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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9251016" data-attributes="member: 58172">As far as I can tell, 2024 should double down on the Carrying Capacity of Size.This has vivid and fun flavor: "Sorry, Halfling, you are too small to push this chest of gold. Can you think of an other way to move it?" But 5e downplays Encumbrance generally, and normally it wont interfere with character options or advancement.A Strength +5 Halfling is no problem, since the Halfling is strong for ones Size. Athletics checks function normally. Strength to attack and damage adds normally.Lets look at the weapons weights.The Heavy weapons are the polearms, including the greatsword. The reallife zveihaender sword is effectively a kind of polearm. Polearms that arent Heavy, are the spear and lance (longspear). Then there is the heavier maul hammer. The longbow and heavy crossbow are also Heavy, but it seems obvious a Halfling can conceptually use these ranged weapons effectively.Mainly the polearms are the debate.The greatsword isnt actually "heavy", a mere 6 pounds. The other polearms are similar. 2014 says the Halfling is about 3 feet tall at about 40 pounds. However, 3 feet tall is the size of a 2-year-old Human child, and is unlikely to even reach 30 pounds. In Forgotten Realms, some Halfling communities average about 3½ feet, and some even taller. 40 pounds is closer to roughly 3'8, about a 5-year-old Human child. So, suppose we are talking about an individual Halfling who happens to be stronger, taller and burlier, about 42 pounds. The greatsword is about one seventh of the body mass of the Halfling. No question, the Halfling can easily Lift and Carry the greatsword without Encumbrance.A Halfling wielding a greatsword (6 pounds/42 pounds ≈ 14% bodymass) is something like a Human wielding a pike (18 pounds/ 180 pounds ≈ 10% bodymass).Assume the Halfling is remarkably strong to steer the momentum of the greatsword swings. What do you think? Does the Halfling have enough bodymass to anchor the momentum of the greatsword swing? Is there a "dancing fighting technique" than can jump and leverage ones body with the swings?</blockquote>

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