Tremendous Strength???

[Tyger]

The table on the SRD notes that for strengths in excess of 29, you take the number between 21 and 29, use the number with the same in the "ones" column and then multiply by 4 for every ten above that you are.

This leads to some rather odd numbers.

A strength of 46 (26 +10 +10) works out to 306 (26) x 8 or 2448 pounds.

A strength of 51 (21 +10 +10 +10) works out to 153 (21) x12 or 1836 pounds.

What am I doing wrong??? It can't be that going up 5 points in strength reduces your carrying capacity.

And yes, a Feral Mineral Warrior Half-Earth Elemental Minotaur in my newest crazed game has that strength. :smallbiggrin:

[KillianHawkeye]

Your problem is that you are multiplying wrong.

Str 46 has a light load of 306 x 4 x 4 = 4896 lbs.

Str 51 has a light load of 153 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 9792 lbs.



Note that this is consistent with the values in the table doubling for every increase in 5 points of Strength.

[Siosilvar]

The table on the SRD notes that for strengths in excess of 29, you take the number between 21 and 29, use the number with the same in the "ones" column and then multiply by 4 for every ten above that you are.

This leads to some rather odd numbers.

A strength of 46 (26 +10 +10) works out to 306 (26) x 8 or 2448 pounds.

A strength of 51 (21 +10 +10 +10) works out to 153 (21) x12 or 1836 pounds.

What am I doing wrong??? It can't be that going up 5 points in strength reduces your carrying capacity.

And yes, a Feral Mineral Warrior Half-Earth Elemental Minotaur in my newest crazed game has that strength. :smallbiggrin:

Weight is a real-world quantity.

306x16 = 4896.
153x64= 9792.

[Tyger]

Ahhh! That explains it. Thanks Killian. Maths r ebil.


Much obliged. I knew it was something easy like that.

EDIT: And thanks Swordsage as well. :)

[KillianHawkeye]

No problem. :smallwink:

I'll bet the one in the SRD is lacking the explanatory examples that are in the PHB, huh?

EDIT: Yeah, it is. PHB explicitly states to multiply by 4 for 30s, 16 for 40s, 64 for 50s, etc.