D&D 5E How many fans want a 5e Wardrobe?

[Cristian Andreu]

I've been reading through the equipment and items chapters of 5e, and I still can't find ruling on wardrobes.

I feel like the devs have really dropped the ball as far as furniture goes in the current edition.

Would you like the wardrobe being added to 5e in future supplements? Even a UE article would be fine.

 

[Istbor]

Like an actual wardrobe that holds clothing and coats, or a mystical kind that is actually a gateway to another realm?

 

[Ath'kethin]

I feel like the devs have really dropped the ball as far as furniture goes in the current edition.

I know, right? And nothing at all about closet space either, let alone ottomans.

Would you like the wardrobe being added to 5e in future supplements? Even a UE would be fine.

I don't know about that. If/when they release wardrobe info, it better be both balanced and consistent with the existing material.

 

[Cristian Andreu]

Like an actual wardrobe that holds clothing and coats, or a mystical kind that is actually a gateway to another realm?

If it were up to me, I'd go full-on with the subject and publish a wardrobe hardback. But I understand if the current publishing policy makes that unlikely to happen before 2018. So I'd be fine with storage wardrobes for now, maybe adding some fluff on magical variants and letting us homebrew from there.

I don't know about that. If/when they release wardrobe info, it better be both balanced and consistent with the existing material.

Well, for my current campaign I've been trying to convert some of my AD&D stuff on wardrobes, but I admit it might be a bit imbalanced. Bound accuracy this time around should help keep the matters manageable and avoid going back to the problems we had in the early 90's. I still shake when recalling all those broken rules introduced with the Bookcases & Bureaus Options in 2e.

 

[Ath'kethin]

Well, for my current campaign I've been trying to convert some of my AD&D stuff on wardrobes, but I admit it might be a bit imbalanced. Bound accuracy this time around should help keep the matters manageable and avoid going back to the problems we had in the early 90's. I still shake when recalling all those broken rules introduced with the Bookcases & Bureaus Options in 2e.

Ugh, what a nightmare that was. The Dancing Hutch of Baba Yaga, The Accessory Chest of the Dwarvish Lords, The Curtain Rod of Seven Parts . . . I'm getting the shakes just remembering those days. And woe to the campaign where the DM was foolish enough to give out a Bench of Vile Darkness or a Davenport of Many Things.

I think I need to lie down.

 

[Tony Vargas]

I've been reading through the equipment and items chapters of 5e, and I still can't find ruling on wardrobes.

The 5e Wardrobe was split between the Portable Hole and the Chest. The magical Portable Hole holds at least as much as a Wardrobe, while the Chest (though only 12 cu ft) is non-magical, made of wood and and can be placed upright on one end so that its lid becomes like a Wardrobe's door (indeed, it can serve as a Wardrobe for gnomes and halflings).

That's all the Wardrobe you need to play D&D.

A Wardrobe would essentially be a Chest that holds as much as a Portable Hole, without magic, and that would be both absurd and game-breaking.

I feel like the devs have really dropped the ball as far as furniture goes in the current edition.

You can use Mimic stats for any furniture you may need in your campaign. Just don't have them attack. D&D has never had any other furniture rules, and always supported the simulationist idea that all furniture can be 100% Mimic in the in-game fiction. Forcing alternate definitions on us by publishing a Wardrobe entry would undermine the continuity of many campaigns, and drive people away from the game.

Would you like the wardrobe being added to 5e in future supplements? Even a UE article would be fine.

An Unearthed Equipment article would be cool, yes, but you shouldn't expect anything more than a sub-set of the Chest - maybe a 'Steamer' chest that's expected to be set upright and has mechanics for little drawers, for instance. Chests are an established part of D&D tradition, one of the 'big 4' along with 10'-Poles, 50' Ropes, and, of course, the indispensable Door.

Like an actual wardrobe that holds clothing and coats, or a mystical kind that is actually a gateway to another realm?

The pro-Wardrobe 'camp' would insist that the whole point of having equipment like the Wardrobe is to provide non-magical/non-mobile alternatives to storage-role gear like Portable Holes and Handy Haversacks for campaigns that are not focused on exploration but centered around a locality like a mansion, castle, or the like based on the popularity of Downton Abbey or something. Of course, AD&D had rules for fortifications, which are all the castle rules you're ever going to need, and could be easily ported into 5e, but they didn't include and don't need, non-mimic furniture.

But, clearly a magical gateway to another world is a much more reasonable thing to have in D&D than a non-magical Portable Hole or non-Mimic furniture.

 

[Wuzzard]

What about the pacifist-drobe?

 

[ChrisCarlson]

Any official 5e wardrobe would have to be 100% faithful and representative of its icon 4e origins. Entirely. We are talking everything. From its size and the type of wood it is made of. To the color of stain used. To the number of doors, drawers and shelves it provides. Anything less than a thorough and comprehensive reincarnation and I will consider it an abject failure. Heed my words, WotC. Heed them. Heed them well.

 

[thalmin]

What a slippery slope. Introduce a wardrobe, next you'll have to include rules for the clothing that could fit into that wardrobe. And could you put anything besides hats on the top shelf, anything besides footware on the floor of the wardrobe. If the boots are still muddy, what would be the save to keep the robes and cloaks from becoming soiled because they almost brush the floor.

And we need to add moths for the next MM!

 

[Uchawi]

Why have a wardrobe, when you can have a closet which is better for holding old musty clothes with designer labels, or a sewing machine that will allow you to create different appearances but still have designer labels. Or lets just break up the wardrobe to be a music box with a lot of storage, or a just plain old chest because simple it better. But if any one mentions modular furniture, just remember it is a sales tactic to boost your initial interest. In reality no one wants modular furniture.