Bulk Gaps caused by x2 multipliers of Large Creatures

[Ravingdork]

If my large character has 18 Strength and a lifting belt, they have a Bulk Limit of...

05 base
01 lifting belt
04 STR
==
10
x2 Large
==
20

...and a Maximum Bulk of...

10 base
01 lifting belt
04 STR
==
15
x2 Large
==
30

So, if I can carry 0-20 Bulk without penalty, and 22-30 Bulk with a penalty, what happens if I'm carrying only 21 Bulk worth of gear?

[Guntermench]

If you have a limit of 20 and a maximum of 30 then 21-30 you're encumbered. The rule is any more than your limit causes you to be encumbered.

[PossibleCabbage]

Yeah, I don't see why the number 22 appears in your range.

You're encumbered with 20+ϵ.

[Darrell Impey UK]

Don't forget that Large creatures also treat 1 Bulk items as 1 Light items, effectively multiplying their capacity by 10 too.

(Player Core p270)

[Cordell Kintner]

Tiny creatures have it worse. With a +4 Str and lifting belt you would have:

6+4 = 10/2 = 5
11+4 = 15/2 = 7.5 (rounded down to 7)

So you're fine until 5 bulk, then can't move at 7 bulk.

There's a 5 bulk gap between encumbered and over-encumbered. That's doubled for Large and halved for Small, so be glad Large PCs have all that extra leeway.