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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prakriti" data-source="post: 7067031" data-attributes="member: 6855149">Has anyone used the Encumbrance variant on p. 176 of the PHB? It add tiers of encumbrance. Basically: Carrying 5 x Strength = "Encumbered," -10 speed Carrying 10 x Strength = "Heavily Encumbered," -20 speed Carrying 15 x Strength = ImmobileIn previous editions,  the rules differentiated between worn and carried armor, so a suit of splint armor, for example, weighed less than its 60 pounds when worn. This doesn't seem to be the case in 5E (unless I missed something). What this means, effectively, is that any character in heavy armor is going to be encumbered. A level-1 character with 16 Strength, for example, can carry up to 80 pounds without being encumbered. But chain mail, shield, and longsword alone add up to about 64 pounds. By my calculation, a level-1 Fighter with just the basic starting gear is carrying 135 pounds. That's well into Encumbered territory and getting close to Heavily Encumbered (-20 speed). So -- is this intended? If so, does it work well in play? Or does it just unfairly punish heavy-armor wearers?</blockquote>