Player Character Equipments

Discussion for Player Character Equipments.

Samples of PC Equipments

My ideas for equipments usually PCs have.  In order to shorten times for character creation, I made some lists of typical PC's equipments.

PHB Character

The initial items PHB characters have.  Player shall buy weapons and armors, class-dependent items such as thieves tools.

Example 1

Additional items are on the lists.  If a character has STR of 12 or so, the character can carry all items on the list without encumblance penalty.

Example 2

Case for a character wearing no/light armor.
Example: a wizard of STR 8, a ranger of Str14 wearing chainmail.  If the load of backpack is required to be lighter, move rations and waterskin to saddleback.

Considering the carrying ability of horses (PHB p.143):
Human (about 200lbs) + Items 11lbs + Armor 20-25lbs + Weapons 10-15lbs + Shield 5lb + Items on the horse 83lbs = 334lbs.  Warhorse (Light) can keep 4miles/hrs, 32miles/day, if within the limit of 400lbs.

Example 3

Case for Heavy Armor:
If a character wears heavy armor, two horses are required; one for riging, and one for equipments.

Item GPs for Player Character

Discussion about the total money for ready-made player characters.
Though DMG gives us some guidance, the supplements Enemies and Allies says,
Player characters, as discussed in Chaper 2 of DMG, simply have "more stuff" than NPC.
It means that ready-made player characters should have more items than NPC on DMG.

I made a simple discussion using an iconic Fighter "Redger" on Enemies and Allies.

Fighter -- Regder and DMG Fighter

Category
 Regdar 5Lv
 DMG Ftr5
 Regdar 10Lv
 DMG Ftr10
Weapon
 +1 greatsword [2350gp]
+ 1 mighty composite longbow (Str+4) [2800gp]
20 masterwork arrows [7gp]
Total 5157gp
 bastard sword MW [335gp]
MW mighty composite longbow (Str+3) [700gp]
20 arrows [1gp]
Total 1036gp		 +4 greatsword [32350gp]
+ 1 mighty composite longbow (Str+4) [2900gp]
20 masterwork arrows [7gp]
Total 5257gp
 +1 bastard sword [2335gp]
+1 mighty composite longbow (Str+3) [2700gp]
+1 arrowsx25 [1175gp]
Total 6210gp
Armor & Shield
 +1 fullplate [2650gp]
Total 2650gp
 fullplate [1500gp]
large shield, iron [20gp]
Total 1520gp
 +2 fullplate [5650gp]
Total 5650gp
 +2 fullplate [5650gp]
+1 large shield, iron [2170gp]
Total 7820gp
Protective Items
 cloak of resistance +1 [1000gp]
Total 1000gp
 cloak of resistance +1 [1000gp]
Total 1000gp		 cloak of resistance +2 [4000gp]
Total 4000gp		 cloak of resistance +1 [1000gp]
Total 1000gp
Other Items

gloves of dexterity +2 [4000gp]
Total 4000gp
Potion
 4 cure light wounds [50gpx4]
Total 200gp
 cure light wounds [50gp]
endurance [300gp]
Total 350gp
 4 cure light wounds [50gpx4]
Total 200gp		 cure light wounds [50gp]
endurance [300gp]
Total 350gp
Scrolls



Wands, Staffs



Mundane Items
 backpack [2gp], bedroll [0.1gp], flint and steel [1gp], sack [0.1sp], 5 torchs [0.01gpx5], waterskin [1gp]
Total 4.25gp
backpack [2gp], bedroll [0.1gp], flint and steel [1gp], sack [0.1sp], 5 torchs [0.01gpx5], waterskin [1gp]
Total 4.25gp
Totals
 9111.25gp
 3906gp
 49111.25gp
 15230gp

The following is obtained.
Graph: Level vs GP
As shown in the graph, the total GPs a character has

The following tables are made using the relations the graph shows.  (For 1Lv, a correction is made so that 1Lv character has less items as a DMG 1Lv character does.)
Level
 NPC (DMG)
 PC (Regder)
1
 900
 1,300
2
 2,000
 3,300
3
 2,500
 4,600
4
 3,300
 6,400
5
 4,300
 9,000
6
 5,600
 13,000
7
 7,200
 18,000
8
 9,400
 25,000
9
 12,000
 35,000
10
 16,000
 49,000
11
 21,000
 69,000
12
 27,000
 97,000
13
 35,000
 140,000
14
 45,000
 190,000
15
 59,000
 270,000
16
 77,000
 380,000
17
 100,000
 530,000
18
 130,000
 740,000
19
 170,000
 1,040,000
20
 220,000
 1,460,000

This is a graph that shows how a character use money for items.
The DMG Fighter uses a bastard sword/large shield, but Regder uses a greatsword.  This makes the DMG fighter use more money than Redger.
Graph: Gp for Regder's Item and DMG Fighter

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