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<blockquote data-quote="WEContact" data-source="post: 5729254" data-attributes="member: 69684"><p>This is true. In this specific example, however, speed penalties for PCs in heavy armor is a minor penalty that is balanced by waiving the requirement to keep DEX/INT high, and even then can be mitigated with feats or items. There are ways to mitigate the penalties a heavy PC incurs when mounted, (such as items to increase carrying capacity) but they are not potent enough to make a difference, and the penalties a heavy PC faces for choosing to be mounted are many, many times more severe than -1 speed.</p><p></p><p>There is no benefit for a heavy PC. The example you offered is insignificant, because if a DM is willing to split the party against the party's wishes, it's because doing so is important to the plot of the adventure he's running, (because doing that on a whim is malicious and un-fun) and if capturing a PC is important to the plot of the adventure, a DM will simply ensure that the captor has the means to transport an unconscious PC who weighs 200 more pounds than average- theft by Dragon, for example.</p><p></p><p>Even it mattered that heavy PCs were slightly more difficult to capture while unconscious, that benefit is still in no way comparable to the penalty represented by forcing the PC to use a mount that occupies 16 squares, when a mount like that simply won't fit into most indoor environs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WEContact, post: 5729254, member: 69684"] This is true. In this specific example, however, speed penalties for PCs in heavy armor is a minor penalty that is balanced by waiving the requirement to keep DEX/INT high, and even then can be mitigated with feats or items. There are ways to mitigate the penalties a heavy PC incurs when mounted, (such as items to increase carrying capacity) but they are not potent enough to make a difference, and the penalties a heavy PC faces for choosing to be mounted are many, many times more severe than -1 speed. There is no benefit for a heavy PC. The example you offered is insignificant, because if a DM is willing to split the party against the party's wishes, it's because doing so is important to the plot of the adventure he's running, (because doing that on a whim is malicious and un-fun) and if capturing a PC is important to the plot of the adventure, a DM will simply ensure that the captor has the means to transport an unconscious PC who weighs 200 more pounds than average- theft by Dragon, for example. Even it mattered that heavy PCs were slightly more difficult to capture while unconscious, that benefit is still in no way comparable to the penalty represented by forcing the PC to use a mount that occupies 16 squares, when a mount like that simply won't fit into most indoor environs. [/QUOTE]
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