Now, last session, the following happened:
our cleric suffered a heavy STR-decrease because of some enemy's spell effect, bringing him down to STR 1. Carrying some 50 lbs. of gear, this also meant, that his encumbrance was about 10-times higher than his current drag/push value.
So according to encumbrance rules if you push/drag a load (5-times your heavy load) you can only take a 5-foot move as a full round action and you loose your DEX-bonus. The rules don't tell you what happens if you are "overburdened" i.e. being weighted down by more than your drag/push value.
The adhoc rule we used was that the cleric couldn't move at all and looses his DEX-bonus, but
1) are there any "official" rules for such a situation
2) how would you have ruled this, because i have the feeling, that perhaps an additional -4 (for example) penalty to AC should have also been applied.
our cleric suffered a heavy STR-decrease because of some enemy's spell effect, bringing him down to STR 1. Carrying some 50 lbs. of gear, this also meant, that his encumbrance was about 10-times higher than his current drag/push value.
So according to encumbrance rules if you push/drag a load (5-times your heavy load) you can only take a 5-foot move as a full round action and you loose your DEX-bonus. The rules don't tell you what happens if you are "overburdened" i.e. being weighted down by more than your drag/push value.
The adhoc rule we used was that the cleric couldn't move at all and looses his DEX-bonus, but
1) are there any "official" rules for such a situation
2) how would you have ruled this, because i have the feeling, that perhaps an additional -4 (for example) penalty to AC should have also been applied.