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Tagged with equipment encumbrance
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How much can you put into a sack?
The description of the sack says:
A sack can hold up to 1 cubic foot / 30 pounds of gear.1
A cubic foot of gold weighs over 1,188 pounds, equivalent to 59,400 gp. Can you carry it in the sack? Do ...
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How heavy are ingots?
Pathfinder 2's Travel Guide set prices for multiple trade goods including ingots of different metals (iron, copper...). Is there an indication somewhere of how much bulk would each of those ingots ...
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How exactly do backpacks work? [closed]
So I've always assumed that you just add the backpack weight (5 lbs not the carry weight which is 30 lbs) to my cleric that has a carry weight of 255 lbs if my character was carrying nothing but the ...
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Is the clothing listed in your equipment intended to be the clothes you're wearing or extra clothes that you've packed?
Every background provides you with clothes appropriate for your character. Because it's listed as "equipment" and because the Adventuring Gear table provides weights for several types of ...
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Does the bulk value of items in my backpack count against my limit?
My Pathfinder 2e character has a bulk limit of 7. I've purchased an adventurer's pack, which costs 2 bulk but includes a backpack, which can carry up to 4 bulk.
The description of the backpack (Core ...
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How many spears or javelins can a hero reasonably carry unencumbered?
As an example, let's say that the hero is a Half Orc with a strength score of 20. They are wearing Chainmail armor, their main weapon is a two-handed glaive, and on their back they can carry spears or ...
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How am I supposed to carry enough stuff to adventure?
Encumbrance in Pathfinder 2 seems to be pretty limiting, and I always seem to run out of Container space long before I run out of Encumbrance space.
Backpacks can carry 4 Bulk worth of items, and ...
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How am I supposed to carry enough darts for a long adventure?
While building a character for the Pathfinder 2 (playtest) I came across an interesting conundrum. In order to carry Darts, I need some sort of container to carry them in when I'm not actively about ...
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What's the point of quivers?
Quivers weigh one pound and hold twenty arrows. Twenty arrows weigh one pound.
What's the point of having a case that weighs the same as what it holds? It won't let you hold more?
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Is your "Push, Drag or Lift" weight capacity affected by your carrying gear weight?
I'm currently DMing with the Encumbrance variant, and both my players and I love to add some depth or realistic sense to almost every aspect in the game (that we are able perceive). But, as a matter ...
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Is it an action or free object interaction to drop a backpack?
In our current campaign we are being asked to track encumbrance, as I think would be sensible in this situation most of the non-battle essential items will either be in or attached to the backpack.
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Do clothes count towards encumbrance?
Does a character’s first set of clothes count towards encumbrance (carried weight)? I know they specifically don’t in 3.5, but I can’t find something similar in Pathfinder.
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Does encumbrance include items being held?
So I'm starting a new campaign playing as a Dwarven Runesmith, set in the Warhammer world. The DM has decided to use the Variant rule for carrying capacity: Encumbrance. I think that this is a much ...
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How much weight can a backpack carry?
I have been working on my character spreadsheet for carrying capacity and what they are carrying. I keep encountering little issues with this.
Such as a backpack
This leather knapsack has one ...
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How much weight can an Aarakocra carry when flying?
(related to Prison break with an Aarakocra)
The title pretty much says it all. Are the rules for flying creatures the same as for anyone else, using the Strength * 15 = weight in pounds formula ?
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