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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 354648" data-attributes="member: 6875">How much would I allow?Two or three quivers on the back (only one if they also carry a backpack of any real size), plus one more on the draw-side hip if no weapon is hung there (should be no more cumbersome than a longsword would be).  Same for bolt cases.How big are these quivers?  20 arrows on the back.  10 arrows on the hip.  10 arrows apiece on the back, if more than one is worn, or if a backpack is worn with it.  So at most, readily available and on their person, fourty arrows (thirty on the back, ten on the hip), barring the use of magic.However, I've done the drawing work on the concept of a backpack, which can hold another 80 arrows, and still have about 3/4 the volume capacity of a normal backpack; the concept is, you take it OFF, and put it on the ground, during battle.  There are four quivers built into it -- two on each side, and two along the part that's against your back when you wear it.  The bottom is weighted, and set up so it'll stand up.As an aside, my presumption has ALWAYS been, even sword-fighters drop their backpacks ... adventurers tend to pick packs and other gear that can be shed quickly in an emergency.  Refusal or failure to do so, well, I'd assess a -1 circumstance penalty on attacks, AC, reflex saves, and most other things an armor-check penalty would adversely affect, during a combat situation.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  The light weight of an all-quiver affair on an archer's back, I don't penalise for ... nor a truly EMPTY backpack (i.e. the most it has is a dry change of clothes or two, not even a half-full waterskin).  I decided on all this from personal experience trying to run, or otherwise move quickly, with a full combat pack (etc) in the army.  It's possible to fight in that much gear, but it's neither easy, nor fun.  Slight, broadly-applied penalties seemed in order. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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