Modifying Encumbrance

[yeknom]

Hi there, I was wondering if there was a way to modify the effective encumbrance a character can carry? Say, if it were a Barbarian from the Complete Barbarian's Handbook with their +3 bonus to Strength for the purposes of determining movement rate while encumbered. As an example in the Pathfinder Ruleset you can modify this in the Encumbrance section to allow for a character to 'effectively' have a higher Strength for the purposes of encumbrance. Would that have to be a modifier to the final movement put under the combat gear somewhere?

[celestian]

Hi there, I was wondering if there was a way to modify the effective encumbrance a character can carry? Say, if it were a Barbarian from the Complete Barbarian's Handbook with their +3 bonus to Strength for the purposes of determining movement rate while encumbered. As an example in the Pathfinder Ruleset you can modify this in the Encumbrance section to allow for a character to 'effectively' have a higher Strength for the purposes of encumbrance. Would that have to be a modifier to the final movement put under the combat gear somewhere?

There is currently no such option. It's all based on the PHB encumbrance rules (table 47) at this time.

[JohnD]

As a work around, figure out the difference in how much the PC can carry with the STR adjustment and make an item with a negative weight accordingly.

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[celestian]

As a work around, figure out the difference in how much the PC can carry with the STR adjustment and make an item with a negative weight accordingly.

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That's an interesting solution

[Asterionaisien]

That could be an interesting solution for a bag of holding or similar stuff too, am I correct?

[celestian]

That could be an interesting solution for a bag of holding or similar stuff too, am I correct?

For a bag of holding I just tell the players to tick the "carried" icon to show not-carried for items in the bag.

[yeknom]

As a work around, figure out the difference in how much the PC can carry with the STR adjustment and make an item with a negative weight accordingly.

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I'll try that. Thanks!