Elysian titan in PRD
Strength 45
"Elysian titans are 70 feet tall and weigh 20 tons."
"Tremendous Strength: For Strength scores not shown on Table: Carrying Capacity, find the Strength score between 20 and 29 that has the same number in the “ones” digit as the creature's Strength score does and multiply the numbers in that row by 4 for every 10 points the creature's Strength is above the score for that row."
OK, heavy load for Strength 25 is 800 pounds.
45-25 = 20 = 2*10. So I should multiply by 16 (4 squared?) or 8 (4 doubled?)
Assume 4*2= 8. 8x800 = 6400 = 3.2 tons. So a heavy load is about 1/6 the titan's weight. For an average human is is 100 pounds, say 1/2 his weight (gross rounding here). Seems the titan is too weak under this assumption.
Assume 4*4 = 16. 16*800 = 12800 = 6.4 tons. Now the heavy load is about 1/3 the titan's weight. Still weak.
What am I doing incorrectly?
So elysian titan has a strength of 45.
For 25 strength we see that it's 266 lb light load or 800 lb heavy load.
Then we multiply by 16 (4x4, for being 20 over 25).
That gives us 4256 lb light load and 12800 lb heavy load.
And then you have to adjust for size. Which you haven't done.
Bigger and Smaller Creatures: The figures on Table: Carrying Capacity are for Medium bipedal creatures. A larger bipedal creature can carry more weight depending on its size category, as follows: Large ×2, Huge ×4, Gargantuan ×8, Colossal ×16. A smaller creature can carry less weight depending on its size category, as follows: Small ×3/4, Tiny ×1/2, Diminutive ×1/4, Fine ×1/8.
So another x16. 204,800 lb heavy load or 68,096 light load.
That's 34 tons as a light load or 102 tons as a heavy load.
For a reference, that's roughly two M1 abrams tanks as a heavy load.
It's also about 17 cars for a light load, assuming 1 car is 2 tons. Most however are less than 4000 lbs.
Don't forget the x16 modifier for Colossal.
If you start at strength 10 (100lbs) and multiply by 4 you get the value for strength 20 (400lbs). If you then multiply by 4 again you get the value for strength 30 (1,600lbs).
Thus showing that each +10 is another x4 that is multiplied against the previous total.
The carrying capacity of a Elysian Titan is 800*4*4*16 = 204,800lbs or 102.4 tons.
Are you using heavy load for a medium sized creature?
Bigger and Smaller Creatures: The figures on Table: Carrying Capacity are for Medium bipedal creatures. A larger bipedal creature can carry more weight depending on its size category, as follows: Large ×2, Huge ×4, Gargantuan ×8, Colossal ×16. A smaller creature can carry less weight depending on its size category, as follows: Small ×3/4, Tiny ×1/2, Diminutive ×1/4, Fine ×1/8.
Thanks!
I didn't adjust for size. 102 tons for for the titan be 5 times his weight, which is very impressive. Much better