rule clarification

[tremorlaine]

Originally Posted by Mister Ed

You have to deal with the excess immediately. Unfortunately, during combat there are not a lot of legal options other than giving them away/discarding them. You could play another Dwarf card if you had one (assuming it was your turn, or you had somehow just recieved it if it wasn't your turn) to allow you to keep the extra items. But you can't sell during combat, you can't play a hireling during combat (there's a lot of stuff you can't do during combat) and you can't wait until combat is over to deal with the situation.

I didn't think you could give away items during combat either. I think the only option for the player who loses dwarf in combat and has multiple big items is to discard them down to one or play another dwarf card.