Thrown spear encumbrance

[Asterix16]

Hi guys,

After throwing a spear, could the PCs decrease their encumbrance by two until remainder combat? It would make sense flavour wise. Since i cannot see any rules regarding this I'm assuming you can't. On the other hand, One could argue that there is the precedent of removing a helm to remove encumbrance during combat

Cheers

[Earendil]

Yes, your encumbrance will decrease, but that won't have any effect on the combat, because your fatigue (which is what matters here) does not decrease until you have a prolonged rest.

Helms are a specific exception to this general rule: the book actually says this is "Unlike the rest of the equipment making up a hero’s gear of war"...