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-====== Encumbrance and inventory ====== 
  
-Tracking encumbrance sucks, but [[dict>hammerspace]] sucks, too.  So... we’re going to use a riff on the [[https://rottenpulp.blogspot.com/2012/06/anti-hammerspace-item.html|anti-hammerspace inventory system]]. 
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-Each character can carry up to five (logical) "bags" (define as you wish), each of which can hold up to three items.  The number of slots an item takes up depends on weight, size and unwieldiness. 
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-**Armor** takes up some number of the logical bag; light armor is one bag, medium armor is two bags and heavy armor is three bags. 
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-**Shields** take up one slot per point of shield bonus. 
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-As for **weapons**, light weapons take up one slot, medium weapons take up two slots and heavy weapons take up three slots (an entire bag).  Polearms take up an entire bag regardless of weight. 
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-**Other gear** takes up an arbitrary number of slots based on the item, but the rule of thumb is one stone (1000 coins, or ten pounds) of weight is one slot.  Miscellaneous tiny items can be listed and will take up one slot on its own (for each stone of weight). 
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-=== Strength bonus === 
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-The number of bags a character may carry is adjusted by their strength bonus; for each plus, you may carry one additional bag. 
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-For example, your character has a 16 strength, which confers a +2 strength bonus.  You can carry six standard plus two more bonus bags, for a total of eight bags. 
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-=== Movement rate and encumbrance === 
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-For every full or partial bag your movement rate is reduced by 5’, to a minimum of 10’/round. 
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-=== Label your bags! === 
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-Each bag should be labeled what and where it is.  This means that if you lose items for whatever reason (thievery, effect from a trap or spell, need to shed weight during an encounter) we know what isn’t in your possession anymore until you recover them. 
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-Also, the more items you put in a given bag makes it harder to find things under duress.  If you have four bags and label them all "backpack" (or don’t label anything and we assume that it’s all in a //really// unwieldy backpack) then if you are searching for a healing potion during combat you might have to rifle your bag to uncover it rather than it just being available to use immediately. 
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-=== Sheets === 
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-{{forms:inventory.pdf|Here are sheets to track inventories.}} 
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-{{tag>houserule}} 

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