Equipment

Equipment are important items for use in the game. They include weapons that deal damage to enemies, and armour for protection from them. They can also give useful bonuses to characters such as extra spells, special enchantments, and so on.

The reader can find detailed description for each type of equipment below.

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  Amulets
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  Armour
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  Cloaks
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  Clothing
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  Footwear
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  Handwear
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  Headwear
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  Light Sources
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  Musical Instruments
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  Rings
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  Shields
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  Weapons

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Weapons serve the purpose of dealing damage to various things, ranging from doors and crates to monsters and NPCs. A character's weapon of choice determines their base Damage Roll before bonuses. For example, a dagger may do 1d4 damage (one four-sided dice), meaning 1 to 4 points of damage before bonuses are applied. On the other hand, a two-handed greatsword may do 2d6 damage (two six-sided dice), for a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 12 before bonuses.

There are several ways to categorize weapons:

• Melee or Ranged
• Martial or Simple
• One-handed, Two-handed, or Versatile

Each weapon deals a specific type of physical damage. The damage types are:

• Bludgeoning
• Slashing
• Piercing

In addition, weapons can have various properties such as Heavy, Finesse, Light, and so on. See the main Weapons page linked above for details.

Clothing, Armour, and Shields

Clothing

Main article: Clothing

Clothing normally provides no protection, though magical pieces of Clothing often provide such protection as well as other benefits.

Classes without any Armour Proficiency such as Sorcerer and Wizard wear Clothing instead of Armour, so they can cast Spells in and out of combat. Wearing Armour without the corresponding Proficiency typically imposes a number of penalties.

A character can gain additional Armour Proficiency by taking appropriate Feats at Level 4, such as Lightly Armoured, Moderately Armoured and Heavily Armoured. However, each level of heaviness has the previous level as a prerequisite. For example, in order to be able to pick the Heavily Armoured Feat, a character must already have Medium Armour Proficiency.

Armour

Main article: Armour

Armour offers the character an improved base Armour Class to decrease the chance of being hit. When wearing Armour, their base Armour Class becomes that of Armour they are wearing, which then overrides their unarmored Armour Class - before bonuses from Dexterity, Shields, spell effects, etc. are applied.

There are three types of worn armour: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Shields are also treated as armour, although they are not split into any subtypes. A character needs the corresponding Armour Proficiency to be able to use a specific type of Armour without penalties.

Shields

Main article: Shields

Shields provide a bonus to Armour Class to decrease the chance of being hit by enemies. A character need not to be actively holding the equipped shield to get the AC bonus; it is enough that the shield is equipped in its melee off-hand slot; a character with a sword and shield in its melee weapon slots and a longbow in its ranged weapon slots benefits from the shield's AC bonus even while using the bow.

Choosing the Feat "Moderately Armoured" grants Proficiency with Shields in addition to Medium Armour. However, the character must already have Light Armour Proficiency to choose this Feat.

Other gear

Headwear

Main article: Headwear

Headwear includes helmets, circlets, hoods, and other equipment worn on the head. They can provide bonuses to Skills or Ability Scores, protect against Critical Hits, or grant item-specific actions such as the ability to cast a certain spell.

Cloaks

Main article: Cloaks

Cloaks are equipment worn on the back. They can provide bonuses to Skills or Saving Throws, or grant item-specific actions such as the ability to cast a certain spell.

Handwear

Main article: Handwear

Handwear includes gloves, gauntlets, bracers, and other equipment worn on the hands. They can provide bonuses to Skills or Saving Throws, trigger beneficial effects in specific scenarios, or grant item-specific actions such as the ability to cast a certain spell.

Footwear

Main article: Footwear

Footwear includes boots of various types. They can provide bonuses to Saving Throws, trigger movement-related benefits in specific scenarios, or grant item-specific actions such as the ability to cast a certain spell.

Camp Clothing

Main article: Camp Clothing

Camp Clothing are special type of Equipment each character wears while at the Campsite.

Jewelry

Amulets

Main article: Amulets

Amulets are a type of accessory that may provide beneficial passives or allow characters to cast certain Spells. Many amulets are merely non-magical jewelry whose sole purpose is to be sold for gold.

Rings

Main article: Rings

Rings are a type of accessory that may provide beneficial passives or allow characters to cast certain Spells. Many rings are merely non-magical jewelry whose sole purpose is to be sold for gold. A character can have two different rings equipped at once.

See Also

• List of equipment sets
• List of sources that affect Spell Save DC