While writing my latest set of rules-light FRPG rules I have come to consider the use of arms and armour in the historical periods that relate to most fantasy games - notably the ancient, 'dark' ages and medieval periods.

My main contention is that throughout history real warriors went into combat carrying as little weight as possible. The balance between speed, endurance and protection was always a difficult one to manage.

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I have absolutely no idea if this is news to you guys but Mongoose have put up their annual 'State of the Mongoose' address on their open fora.

It's all interesting stuff but one thing that caught my eye was news of the rerelease of Traveller - 'ho hum' I thought, 'another half-hearted D20 tie in' - yawn.

Couldn't have been more wrong folks. It seems Mongoose have gone straight back to the original books and the Third Imperium - yay! They are not using D20 - yay! And they are up

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Well chaps, and former-colonists ;) , the pre-4th edition panic has officially begun.

I was over browsing at Paizo.com when I noticed that all of Green Ronin's OGL/D20 line had gone on sale, and when I say 'on sale' I mean 'ON SALE'.

Hardbacks are $5 and softbacks are $2! it would cost me more in shipping t the UK than to buy the entire Freeport range.

I wonder how long it will be before every OGL/D20 publisher is marking its entire range down into the clearance bucket?

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Equipment

The lists below show the approximate encumbrances for commonly available equipment. Encumbrance is a value which represent not only the weight but also the bulk of an item. An Explorer can easily carry half his STR attribute wit

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