Encumberance... In or Out?
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I'm A Banana
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...so why do we need to track the poundage of our equipment if all we're using it for is to see if we can heft the big stuff?
What does Encumbrance measure that "Make a Strength check" doesn't?
I've always liked Encumberence. It adds a nose dose of down to Earthness to the games that the game really does need. You can't build castles in the sky without your feet on the ground. Also, you can't carry everything and the kitchen sink with you at all times.
Plus, I always get kicks out of watching my players huddle together and try to formulate some new plan to thwart encumberance, such as charming an enemy then polymorphing it into a pack animal after they scare the actual donkey away. DMs who hand out bags of holding all the time just aren't doing it right. I say a DM isn't doing their job properly unless the players have to use their brains.
Plus, I always get kicks out of watching my players huddle together and try to formulate some new plan to thwart encumberance, such as charming an enemy then polymorphing it into a pack animal after they scare the actual donkey away. DMs who hand out bags of holding all the time just aren't doing it right. I say a DM isn't doing their job properly unless the players have to use their brains.
we never used Encumberence mainly only for the stuff you had in your backpack not for your gear and weapons.
reading a bit trough it i remember why, the fact that a cleric would need strength 14 when wearing a full plate and carrying a mace. and only wanting to carry a light load
( this being naked under the plate priests vestments are another 6lb)
a royal son str 8 is going on a field trip
royal's outfit (15lbs)
longsword at his side (4lb)
backpack (2lb)
rations for 1 day (1lb)
2 sun rods (2lb)
water skin (4lb
-----------------------------
28lb total
giving him a medium load and thus movement reduction
in 3.5 you could derive at the weight of coins trough the bless water spell
it needs 5lb of silver which costs 25 GP
so 5lb of silver is 250 silver pieces
so 50 silver pieces weigh 1lb
and lets assume a GP weighs the same as a sp
lets say the fighter would like to buy a sword +5 costing 50000 GP
the gold pieces would weigh 1000lb and he has strength 18
light load <100 10 round trips between the gold stash and the store
medium 101/200 5 trips
heavy 201/300 3 and a bit
now i remember why we turned the 100 GP identify pearl a standard currency.
reading a bit trough it i remember why, the fact that a cleric would need strength 14 when wearing a full plate and carrying a mace. and only wanting to carry a light load
( this being naked under the plate priests vestments are another 6lb)
a royal son str 8 is going on a field trip
royal's outfit (15lbs)
longsword at his side (4lb)
backpack (2lb)
rations for 1 day (1lb)
2 sun rods (2lb)
water skin (4lb
-----------------------------
28lb total
giving him a medium load and thus movement reduction
in 3.5 you could derive at the weight of coins trough the bless water spell
it needs 5lb of silver which costs 25 GP
so 5lb of silver is 250 silver pieces
so 50 silver pieces weigh 1lb
and lets assume a GP weighs the same as a sp
lets say the fighter would like to buy a sword +5 costing 50000 GP
the gold pieces would weigh 1000lb and he has strength 18
light load <100 10 round trips between the gold stash and the store
medium 101/200 5 trips
heavy 201/300 3 and a bit
now i remember why we turned the 100 GP identify pearl a standard currency.
