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<blockquote data-quote="Surgoshan" data-source="post: 4115343" data-attributes="member: 61205">Heavy armor will weight roughly fifty pounds.&nbsp; It's definitely possible to run with that, particularly as it will be well distributed to provide even protection.But sprinting while wearing clothing as light as possible will leave you winded and physically incapable of much more than walking and gasping.&nbsp; Trying to do it while carrying 80 or more pounds of crap just isn't going to happen unless you want to spend forever saying &quot;Hold on, guys, just need to catch my breath.&quot;Additionally, there's the fact that you have to accelerate your 80 extra pounds of crap.&nbsp; That's going to make your starts and stops ponderous, and you'd probably spend most of a round getting up to sprinting speed in any case.The boosts provided are already significant without getting into the &quot;Holy carp!*&nbsp; He just ran a marathon with someone sitting on his shoulders!&quot; territory while also avoiding a whole lot of complicating rules and issues regarding encumbrance and acceleration and recovery.* Mackerel are undignified.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Surgoshan, post: 4115343, member: 61205"] Heavy armor will weight roughly fifty pounds. It's definitely possible to run with that, particularly as it will be well distributed to provide even protection. But sprinting while wearing clothing as light as possible will leave you winded and physically incapable of much more than walking and gasping. Trying to do it while carrying 80 or more pounds of crap just isn't going to happen unless you want to spend forever saying "Hold on, guys, just need to catch my breath." Additionally, there's the fact that you have to [i]accelerate[/i] your 80 extra pounds of crap. That's going to make your starts and stops ponderous, and you'd probably spend most of a round getting up to sprinting speed in any case. The boosts provided are already significant without getting into the "Holy carp!* He just ran a marathon with someone sitting on his shoulders!" territory while also avoiding a whole lot of complicating rules and issues regarding encumbrance and acceleration and recovery. * Mackerel are undignified. [/QUOTE]

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