What counts towards encumbrance

• Armor: Chain and plate armors add encumbrance points but are not included in the regular equipment count.
• Items: Carrying 6 or more different items adds encumbrance points, with additional points for every 5 items beyond the initial 6. Weapons included.
• Oversized Items: Great and two-handed weapons, or any item requiring two hands or as tall as the character, count as oversized items and each adds encumbrance points.
• Coins: 100 any coins count as 1 regular item.
• Small items of the same type (e.g., arrows, spikes) count as one item.

What does not count

• Worn items like cloaks, jewelry, and backpacks.
• Very small items, at the Referee's discretion.

How to count

• Chain or Plate Armor: +1 or +2 points respectively.
• Carrying Items: +1 point for every 5 items beyond the first 5. Dwarves can carry an additional 5 items (10 in total) before encumbrance penalties apply.
• Oversized Items: +1 point per oversized item.

Effects

• Specialist must be unencumbered to use any class abilities involving movement without penalty, or suffer a one point skill penalty for level of encumbrance.
• Magic-Users cannot cast spells if they are more than Lightly encumbered. Elves cannot cast spells if they are more than Heavily encumbered.

Encumbrance Units and Points:

• Encumbrance Points: These are used to determine the encumbrance level of a character. Taken from the LotFP core book.
• Encumbrance Units: Smaller divisions of encumbrance points, with 1 encumbrance unit being 1/5 of a point. All elements in the application have a weight expressed in e.u.

Special Rules:

• Coins Encumbrance: 100 coins count as 1 regular item or 1 e.u. This option can be disabled in the Wallet settings.