Scrabble Encumbrance

Do you think encumbrance is too easy, too simple, and too logical? If this is the case, I have a new system that completely ruins all that:

Scrabble Encumbrance. You have a square grid where each side is 8 + STR mod long. You must write down all of your possessions on it, in a way that follows the rules of scrabble.

Here's an example of bowman's and a spear-fighter's inventories:



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