Larry Fitz
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I have a homebrew feat which I give flying monsters as they advance, Strong Flyer which enables the to fly with up to a medium load.
how much weight can a flying creature lift?
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Larry Fitz
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Um, that's it really, it gives flying creatures the ability to fly while carrying up to a medium load, if it was cooler than that it would be in an LI book.. it may get in one anyway, but for now, that's really it...
So, if this is the rule....
How the hell can a pegasus :light - 100(manticore:light 140) carry anything larger than a lightly armored Halfling?
Hey pallys, kiss yer neat warhorse goodbye.
Just what can carry the medium armored human anyway?
That's crap, and flies in the face of most fantasy precedents. There should be a different modifier for flight strength. 1/2 Light ENC(under that descriptor) should be at full flight move. Light ENC should be at 2/3 value. Medium ENC should be 1/3 move. Heavy should not allow liftoff, but should allow a less than critical descent. Anything more than 1.5 heavy... gravity makes you it's bitch.
IMHO
How the hell can a pegasus :light - 100(manticore:light 140) carry anything larger than a lightly armored Halfling?
Hey pallys, kiss yer neat warhorse goodbye.
Just what can carry the medium armored human anyway?
That's crap, and flies in the face of most fantasy precedents. There should be a different modifier for flight strength. 1/2 Light ENC(under that descriptor) should be at full flight move. Light ENC should be at 2/3 value. Medium ENC should be 1/3 move. Heavy should not allow liftoff, but should allow a less than critical descent. Anything more than 1.5 heavy... gravity makes you it's bitch.
IMHO
Knight Otu
First Post
From the SRD:
The manticore has no such line, but since it has a Str of 20, is large size and a quadruped, we have:
Light Load: 400 pounds (exact calculation 399)
Medium Load: 800 pounds (exact calculation 798)
Heavy Load: 1200 pounds
That's a bit more than you say, presumably because you forgot the modifiers for size and being a quadruped.
The manticore has no such line, but since it has a Str of 20, is large size and a quadruped, we have:
Light Load: 400 pounds (exact calculation 399)
Medium Load: 800 pounds (exact calculation 798)
Heavy Load: 1200 pounds
That's a bit more than you say, presumably because you forgot the modifiers for size and being a quadruped.
Kid Charlemagne
I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator
Zentermi said:
Since a Pegasus is a large, quadrapedal creature, it's Load amount is multiplied by 3, meaning it can carry up to 300 lbs as a light load, which works out just fine, even for a pretty heavily armored human.
So it looks like the final answer is you can fly with up to a light load, and no more.
KDLadage
Explorer
The Way I Handle This:
On page 162 of the 3.5 PHB, we have the Carrying Capacity chart. This chart shows that for a ST 10 creature, light load us up to 33 pounds, and Heavy Load is up to 100 pounds (a shift of about x3). This chart goes on to show that all Strength levels have this same ratio: The maximum heavy load is about the same as Light Load x3.
Since flying creatures (as I read it) are limited to Light Loads, I simply state that all carried weight while flying encumbers the flying creature at 3x its actual weight. For a ST 10 flying creature carying 15 points (a light load) is effectively carying 45 pounds, which will encumber it (effectively) as though it were carying a medium load (for the effect of slowing it down). Optionally, you can also reduce the maneuverability by one class for each level of effective encumberance as well.
But that is just how I do it.
On page 162 of the 3.5 PHB, we have the Carrying Capacity chart. This chart shows that for a ST 10 creature, light load us up to 33 pounds, and Heavy Load is up to 100 pounds (a shift of about x3). This chart goes on to show that all Strength levels have this same ratio: The maximum heavy load is about the same as Light Load x3.
Since flying creatures (as I read it) are limited to Light Loads, I simply state that all carried weight while flying encumbers the flying creature at 3x its actual weight. For a ST 10 flying creature carying 15 points (a light load) is effectively carying 45 pounds, which will encumber it (effectively) as though it were carying a medium load (for the effect of slowing it down). Optionally, you can also reduce the maneuverability by one class for each level of effective encumberance as well.
But that is just how I do it.
Yes, a Pegasus is a Large Quadruped. But unless it has four wings that extra set of legs isn't going to help squat when it's flying.Kid Charlemagne said:
A flying Pegasus would have a Light load of 200 lbs. As a paladin's mount it will get at least a +1 to Str, which makes it's Light load 232 lbs. or more. That Paladin had better invest in a lot of mithril equipment if he wants to be flying around on a pegasus - which is exactly how I think it should be.
Kid Charlemagne
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Conaill said:
Can you show a reference anywhere to show that this is actually the intention of the rules? The MM 3.5 is pretty explicit in agreeing with me, and gives no indication that it's load capacity is in any way changed depending on if it is flying or on the ground.
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