User blog comment:The Milkman/Skyrim Titbits/@comment-3492791-20120823044706

Actually following up on that last comment I think i'll add a nit picky idea as well.

What about advanced item management? It feels like we get off a little bit free when it comes to many interactable objects. Things like the Pickaxe and Wood cutter's axe seemed like an interesting idea. You need to physicly carry the tool required for the job you wish to do, or you can't do it. But everything else, you seem to have some ancient secret dragon knowledge that lets you conjure hammer's from the aether. It would be interesting if to use any kind of crafting object, requires you to actually have the tool you are using to do it.

This wouldn't really be of concern if it wasn't already in the game. They kind of half-assed it that only the two "gathering" tools are need to gather, but not "crafting" tools are needed to craft. If you were required to carry the tools needed for jobs, and all these tools weighed something, you would actually have to choose which to carry with you or suffer the weight penalty of having them all. You need to have; hammers for Work bench and Forge, shovels for Smelter, any kind of dagger (doesn't have to be iron) for Tanning Rack, maybe add a pestle to use for Alchemy Table, maybe some sort of sigil stone-like object for enchanting (or mystic tuning gloves?), and for Cooking Pot...umm, maybe a wooded lattle? Not like it matters since no one will use it anyway.

Gold should also have weight. It kind of feels weird to be carrying 300k on your person. Presumably in some sort of interdimentional coin purse. You would have to keep the majority of your money somewhere other than your pocket. This would actually give people a real reason to get a house. And again, weight management. You have to "weigh" your options if it's more important to bring the extra cash, or that fancy armor you might be able to sell. Is it worth it's weight in gold? (sorry, I couldn't resist). Obviously the weight would be something low like 0.1, but still something.