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== Determine Carrying Capacity == | |||
Your character can only carry so much weight and bulk before their movements are hindered, and their ability to fight competently becomes impaired. | |||
Carrying capacity is based primarily on your Strength ability score, but it is also modified by some racial traits, and even by having ranks in the [[Might]] skill. | |||
To determine your character's Light Load, Medium Load, and Heavy Load, you should look up your Strength score on [[Ability_Scores#Table:_Carrying_Capacity_By_Strength_Ability_Score|this table]]. Then, review your race's traits (including the Standard Traits), to see if any of them modify your carrying capacity. Finally, if you have a rank in the Might skill (remember, you can never have more ranks in a skill than your character's total level), you can adjust the numbers using [[Might#Carry_Heavier_Loads|this table]]. | |||
For ease of use, medium load is double your light load, and heavy load is triple your light load. Max drag is fifteen times your light load (or five times your heavy load, if that's easier). | |||
If you are carrying less than or equal to your Light Load (in pounds), you are unencumbered. This must include all equipment, armor, weapons, or anything else you are carrying. If you exceed your Light Load in total weight carried, you begin to suffer penalties for being encumbered, [[Ability_Scores#Carrying_Capacity_and_Encumbrance|as described here]]. In addition, some character classes suffer more greatly than others if they are encumbered (in particular, Monks and Brawlers). | |||
You may also want to ensure you have enough spare carrying capacity after character creation to actually haul some loot back to town from all those dangerous places you might go. Loot isn't weightless (in fact, it's often quite heavy), and if you can't haul it back to a store, you can't make any money off of it. | |||
==Get Equipped== | ==Get Equipped== | ||