Dropping everything when wielding paddle or ski stick

[Buoidda]

I reckon paddle and ski stick are among the most wielded/unwielded items in the game and it wouldn't hurt to streamline their use.

QoL: when on a watercraft and dropping everything (to set a net), one shouldn't drop the paddle if it's wielded. Same should be with ski stick when skiing.

I would classify these both as (poor) weapons since on top of inventory they are much faster to find.
QoL: paddle is quite a formidable ad-hoc weapon - i want to finish off those squirrels with it rather that kicking and punching


it tried to mod the latter, but only succeeded with ski stick

[Brygun]

I like the idea of low end blunt damage when playing whack a ski or whack a paddle.

Sorting with the weapons makes them much more relevant to the "oh no I just met a fight" situations too.

[JP_Finn]

While I agree fully heartedly to be able to use ski stick and paddle as low-end weapons (blunt-only javelin and haphazard club)... I’d rather approach the “don’t drop these items” with a function in inventory to select items to retain, similar to worn items. _{I.e. when my character comes back to the cabin and wants to offload the excess weight to get on any tasks at the homestead, I need to select all with +, then deselect broad knife and sword (as he never goes anywhere without them.. even swim training), then Tab-c; deselect water skin, Tab-t; deselect 2-3 pieces of cord lengths. (The last two are nothing but roleplay items, turning around and moving some tiles to grab them as needed would be nothing. But I like my characters to have their water and some tying equipment at hand at all times. Same goes for the broadsword really.}

So I’d suggest to have key within Inventory to mark items for holding. Maybe it could be *, or $ (for valued items?)

Then it’d be up to the player to choose which items to retain when selecting “drop all”
Pro: individually selectable no-drop items
Con: none, as if not used, there’d be no change to current.

Additional Pro: same feature could be used to limit items from bartering suggestions