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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9108259" data-attributes="member: 29398">I think part of the point is that it's supposed to be frustrating, in that it limits what the player can do in the game.&nbsp; This would put it in the same category as just about every other game rule.&nbsp; What encombrance does above and beyond this, however, is force not-always-welcome choices on the player as to what gear/loot/etc. should be kept vs what has to be left behind; and I posit choices like this are both realistic and worthwhile.And a minor point in favour of encumbrance is that it gives Strength - an otherwise secondary stat in 5e - something to do.In many sports and games the point of rules is to prevent bad (or foul) play, and the enforcement system is punishment-based: break a rule, you'll get a penalty of some sort; don't break any rules and you won't get any penalties.Encumbrance is kind of the same.&nbsp; Stay within the limits and the reward is that there's no penalties.&nbsp; Go beyond the limits and penalties will start to accrue, as enforced by the DM-as-referee.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9108259, member: 29398"] I think part of the point is that it's supposed to be frustrating, in that it limits what the player can do in the game. This would put it in the same category as just about every other game rule. What encombrance does above and beyond this, however, is force not-always-welcome choices on the player as to what gear/loot/etc. should be kept vs what has to be left behind; and I posit choices like this are both realistic and worthwhile. And a minor point in favour of encumbrance is that it gives Strength - an otherwise secondary stat in 5e - something to do. In many sports and games the point of rules is to prevent bad (or foul) play, and the enforcement system is punishment-based: break a rule, you'll get a penalty of some sort; don't break any rules and you won't get any penalties. Encumbrance is kind of the same. Stay within the limits and the reward is that there's no penalties. Go beyond the limits and penalties will start to accrue, as enforced by the DM-as-referee. [/QUOTE]

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