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{{Core|name=Carrying Capacity|}}How much a creature can lift and carry is determined by its {{STR}} and {{SIZE}}.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Carrying Capacity Under Size 5
! Amount in Pounds !! Effect Upon Hitting Threshold
|-
| 65 + (20 {{Times}} {{STR}}) || {{L|Condition|Encumbered|Lightly Encumbered}}
|-
| 130 + (40 {{Times}} {{STR}}) || {{L|Condition|Encumbered|Heavily Encumbered}}
|-
| 195 + (60 {{Times}} {{STR}}) || Cannot carry anything more
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Carrying Capacity of Size 5 and Larger
! Amount in Pounds !! Effect Upon Hitting Threshold
|-
| 65 + (20 {{Times}} ({{STR}} + ({{SIZE}} - 5)²)) || {{L|Condition|Encumbered|Lightly Encumbered}}
|-
| 130 + (40 {{Times}} ({{STR}} + ({{SIZE}} - 5)²)) || {{L|Condition|Encumbered|Heavily Encumbered}}
|-
| 195 + (60 {{Times}} ({{STR}} + ({{SIZE}} - 5)²)) || Cannot carry anything more
|}
A creature may also push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice their carrying capacity. While pushing or dragging weight in excess of their carrying capacity, the creature's {{L|Core|Movement Speed|movement speed}} drops to 5 feet.
{{DNote|I have many spreadsheets of lame algebra to make sure the weight and carrying capacity scaling make physical sense (one has to scale on a power of 2 and the other on a power of 3), fit with our intuitions of strength on the human scale, and also allow creatures to be strong enough to carry their own bodies. It's actually a very limited set of values that that works for.}}
{{DNote|Why use pounds instead of sizes? Because I hate the size abstraction, somehow still have no intuition for how many "sizes" of weight objects are, and it's also simplicity that isn't needed in the way it is for {{LARP}}.}}
The amount a creature can carry is shown in the table below.
{{Core:Carrying Capacity Table}}