Newbie Questions

[MunchkinMan]

Just to clarify where these answers are coming from, here are the relevant rules, which happen to be under the section Items:

Originally Posted by The Rules: Items

An item card in your hand does not count until you play it; at that point, it is "carried." You may carry any number of small items, but only one Big one. (Any item not marked Big is considered Small.) You may not simply discard one Big item to play another; you must sell it, trade it, lose it to a Curse or Bad Stuff, or discard it to power a Class or Race ability.