What about new items?

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Originally Posted by takkaria

Though I do think it might be quite interesting to have mages who can't really carry much at all (weakness) and only carry a selection of potions, herbs, and the like-- but that's definitely variant talk. Actually, it's the kind of thing I was planning for my variant, which I may or may not ever write.

Poor mages have it hard already, carrying three copies of six different books, 3lbs each, just to avoid being left stranded in dungeon after vital spellbook gets burned up. With their inherently low STR, no need to worsen them further.