Thoughts? I'm an encumbrance nerd, so this bugs me. Some things, like magic weapons or armor, you already know. And, other categories will always have a standard weight: potions, wands, etc. But, things that used to be classified as 'wondrous items' or 'misc magic items', I'm not sure how to assign weight to them, unless I refer to a prior edition, like 3rd or perhaps PF. What's your take?
D&D 5E Magic item weights aren't listed in DMG
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painted_klown
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They are magical and weightless....
j/k, but I would probably rule that way if it came down to a situation where a PC had to drop an item to avoid going over their carrying capacity.
j/k, but I would probably rule that way if it came down to a situation where a PC had to drop an item to avoid going over their carrying capacity.
Well, most of them really dont' tneed weight listed, do they? A magic sword or armor... look up the weight of the appropriate sword type. One of the tomes? We have books in the equipment section PHB listed. Amulet of some kind? Use the holy object amulet as a comparison. Bag of holding? There's a bag listed. Boots and Bracers? Part of your armor / clothes calculation, I imagine.
Most of the stuff has an easy comparison. What exactly are you missing?
Most of the stuff has an easy comparison. What exactly are you missing?
Most of the time, the magic item will weigh the same as a normal item of the same type.
Do the books have weights for all imaginable objects? No. Make a judgement call, based on items that are given weight, and move on. We want to watch encumbrance, but we don't have to be overzealous about it.
Yes, I mentioned this in my original post. I'm talking more about the oddball stuff, what used to be misc magic items or 'wondrous items'. So, items like the 'horn of valhalla' or 'pipes of the sewers' don't have a weight listed.
Not a big deal. As I mentioned, I'm an encumbrance nerd, and last year, I built an Excel app to track items in my PF game. I'm thinking of doing the same for this new version of D&D.
Basically for standard humanoids its (HT x 0.08898) x (HT x 0.08898) x HT X 0.00136 X C
Where HT is height in inches, and C is a constant based upon the material it is made of. For flesh C = 47.
Grazzt
Demon Lord
So the 1e/2e ogre (9 feet tall, 300-350 pounds) needed to eat more adventurers to reach average weight?
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