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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 7510043" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p>So, we have a player with a birdman barbarian with an 18 Strength in the party, </p><p>and he is becoming prone to picking up other characters and shuttling them around</p><p>to various spots, which is essentially a permanent fly spell. My DM senses are tingling, and </p><p>this usually means that something is being abused and I need to take a closer </p><p>look at it. There is little to go on except that the Max carrying capacity for a PC is their </p><p>strength score (18) x 15, so he could max out at 270 pounds. The game does not</p><p>differentiate between walking and flying (although it probably should). </p><p></p><p>So basically, at what point is an 80 to 100lb birdman encumbered to the point that it </p><p>cannot lift an ally off the ground? I think the example yesterday would have included a roughly 200+ lb ally (including gear). I don't know how much gear the aarakroca himself had, and I wasn't going to stop play to have him calculate everything, but it would have to include tents, water,</p><p>weapons, and all the other stuff they need to navigate Chult. </p><p></p><p>I don't want to nitpick this too much, but I also feel like the player is assuming that his </p><p>18 Strength is a do whatever I want card, and I would like some kind of solid book rules</p><p>to make a convincing argument, OR, if I'm plain wrong, at least know that. </p><p></p><p>This is an instance where the simplification of 5e is getting in the way of logic. The birdman</p><p>weighs so little so that by design his wings are powerful enough to lift him, and not another</p><p>entire character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 7510043, member: 31465"] So, we have a player with a birdman barbarian with an 18 Strength in the party, and he is becoming prone to picking up other characters and shuttling them around to various spots, which is essentially a permanent fly spell. My DM senses are tingling, and this usually means that something is being abused and I need to take a closer look at it. There is little to go on except that the Max carrying capacity for a PC is their strength score (18) x 15, so he could max out at 270 pounds. The game does not differentiate between walking and flying (although it probably should). So basically, at what point is an 80 to 100lb birdman encumbered to the point that it cannot lift an ally off the ground? I think the example yesterday would have included a roughly 200+ lb ally (including gear). I don't know how much gear the aarakroca himself had, and I wasn't going to stop play to have him calculate everything, but it would have to include tents, water, weapons, and all the other stuff they need to navigate Chult. I don't want to nitpick this too much, but I also feel like the player is assuming that his 18 Strength is a do whatever I want card, and I would like some kind of solid book rules to make a convincing argument, OR, if I'm plain wrong, at least know that. This is an instance where the simplification of 5e is getting in the way of logic. The birdman weighs so little so that by design his wings are powerful enough to lift him, and not another entire character. [/QUOTE]
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