Carrying capacity - which rule is correct

[Devasura]

In Chapter 2: Character Creation under Carrying Capacity it says: "She is encumbered when carrying an amount of bulk equal to or greater than half her Strength score, and overburdened when carrying an amount of bulk equal to or greater than her total Strength score."

In Chapter 7: Equipment under Carrying Capacity - Bulk Limits it says: "You can carry an amount of bulk up to half your Strength score without difficulty. If you carry more than that, you gain encumbered condition, as described below, until the amount of bulk you can carry becomes less than or equal to half your Strength score. You can't voluntarily wear or hold an amount of bulk that is greater than your Strength score. If you are forced to do so (due to changing gravity, for example), you gain the overburdened condition, as described below, until the bulk you can carry becomes less than or equal to your Strength score."

Which one is it?

[CrystalSeas]

up to half your Strength score = without difficulty
equal to or greater than half your Strength score = encumbered
equal to or greater than your Strength score = overburdened

They both say exactly the same thing.

[LankyOgre]

No, they don't. Chapter 7 says up to half strength and then more than half strength. Chapter 2 says less than half strength and half strength or more. So chapter 7 is inclusive of your stats while Chapter 2 is exclusive.
I would go with Chapter 7, because usually stats represent what you can do, not what is too hard.

[dharkus]

hmm - at half str=bulk, ch 7 says you're not encumbered and ch2 says you are

[bookrat]

I'd go with LankyOgre.

For those who can't see it:

Let's say your strength is 10.

Chapter 2 says you're not encumbered from 0-4 bulk, encumbered from 5-9 bulk, and over burdened at 10+.

Chapter 7 says that you're not encumbered from 0-5 bulk, encumbered from 6-10 bulk, and overburdened at 11+.

[rook1138]

once we realized odd stats are effectively useless except for feat pre-reqs and carrying capacity, we all just put the odd stat point in to str so we didn't have to worry about it.
11, so bulk 5.5 (rounded to 5, but whatever), so if you're at bulk 5 you're fine, bulk 6 you aren't.
And if you dont want an odd stat, get the cheap backpack, which lets you treat your str as 1 higher, so same thing.

[Pelorix]

CrystalSeas is correct. They say the EXACT same thing. The problem is the misunderstanding of English here. When the second portion says, "You can carry an amount of bulk up to half your Strength score without difficulty. If you carry more than that, you gain encumbered condition, as described below, until the amount of bulk you can carry becomes less than or equal to half your Strength score.", it means UP TO. So when you do reach a bulk of half your strength you are then encumbered. "UP TO" does not mean "equal to". "Up to" is a limiting factor and is not inclusive. Again, an easy misunderstanding, but when you look at the language closely, the two segments are stating the exact same rules.

[baggageboy]

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