is meant to be optional, only for characters who own a lot of stuff. Presumably, low-level characters don't need to worry about the other page until they start feeling the section in the main page is getting too full. I started thinking how big the default equipment box on the main page should be, but soon wondered what would happen if the campaign turns monty-haul where each PC gradually collects magic items. That's why I designed the optional equipment page, and since it was now a whole page I also included some room for less common stuff such as living expenses, hirelings or strongholds. But if you play in a game where each PC has loads of magic items, the DM might decide not to handwave encumbrance, and you have to choose which items to carry with you into the dungeon, then you need a way to mark what is "equipped" that is easier than erasing and rewriting the whole content of the equipment box on the main page, hence the "location" column (an "equipped" checkbox would be clearer, but I thought "location" was more encompassing in case you have multiple choices e.g. equipped, home, bag of holding, secret hiding place...). [/QUOTE]

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