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Please give us some kind of idea how much weight a single point of Bulk is in a range of actual weights. Bulk's great for equipment and armor as a way to simplify inventory management, but if someone wants to haul around some kind of random item that isn't listed (a golden statue they find in a dungeon, monster part trophies, other odds and ends, etc.) it's helpful and more intuitive to be able to say "that's like 300 pounds of gold, and it's 10 pounds per bulk, so you have 30 bulk now" instead of making everything into arbitrary units that you have to guesstimate at best. It doesn't need to be a hard rule, just a helpful way to visualize things.
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Since this system seems to come from Starfinder here is what the Starfinder CRB has to say about your question:
As a general rule, an item that weighs around 5 to 10 pounds is
1 bulk (and every multiple of 10 is an additional bulk), an item
weighing a few ounces is negligible, and anything in between is
light. An awkward or unwieldy item might have a higher bulk.
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The problem is, bulk addresses not only weight but the size of the item in question. This makes giving hard numbers a lot trickier than just saying that 2.5lbs (the average weight of a real-world arming sword (Longsword in-game) is 1 bulk.
That said, I prefer the older weight system and just handwaving the issue of bulk to haversacks, bags of holding, efficient quivers and other similar items.
Please give us some kind of idea how much weight a single point of Bulk is in a range of actual weights.
Here you go!
Estimating an Item’s Bulk
As a general rule, an item that weighs 5 to 10 pounds is 1 Bulk, an item weighing less than a few ounces is negligible, and anything in between is light. Particularly awkward or unwieldy items might have different Bulk values. A 10-foot pole isn’t heavy, but its length makes it difficult for you to move while you have one on your person. Items made for larger or smaller creatures have greater or lesser Bulk, as described on page 191.
So same as Starfinder.
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And also the same as the old Basic Set D&D where encumbrance was expressed in coins (and the pole example was exactly the same, to explain why it was encumbrance and not weight).
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Please give us some kind of idea how much weight a single point of Bulk is in a range of actual weights.Here you go!
So same as Starfinder.Estimating an Item’s Bulk
As a general rule, an item that weighs 5 to 10 pounds is 1 Bulk, an item weighing less than a few ounces is negligible, and anything in between is light. Particularly awkward or unwieldy items might have different Bulk values. A 10-foot pole isn’t heavy, but its length makes it difficult for you to move while you have one on your person. Items made for larger or smaller creatures have greater or lesser Bulk, as described on page 191.
This isn't a solution.
That means that 10 str character can carry 25-50lb
If that is the case, I'll take 50 as capacity as it sounds better than 25.
Coins was so confusing.