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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 27011" data-attributes="member: 1656">I want to say no.But I can't really support it.Personally, I think they've gone the wrong way - I think they should have left retrieving an item from the Haversack as an MEA, and made retrieving a stored item from a normal container a full-round action.I mean, to get a standard pack off your back, open it, find the flask of acid that's right at the bottom under all your rope and pitons and trail rations 'cos you hardly ever need it, close your pack and put it back on... all in three seconds?I don't see why retrieving something from the Haversack should be faster than drawing a sword.  When you go to get your flask of acid from the very bottom of your Haversack - it's right there on top.  When you go to draw your sword - it's right there on your hip where it always is.So to me, free action for the Haversack doesn't make sense, but that's what the erratum says.Perhaps you could interpret the "draw a weapon" action to be more than just retrieving it from the bag.  Maybe you could manage to require an MEA (or "combined with move") to ready a weapon for melee, but allow thrown weapons to be produced from the Haversack as free actions.-Hyp.</blockquote>