Dwarf = Pack mule

[Kordeth]

Let the Dragonborn paladin load up on heavy armor that would otherwise slow him down.

Put him on your broad dwarven shoulders.

Ferry the slow Dragoborn into battle at full speed!

I know this is tongue in cheek, but the slowed down dragonborn paladin moves at the same speed as the dwarf.

 

[Filcher]

I know this is tongue in cheek, but the slowed down dragonborn paladin moves at the same speed as the dwarf.

They move they same number of squares .... but the dwarf is moving at Full Speed!

 

[Thasmodious]

I've used a houserule for encumbrance for a couple years now. It is based loosely on 3e's encumbrance by armor optional rule. I call it the "dude" rule. If you are carrying so much stuff, other than the armor you are wearing, that is stretches believability to the point where the DM or another player, looking at your equipment list, naturally responds with "dude..." then you are carrying enough stuff to be further encumbered.

 

[hamishspence]

heavily encumbered

I got the impression that if it says your hands are unavailable, they stay unavailable. you need your hands to support pack. Magic backpacks might not have this problem.

 

[Old Gumphrey]

As a weightlifter I can tell you that adding your hands to a load can often (greatly) reduce the weight you can move, and you don't necessarily need your hands at all to carry around the maximum possible weight your body allows.

I think when it says "requires both hands" that is referring to if you are actually picking that load up off the ground. You don't need your hands if everything is stacked and tethered onto your back and shoulders, and I imagine it's not all one solid piece if we're talking about a "pack mule".

 

[On Puget Sound]

Disguise yourself as Tenser's Floating Disk and follow the wizard everywhere he goes.