Greetings,

Looking for AS&SH players interested in playing in a gritty sandbox style campaign on Roll20. Players set their own course with a focus on exploration. New and veteran players are welcome.

* Thursdays @ 8:30pm-11pm EST/EDT
* Roll20 for maps, character sheets, and dice
* Discord for voice

If you're interested in playing, send me a PM.

Thanks,
Quade

Ghul wrote:

I That being said, one of the more interesting systems I saw about 12 or 13 years ago was done by one of the Castles & Crusades guys. What it did was take the weight of an item and reapportion it if it was stored in a backpack. So, that 2-lb. silk rope? It's effective weight is reduced when placed in a backpack, because that weight is distributed about the shoulders and core. It's still way too granular for my tastes, personally, but I thought it was interesting. I'll check out the doc, Dave!  

I too like the C&C approach. In general, I think slot based encumbrance systems is a good middle ground. They provide resource management without the needed of a spreadsheet. Not the most accurate, but a step up from just hand waving.

I use the following house rule for encumbrance. Armor is not included as it's effect on movement is already covered by Table 46: Armour.

Encumbrance is measured as the number of items a player has on their possession not including clothing and armor. A characters maximum encumbrance is equal to twice their strength attribute. If a character exceeds this limit, they are encumbered. If a character exceeds more than twice this limit they are heavily encumbered. Penalties for encumbered characters are define in Table 79: Calculated Encumbrance.

Items stored inside a container that has a maximum capacity only counts as 1 item. For example, a quiver that has a maximum capacity of 12 arrows only counts as 2 items when it contains arrows (i.e., 1 for the quiver + 1 for the arrows). The capacity for such containers cannot be exceeded.

Small items such as coins, gems, rings, etc. count as 1/100 of an item if they are stored in a container such as a backpack, pouch, or sack.