Another idea I had was that we could try and make a litter out of light trees in the area, tie it together with rope, then put the tied together equipment on the litter. If not trees then we could try and skin the dead animal over by the cottage. Trees would be more feasible, I think though. I think that way would be easier to drop the equipment. I don't need a MW longsword, I will just use the short sword as my primary weapon. The MW and magic bonuses will even each other out, and the both swords have the same average damage(thanks to the enhancement bonus on the short sword). The short sword just has the benefit of being magical, if we come across something with DR(I don't have to change out weapons then).
I am going to update my character sheet, assuming I get a short sword and the Banded mail. I'll assume both have +1 enhancement bonus's until we find out otherwise. I'm also throwing in a short bow and my dagger into the loot pile. Duroin can have my chain shirt.
Edit: I took a longbow as well.