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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4736597" data-attributes="member: 54846">I don't find it a "Big issue". Just an annoyance and an extra level of book-keeping. But then, I don't make my players account for rations or arrows because I think that's stupid bookkeeping. The shell-game of the hands feels unnecessary to me. A good example of the "Sword/shield/wand" is the issue of the Shaman. The shaman is proficient with the Longspear, but the shaman uses the Totem and Staff implement. The Shaman thus can't wield a longspear and a totem at the same time; he's going to have to drop or stow something.Why can't the shaman just make a totem or staff on a spear? It's just a piece of wood with feathers and fetishes and such. So you have a long ju-ju stick with a sharp pointy end. That makes sense. But you can't because that's part of the balance. Same with a Wizard putting his orb on the end of a staff. Meanwhile, the Cleric can just wear his holy symbol on his chest.Would it really unbalance things if implements could simply be worn or possessed, or grafted onto other items all together?Emphasis mine. So I ask, how do other systems handle it?</blockquote>