Hey everyone
I was hoping for some clarification on the rules for dog sled carrying capacity. The rules say you use the combined capacity of the dogs. But what load should be used? Light, medium, heavy or drag? And it is not clear how this affects the speed
I would appreciate any thoughts
My first thought would be the drag amount, since hat's what they're doing.
If it's anything like real life, it'd be 25 pounds per dog if you want them to survive for a day's run at 8 mph and you'd have to take regular breaks throughout the day.
If you want them moving at full speed, they can't be encumbered so I'd just go with their light carrying capacity, Str 15 = 66 lbs. x 1.5 (quadruped) = 99 lbs. Make it an even 100 lbs. and it matches the chart for Mounts and Vehicles from the PRD exactly. The team would normally move at 4 mph or 32 mi. per day but you have to factor in terrain and snow cuts that in half so now you're down to 2 mph or 16 mi. per day.
For Reign of Winter, I calculated an overland trip at roughly 20 miles per day in order to make a specific timeline work. I used 6-dog teams carrying 400 lb. sleds as a sort of compromise between Golarion's super-strong-but-slow dogs versus real life.