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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 3126350" data-attributes="member: 29746">Reading the article, and having watched a couple of Strongest Man competitions on ESPN, I'd have to say 19 at a minimum and likely 20.The Atlas Stones thing requires the contestant to lift stones onto platforms that go up to about neck-height, so presumably a guy who could lift one up onto that could lift the same stone over his head- which is the requirement for meeting the "maximum load" definition in the d20 rules.The article mentions that the Atlas Stones this year went up to 350-odd pounds, and STR 19 has a max weight of 350. STR 20 is 400. Thus, he falls somewhere in between those two- if he can do 400, he's a 20.The competition also requires dragging 18-wheeler trucks, which weigh a lot more than 2000 pounds (the limit for a STR 20 character), but then again the 18-wheelers are being dragged along a level road and are on wheels with tires that have good traction. So it's not like dragging, say, a sledge loaded with treasure over a rocky plain. So I wouldn't call that a fair measure of his STR in game terms.The article also says he lifted a car so a tire could be changed, and held it there until the change was done, but again, I don't think you can use the weight of the car there to get his STR in d20 rules. The maximum "lift off ground" weight for STR 20 is 800 pounds, and cars do typically weigh a lot more than that; however, Mr. Pfister didn't lift the whole car at once, just part of it- and we can't really know the weight he did lift without knowing the precise angle he lifted at, the weight distribution of the car (most tend to carry more weight in front, for example, so if it was a rear tire that needed changing he lifted less), and other myriad factors like that.</blockquote>

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