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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 3734644" data-attributes="member: 1622">True encumbrance, like the fact that carrying a 10lb 30' pole is harder than carrying a 10lb dumbbell, is a loosey-goosey concept that can't really be quantified into a number.  I think that sort of thing has to be the DM's call.  I think that's why they stopped trying to make everything have an encumbrance value, and just stuck with weight.  Weight is a very objective, easy to figure out value that easily translates into a single number, and is easily related to a character's strength.I don't think encumbrance should come back.  If you don't want your players carrying six halberds and four sets of full plate from a battle field - just tell them they can't.-Nate</blockquote>