Easterner said:
The CT Book...
Each character can carry their Str in KG. Each can encumber themselves with 2xStr but lose 1 off Str, Dex, Edu, military can carry 3x for -2 off stats.
Now extrapolate. Str 15 a world class weight lifter who laughs at pressing 500lbs can carry 90lb max and strain doing it.
Agree on all points except the typo/error directly above of the example, and the example itself. You've mixed your units and messed it up a little
That should be:
Str 15 world class weight lifter who grunts at explosively lifting some 250kg ONCE, for a few SECONDS, can carry 90kg ALL DAY with some strain WHILE doing it.
Your example above mixing units makes it look about 1:5 when in reality it is closer to 1:2
And it neglects that the lift is a very different thing from all day endurance with no debilitating effect once the encumbrance is dropped.
And of course CT implies, nay insists that Refs rule and expand on the rules as required or desired.
So there's your basis for a rulings:
No rule for load bearing i.e. holding 50lb in arms is brutal, less so when in knapsack.
Halve the weight for anything carried in a backpack, but it's not quickly accessible.
No rule for short haul i.e. 5x your Str but max time limit you can haul.
Directly from above weightlifting example, double the weight but apply the Endurance rule, also from CT, maximum rounds (6 seconds each) equals End iirc
No rule for bots, they don't get tired and metal arms somewhat superior to calcium arms.
I don't recall if there was anything in CT Book 8 Robots or not, but obviously the basic rule works, they just don't have End so no effect there, double the weight allowance with no penalty.
...or some other variations. Again, that's what Refs are (or were, once upon a time) for, to make rulings that the rules don't cover because the rules (more guidelines actually) can't cover everything. At least when RPGs were Role-Playing Games and not Roll-Playing Games
Easterner said:
Thread necromancy because a synthetic person in ALIENS game wants to pick up heavy stuff so I figured I'd troll here to steal other folks solutions if any presented.
Thanks.
IMO and my off the cuff ruling, the Aliens franchise synthetics are not superhuman in this respect, they are effectively the same as a human. The same encumbrance rules apply to them as to humans. The movies at least seem to imply this, not counting the latest treatment (not having seen it) which may change that (in which case I'd easily ignore it).
