I go home and camp behind my Force 8 Physical Barriers, then go downstairs into the hidden arcane laboratory and seal myself in for a while, researching. Anyone who busts the barriers which are always up finds a seemingly empty home. If they bust the lab, they better have a whole strike force, 'cuz the spirits are gonna tear them apart after I erect a wall and send all 4 at them. Good luck! Oh, and the lab is also the lodge so another barrier there.
I don't really leave any gear behind or use any. I have fired my gun three times in my career.