Yeah but that means asking the dm “Yo what’s that weigh tho?” Every time you get a trinket, world ending spider, Frying pan, and ballista bolt :/. So you try an guess an the next thing you know you just kinda forget that inventory weight exists… Until the DM reminds you again
No. It’s too fiddly. If I wanted to play with spreadsheets I’d go back to work.
There’s apps that keep track of inventory weight automatically
Yeah but that means asking the dm “Yo what’s that weigh tho?” Every time you get a trinket, world ending spider, Frying pan, and ballista bolt :/. So you try an guess an the next thing you know you just kinda forget that inventory weight exists… Until the DM reminds you again
We also don’t keep track of bolts or arrows. That one is a bit more controversial, but it’s overhead that slows down the story.
I guess the best way to manage this is to just have cut offs:
Tiny and small objects are weightless
Medium and higher objects weigh 1
Large objects weigh 4
Huge objects weigh 8
And then you give your character like a limit of, I dunno, 24.
You can carry three suits of plate mail and one tower shield before you’ve got a problem, ex.