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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8612779" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Then I would think they have a hard time facing reality? (j/k)Seriously though, females in most species cannot carry as much weight as males. The same is true for smaller races compared to medium races. Now, this is a fantasy game, so having some races where they are equal or even have it reversed (as in the sense of Drow classically), works in those cases.If you look at real-life world weight lifting records, female records are usually anywhere from 65-80% of male records. So, we went with the highest ratio and gave females 8 and males 10. We did not want to penalize females in the sense of attack rolls or damage, or strength checks, and the difference in weight carried is significant but moderate enough to represent reality without being overly taxing.Many players enjoy D&D will less of a real/simulation feel, but we like it that way as grounding the game more makes it more believable for us.Precisely, they also have (in general) a higher tolerance for pain.Since we use levels of exhaustion in such fashion, granting females an additional level seemed appropriate.</blockquote>