But as fluffybunbunkittens has already mentioned, the movement rules with respect to moving around the creature you're grappling already deviate from the rules for dragging and carrying. So any inference that you should interpret drag and carry as using the same rules on page 176 is weakened. Better to just not worry about it since there's already a rule in place to keep a player from grappling (and thus moving) anything 2 sizes larger than themselves.The rule says, “you can drag or carry the grappled creature with you,” and I choose to interpret the words drag and carry as the same words in the rules for lifting and carrying.
Being big and strong and doing what big, strong folks do in movies?Y'know, all this makes me wish martials got Powerful Build as a class feature (and it stacked with the racial ability).
I don't think that's true. All you have to do as a player is say "I want to lift them overhead."You're not lifting them. Nothing in the game lets you do something cool as that.
It's mostly the maneuvering for greco-roman wrestling, so no carrying capacity.
that would be right where the encumbrance rules rush in to stop you from being too awesome. Deadlifts lead to suplexes and we can't have that.I don't think that's true. All you have to do as a player is say "I want to lift them overhead."
But encumbrance is an optional role in 5e. So in the default game this is expected to be handled by an Ability Check.that would be right where the encumbrance rules rush in to stop you from being too awesome. Deadlifts lead to suplexes and we can't have that.
Encumbrance in the same exact listing as making any kinds of ability checks, so it's only optional in the sense that you can choose to ignore any rule. That said, I agree with the sentiment - they want to do something, just roll for it, much simpler than wondering how many stones someone's got in their backpack.But encumbrance is an optional role in 5e. So in the default game this is expected to be handled by an Ability Check.
Checking the PHB, Carrying Capacity is part of the default rules and Encumbrance is optional.Encumbrance in the same exact listing as making any kinds of ability checks, so it's only optional in the sense that you can choose to ignore any rule. That said, I agree with the sentiment - they want to do something, just roll for it, much simpler than wondering how many stones someone's got in their backpack.
Push, Drag, or Lift. You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet.
Aa, the official name isn't variant encumbrance, implying the default is encumbrance, but it's variant: encumbrance. Oops.Checking the PHB, Carrying Capacity is part of the default rules and Encumbrance is optional.
It literally states the limit is twice your carrying capacity, though? Your speed is 5ft if it goes over once your carrying capacity.But even according to those rules, there isn't really a limit to what you can lift, it's just that your speed drops to 0: