Carrying Capacities for Mundane Items

[Sfounder]

Hello,
I can't beleive tha tI can't find this on my own, but it's true. What are the capacities for things like Backpacks, belt pouches, and sacks (from the PHB)?

 

[JimAde]

Well don't feel bad. I just looked in the SRD and I can't find it either. Hmm...

 

[shilsen]

Somebody screwed up and left that info out of the 3.5 PHB (it's there in the 3e one). According to the 3e list, a backpack and a sack hold 1 cu. ft. of material each, while a belt pouch holds 1/5 cubic ft. No weight limit listed.

 

[JimAde]

Great, shilsen. Thanks for the info.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

I think you can also "reverse-engineer" what that relates to in pounds using the description of the Handy Haversack. IIRC it's 10 pounds per cubic foot.

 

[dcollins]

3.0, we hardly knew ye. From the 3.0 SRD:

Containers and Carriers
Dry Goods
Item			Cost	Weight	Holds or Carries
----			----	------	----------------
Backpack		2 gp	2 lb.	1 cu. ft.
Barrel			2 gp	30 lb.	10 cu. ft.
Basket			4 sp	1 lb.	2 cu ft.
Bucket			5 sp	2 lb.	1 cu. ft.
Chest			2 gp	25 lb.	2 cu. ft.
Pouch, belt		1 gp	1/2 lb.	1/5 cu. ft.
Sack			1 sp	1/2 lb.	1 cu. ft.
Saddlebags		4 gp	8 lb.	5 cu. ft.
Spell component pouch	5 gp	1/4 lb.	1/8 cu. ft.

Liquids
Item			Cost	Weight	Holds or Carries
----			----	------	----------------
Bottle, wine, glass	2 gp	*	1 1/2 pint
Flask			3 cp	*	1 pint
Jug, clay		3 cp	1 lb.	1 gallon
Mug/tankard, clay	2 cp	*	1 pint
Pitcher, clay		2 cp	1 lb.	1/2 gallon
Pot, iron		5 sp	2 lb.	1 gallon
Vial,ink or potion	1 gp	*	1 ounce
Waterskin		1 gp	*	1/2 gallon

*No weight worth noting.

 

[JimAde]

Excellent, thanks. I can't believe this isn't in the new SRD.

 

[dcollins]

Like shilsen said above, it's just totally yanked from 3.5, including the PHB. Personally, I don't play 3.5 because of a long list of stuff like this.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

This is why I still keep a 3.0 PHB around.