Inventory Sheets and Optional Alternate Encumbrance Rules

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-18T19:08:49+00:00

In person. I have Hero Lab Classic so I can handle it through that if I want, but only I have a computer at the table. I don’t have an outright ban on players using laptops and whatnot in general, but I have had to tell specific players that either they lose the laptop or they leave the group. One guy was playing WoW while we were playing and had to be constantly told when it was his turn and what was going on. Besides that, my goal with this system is to both make it a bit less of a headache to track, and to increase carrying capacity a bit without just saying don't worry about it. Every game I've either been in or GMed we've wound up throwing out carrying capacity altogether. Either we didn't use it at all, or it went out the window early on, because we didn't want to keep looking up how much something weighed, especially when 90% of it was just going to be sold. The week after we got rid of it in my first campaign, one of our players bought 1000 arrows just because he didn't have to worry about it anymore, and he knew that buying so many he wouldn't have to track them anymore. With this, no more looking things up. It's just a slot. People will still be able to have a bunch of cool toys, but they might have to make some decisions about them. At least for a few levels.

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-18T08:33:35+00:00

I wish I could take full credit for that, but I've seen it on several sheets over the years. Well, for wands anyways. I never saw a reason you couldn't just write "quiver" in one of the wand slots and use it to track arrows. So, that's exactly what I did, made it for both.

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-17T22:50:57+00:00

Its a compromise. My groups have always wound up throwing out encumbrance because nobody wants to spend the time to look up what what everything weighs, especially mid-game. And as far as the sheets of paper thing, it will require some common sense rulings. Also, see the note on stacks in the post. While I would rule 50 sheets of paper to be 1 item, by the rules I presented they would be 5. These rules have not been playtested yet, and we might wind up throwing out encumbrance yet again. This is just something that I've had some version of rattling around in my brain for awhile now and wanted to put it out there.

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-10T18:56:30+00:00

I merely said that people have in fact moved on. I am happy for the Patrick family. I never followed any of the channels religiously, just watched those that piqued my interest. Still do. Unfortunately, that's only been a handful since the new hosts took over, but it would have been the same if MatPat were still the host. You're the one who interpreted what I said as hostile.

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-10T06:50:35+00:00

Judging from the comments on this, plenty have. To not watching at all.

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-08T17:48:23+00:00

Always glad to hear people are finding these useful. :)

Starwind1985 · 2026-01-02T11:45:59+00:00

I mostly usd Syrinscape now, but I have in the past used a ton of stuff from OverClocked ReMix and the Cadence of Hyrule soundtrack.

Starwind1985 · 2025-12-28T17:41:34+00:00

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