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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 8131012" data-attributes="member: 6920268">I think the use of requisitions for equipment depends on the system. I know that for reasons incomprehensible to me 5th edition eliminated any system or economic value of magical items so that will work totally differently and I have no idea how.I gave every body wealth by level at each level and left equipment at that, the only stuff I had to approve was the Maniac Goblins selection of artillery so requisitions never got used for their personal gear.Requisitions I used for calling in favours and we only really used it early on, later on in the campaign particularly the third act the players had almost the full resources of the kingdom on call including the full military. In book 8 they had a special forces team, and always borrowed ships when neededIn the early books I tended to let them call up resources with an appropriate skill check based on their backgrounds, so the scholar could get opinions from academics , the Vekeshi could get fey to help (a small treant in her garden for instance ate the assassin sent by the crimeboss) and when they called for military help they got soldiers from regiments they knew in their background. I would also have allowed access to rare, expensive and resusable magic items if they needed them drawn from the royal stocks and not exposed to danger.So I suppose my answer is I bore in mind their rank, relationship with groups and diplomatic skills and then gave them what felt appropriate for the story and their efforts rather than strictly following the rules. Probably the  time this was the most effort was in book 6 when they had to bribe Ber, Lya is giving away lots of stuff (ships, factories etc) so realistically the players had to be able to promise something similar so I had to give them access to stuff then so they could fund railroads etc. That is something that needs thinking about in advance and perhaps telling the players in advance what they can offer and what their bribe fund is</blockquote>

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