| SubMatirx |
This might be in the weeds, but our group is wondering why there seems to be a discrepancy in horse carry load/STR values.
Specifically, Table 7-9: Mounts and Vehicles, states that a Light horse with a load of 175-525 lbs. and a Heavy Horse with a load of 229-690 lbs. move 1/3 slower (40 miles per day vs 28 miles per day with the load).
This seems to imply that the weight range listed is the medium load for those horses.
And based on Table 7-4: Carrying Capacity, we can reverse engineer their STR with a light horse seemingly having a STR of 14 (174/3 = 58) and a heavy horse having a STR of 16 (228/3 = 76).
However, the stats for these horses would seem to imply otherwise. With a light horse having a STR of 16 and a heavy horse having a STR of 20.
Light Horse, Heavy Horse
Am I missing something? Are there multiple types of light horses and heavy horses? Or is table 7-9 based on incorrect STR values for the horses?
| Joey Cote |
I would ignore the weight entry in table 7-9 since it appears to be weigh off. A heavy horse (str 20) should be able to carry up to 798 as a medium load (which is probably pretty silly, drag sure, but put that much on even a draft horse's back and it would be a very unhappy horse). I don't see any way to get that 690 or 525 with the x3 multiplier for a large quadrupeds on the encumbrance chart. But maybe this was another carry over error from ADD 3.5.