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Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern:
I found my arrows, did you find your Bag of Holding? 
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But, let's say you found 19 stacks of 40 Arrows - how exactly do you reconcile the fact that your character is carrying 760 arrows, if we're talking realism here? That's not even getting into the idea of carrying 17 suits of armor... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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This is false, because the BoH can in fact increase your power indirectly. The bag itself does nothing to improve your statistics, but it enables you to carry many, many items that throws any concept of pre-planning-packing out of the window.
The player no longer needs to worry about what to carry, and what to not. That is more power to the player.
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I understand this, but you might as well say that having 16 backpack slots is also an indirect increase in power, since you could carry around, say, 4 suits of armor for the right occasion plus 7 Swords for just the right opponent with a few Shields, just in case.
If Encumbrance was based not just on weight & slots but also on, well, encumbrance, then I'd probably agree with you (if, e.g., a suit of Splint Mail added weight AND took up 3 slots). But as long as 3 Notes, a Red Piece of Cloth, & a Harper Amulet takes as much room as 5 suits of Full Plate, any arguments based on "extra slots = extra power" is flawed.
FWIW, I tend to cheat in an early Bag of Holding in most of my games, primarily to hold notes, quest items, & Item Upgrade components, most of which combined aren't as cumbersome as 1 suit of Chainmail. I use it for anything I don't feel like running back to my Stronghold to retrieve. It's an Ease of Use that's not included in EaseOfUse, IMO.
Incidently, the ToB Bag of Holding is, I believe, bought from the Arcana Archives (although the Expanded Thief Stronghold MOD can get you an extra one, as well).
- Imrahil