So I recently played a demo of a Kickstarter game using the 5E ruleset. It was very nice and felt pretty good actually playing with the DnD rules. One thing I noticed was how they not only tracked encumbrance but also item size. This gives it a different feel entirely. One must choose carefully what items they want to collect as they have limited space in their backpacks. Weight is not the only consideration, but the size as well. You won't be carrying 100 swords in your backpack while fighting off a band of orcs even if you're wearing a belt of giant strength. You just won't have room to carry all that stuff.
This can add to the RPG feel to me and I was impressed it was included. It does make me hope they add hirelings, horses, etc. though. Would be nice if you want to collect every item dropped you would have to walk it back to your camp and load up your pack mules, otherwise, you have hard decisions to make.
What are your thoughts on this?
