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So, my character is not strong. No... he's really not. As investigator, he doesn't have to be strong, and I have weapon finesse. So forget all that noise. However, encumbrance is a serious issue for him.
So I have a few questions relating to the Weight of items:
1) Do you have to count the weight of clothing? I mean, REALLY? It doesn't seems too realistic for me. I never feel like I'm being weighed down by my clothes!
2) Do you count the whole weight for armor? Because Leather Armor is SUPER encumbering, and that's an issue.
3) How exactly do backpacks work? Do they help relieve the weight of objects stored in them? It says it holds 2 cubic feet, but that sounds just like fluff or something.
4) Does the cost for Trail Rations stack? I assume it does, but I just wanna make sure.
Anyway, thanks guys! I appreciate the help.
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1) Yes. Count everything
2) Yes. Count everything.
3) You put things into it, no, and yes (even though part three wasn't a question.)
4) Yes.
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So what it's saying is that I'm basically just carrying 15 lbs?
It says "If your character is weak..."
Would a strength of 8 classify as weak?
Thank you though, I think I'm starting to understand...
Aha, now I see the rest of the text...
Sigh....
Looks like I may need to drop some stuff and maybe buy different armor...
Dang.
Buy a masterwork backpack if your strength is low. (treat STR 1 higher for carry)
You can also take this trait: Muscle of the Society. (treat STR 2 higher for carry)
Masterwork Backpack, having friends carry things, and eventually items like Handy Haversack, Heavyload belt, or Muleback cords take care of it.
The other option is buy a pack animal.
If you mount, get a yak for 24gp. a 27 str, large quadruped can carry a LOT.
The nice thing about yak's is they are dirt cheap, AND they're tough. 42hp can suck up a trap or two. A +10 gore that deals 2d6+12 doesn't hurt either. Fear would suck though.
Maybe raise your strength?
What's even better is 3+ yaks can stampede...
I always thought the free clothes did not count against your encumbrance. I guess it was a house rule from my first GM since I cant seem to find it.
I think the free weight clothes rule was a D&D v.3.5 rule that did not make it into pathfinder.
Assuming Investigators get the same extracts an alchemist does you can use ant haul, by level 3 two a day will carry you through an entire day. At level 5-6 its only using 1 extract. Even with a 7 strength you can carry 69 lbs, 78 with a masterwork backpack. I pull that shenanigans with wizards all the time, it just sucks for a couple of levels.
I think the free weight clothes rule was a D&D v.3.5 rule that did not make it into pathfinder.
I just checked my 3.5 PHB. That is where it came from.
There are no rules requiring you to wear clothes.
Not being able to efficiently carry alot of stuff is the downside to not being particularly strong :)
Remember that you don't have to be lightly encumbered at all times or the sky's gonna fall. It's perfectly reasonable to be encumbered, even heavily so, just remember to adjust as needed. If your party needs to travel a way, buy a beast of burden to carry the stuff you don't need to have split-second access to. Carry the items you REALLY want to have with you, but can ultimately manage without, in a backpack or a sack on your back, tied together with cord in front, so you can drop the backpack/sack with a move-equivalent action. That way you can drop a significant weight at a moment's notice
You can put the tent, the alchemist lab, and your spare clothing down before you enter the dungeon, it's not likely you'll need it. And if you fear that you might, just come back for it. Or if you fear it'll get stolen, walk a bit into the dungeon, then place the excess stuff down inside, where it won't get snagged by passer-bys.
Managing weight is not as hard as some people make it out to be.
-Nearyn
There are no rules requiring you to wear clothes.Still, if you don't have fur or scales or something and not wearing clothes, the DM might have you harassed by the authorities whenever you come to town, not served in the inn, whatever.
Some would call that a role-playing problem. I would call it a role-playing opportunity.
The OP was talking about an Investigator. So the character I envision is, "Shylock Cumberhorn, Nudist Detective".
Due to the long-term effects that come with liberal consumption of polypurpose panacea extracts, he might think he actually has clothes on.
He used to be a money-lender, but foolishly lent money to orcs for sub-prime mortgages and lost everything, even the clothes on his back. He now remains naked at all times, to remind him of his past mistakes, in his new career as a private dick.