(10-18-2016, 06:50 PM)Verad Wrote:I've updated the list. I thought I might just keep it simple. Non-combatant, Combatant, and situational. The more heavy duty gear belong in situational, so if we're talking about him being flat-footed by a lack of equipment I'd say that takes care of that since there are items he wont be bringing on every mission.(10-18-2016, 05:54 PM)Vincent Sarkoza Wrote:(10-18-2016, 04:45 PM)Verad Wrote: I feel like you're placing undue emphasis on his exact equipment, It's very rare that knowing how much stuff he has access to is going to be necessary at any given time.I didn't want people to feel like he just has stuff with him haha, but i suppose I don't have to be that specific. I can just keep the quantity to myself and roll with that.
If you want to look at it in broad strokes, you could break the equipment down into one of several categories, as you've taken steps towards doing in your opening post: Defensive equipment, combat equipment, so on.
If you can refine those categories further to say four or five, then you can decide that in any given scene his equipment in one of those categories is lacking for one reason or another. This could be decided randomly or just by what makes sense in the circumstances.
Once you've decided this, it is therefore possible for him to be caught flat-footed by a lack of equipment in that one category when he really needs it, while still giving a sense that he is overall well-prepared.
All of the above presumes you want to avoid really granular bookkeeping, mind. If you're fine with keeping private track of his gear, more power to you.
