Sorry if I missed these in the rule book or if they've been answered before, I tried to search the forums but was unable to find anything.

Q 1: Can any hero equip any weapon? Like a berserker with a rune?

Q 2: If a hero is knocked out at the end of encounter 1 when can they try to get up?

Q 3: Can Heros trade search items between encounters?

Q 4: Can a figure stand on a knocked out hero? If so where do the figures go when the hero stands up?

Thanks for your time!

DeviousRebel said:

1. Yes they can. Note that many skills only work with certain weapons types though, and some armors can't be worn while equipping runes.

2. They get a free stand up before the second encounter. This comes after the recover fatigue step though, so they will start encounter 2 without much fatigue. Page 18 has the details.

3. No, that isn't something listed on the things they can do between encounters.

4. "A space containing a knocked out hero (represented by a hero token) is
considered to be empty to other figures for the purposes of movement. In
other words, any figure may move through and end its movement in that
space. Also, knocked out heroes do not block line of sight."

I expect that they'd just appear in the nearest empty space if someone was on top of them, although I don't see it explicitly listed in the rules.

2. There was an official response in another thread that said the between encounter events weren't an ordered list. All heroes regain all fatigue regardless if they had to stand up or not

Badend said:

"If another figure occupies the space containing the hero token, the standing hero figure is placed in the closest empty space to his hero token of that hero player's choice." - Page 10 under the "Stand Up" action description.