It's not really very well defined in Automatic Progression, but the way I see it is that the bonuses are internal to you; part of<em>you</em>. The deflection bonus is more like a natural ability and could be categorized on the sheet as natural armor. The bonuses to weapons and armor are, as I think of it, the result of experience and understanding of how your muscles and training  have honed your skills and grants you the bonus as a natural result. Something inside of you has kindeled to provide what is in essence, a magical knack.<br/><br/>Think of it like an athlete in the mist of his career. When he begins, he's just raw potential, but a few years in, he's learned skills and the in's and out's of the game and is a better player. Automatic Progression is something like that; it shows development and advancement via improvements of the character.<br/><br/>Encumberance numbers from my side<br/><br/>2 shortswords: 4 lbs<br/>2 daggers: 2 lbs )Your weight is wrong on these, they are 1 lb each.)<br/>shortbow: 2 lbs<br/>Sheath of arrows: 3 lbs<br/>Clothing: 8 lbs (Assumption that you would be wearing the cold weather clothing in a cold weather environment)<br/>Hat: 1lbs<br/>Armor: 15 lbs<br/>Handy Haversack: 5 lbs<br/>Total: 40 lbs (42 with your  error in dagger weight)<br/><br/>So, I was slightly off on the weight by 3 pounds using your numbers. As long as your strength is a 12 or over, your encumberance is light..<br/><br/>Without the ring, your cost drops by 2K, and you're within the limits with a couple of hundred to spare. Although, I should point out that while some itmes don't list a weight, multiples will add up. I've seen a new player argue with a GM over items like this because the rules stated that there was no weight, so he bought 100 of something and it didn't weight anything.<br/><br/>I didn't add any weight for things like candles, tender twigs or sunrods, but they do have weight and take up space in multiples. It's like a pencil. An individual pencil weights next to nothing, a box of pincels is a couple of pounds. So, I'd say that 10 of any item without a weight is going to be about a pound. I know that sunrods, being made of iron, should weight more, but for simplicy sake, 10 of them is a pound. Same for tendertwigs and so on.<br/>