They have the math in there for those who care for it, but it is intentionally designed by default in such a way that you don’t have to. This is the weight (in pounds) that you can carry, which is high enough that most characters don’t usually have to worry about it. Heck, Dungeons and Dragons’s PHB even goes so far as to say this about the math behind their carrying capacity: Pathfinder is unashamedly built around a bit more math. Lower scores yield higher carrying capacities in Dungeons and Dragons versus Pathfinder.
Let’s say your caster’s Strength is a 10. Poor Wizards who use Strength as a dump stat are going to have a really, really hard time. Pathfinder is a bit more generous… to Strength based builds. In the case of that dude packing 200 lbs, whose Strength score would need to be at least 14, he’s carrying fifteen times his score! So if you use this variant rule as a guide, our soldiers are beyond heavily encumbered. If you shoulder 10x or more your Strength score, you’re instead heavily encumbered which reduces your Speed by 20ft and imparts disadvantage on all sorts of things. Now for some fiddly bits! Let’s talk encumbrance.ĭungeons and Dragons dictates that if you carry a measly 5x your Strength score, you are encumbered and your Speed drops by 10 ft. So at the very least Pathfinder makes our soldiers sound much more bada#$ than D&D does when it comes to a comparable Strength score. If we assume 100 lbs-150 lbs is a light load, our soldiers are packing Strength scores of between 18 and 21, and old boy hauling that 200 lb load is rocking a friggin’ 23! If we classify the load as medium, the minimum Strength score required is an 18.
Pathfinder doesn’t provide a multiplier for their Strength score so much as they do the following table: So by simple division, the Marine Corp infantry officer above is expected to have a Strength score of at least 10, and the modern day solider should be rocking a 7 to cover that 100lb standard load. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score multiplied by 15. Strength in D&D and PathfinderĪccording to the D&D 5e Player’s Handbook: Given these numbers for humans in a non-fantasy setting, we can actually calculate their minimum Strength scores according to the tables in RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder. Those pounds really add up once you tally the weight of standard issue body armor, a rifle, ammunition, grenades, food, water, and other kit like night vision gear and medical supplies even batteries for various technology used on the battlefield.
The weight of the soldier’s load shouldn’t come as too much of a shock. At least one soldier reported carrying in excess of 200 lbs.Official documentation suggests that a 100 lb load was fairly standard.A 2016 study showed that a Marine Corps infantry officer should be able to carry 152 lbs for 9 miles.The tl dr highlights of the article that are important to the discussion below: And just as fascinating to me as the list of items that each soldier packs was the load’s weight. I recently read a fascinating article about the load of modern day soldiers at war.
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