I may be reading the rule wrong, but is a player allowed to useweapons and armor in the fight. I was seeing Objects and thinking it was a fisticuff, mind war. Am I reading "too" far into the rule?

"Followers, Spells, or Objects cannot fight in
a character’s place." (p. 7)

I think the key phrase is "in X's place". There is no restriction on what you can use yourself (apart from the normal rules, i.e. 1 weapon only unless Warrior, etc.).

Yes, u can use 1 wepon and 1 armor + followers strength or craft (depends on what you choos) and benifits from spells . But no followers or spells with creatures that fights in your place can be used, but some can fight whit you