kingius wrote:Each character has 8 inventory slots for his gear. As little as 3 may be being used, e.g. armour, shield, weapon, giving room for miscallaenous items like gems, jewelry, torches, etc, though it could fill up quickly when you start adding bows and quivers of arrows. Currently no encumberance is calculated for items held, the only restriction are the 8 slots. With 6 characters in the party this gives 48 slots for equipment in total.
My first thought is that 8 slots per character is low. "Pool of Radiance" has 16 I think, and "Wizardry 6" has 24 (although it is different in that you need many separate pieces of armour, and many quest items which cannot be dropped). I guess that 8 was what it is in "The Bards Tale" though. I assume you be able to pool items (such as torches, arrows, gems), but not larger items like swords? This will severely limit the strategy of collecting enemies' items to sell back in town... intentionally ? Anyway, I'm sure play testing will determine if 8 is too low, or just perfect .