If I'm playing a Large character with a Large backpack, such as a minotaur, can that backpack carry more gear?
In other words, if a normal backpack allows you to ignore 2 Bulk, and can hold as much as 4.9 Bulk, can a Large backpack allow a Large character to ignore 4 Bulk and hold as much as 8.9 Bulk?
I think the general RAI is best described here in Items of Different Sizes
Because the way that a creature treats Bulk and the Bulk of gear sized for it scale the same way, Tiny or Large (or larger) creatures can usually wear and carry about the same amount of gear as a Medium creature.
IMHO, in general the equipment differences for different sized creatures can mostly be handwaved away. Yes, the differences exist and can have an impact on the narrative, but it shouldn't have too much impact on the game mechanics balance between characters. Large size creatures shouldn't be paying a huge amount extra for equipment sized for them or have to go through difficulties finding the equipment that they need. They also shouldn't be gaining an advantage or suffering a disadvantage to the amount of equipment that they can carry.
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Exactly!
You large backpack still ignores 2 bulks. But you consider items for medium and smaller creatures as smaller like is described in Bulk Conversions for Different Sizes rules.
So your large backpack consider that it can carry 2 bulk of items for you. But items that have Bulk 1 for medium creatures is considered as Light Bulk for you and your Backpack while Items that are light for medium creatures are negligible for you and your large backpack (you don't even need to put then in your backpack). Items that have 2 bulks or more for medium creatures are still considered having 2 bulks or more for you and your backpack too.
So you can carry 20 medium sized long swords in your backpack without count for your currently bulk because they are considered as light for you or only one medium sized Longspear because it's 2 bulks for medium creatures and for you too.
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The real question :how many Medium sized creatures can one fit into a Large sized backpack??
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The same number that fit into a medium size backpack. None!
Backpacks can carry up to 4 Bulks and Medium creature occupies 6 Bulks. A large creature considers bulk 1 things as light but bulk 2 or more are counted as normal for them. So a bulk 6 creature doesn't fit into a backpack even if it's large because a large creature still considers it as 6 bulk.
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The same number that fit into a medium size backpack. None!
Backpacks can carry up to 4 Bulks and Medium creature occupies 6 Bulks. A large creature considers bulk 1 things as light but bulk 2 or more are counted as normal for them. So a bulk 6 creature doesn't fit into a backpack even if it's large because a large creature still considers it as 6 bulk.
Sounds like a 6 bulk that is uh, "divided" into into 1 bulk pieces,will fit into a Large sized backpack with room to spare...
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The real question :how many Medium sized creatures can one fit into a Large sized backpack??
Asking for a friend...
The question should be how many medium sized creatures that are carrying the max number of small creatures that are carrying the max number of tiny creatures can a large PC carry and what can each creature hold in their individual backpacks. ;)
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Sounds like a 6 bulk that is uh, "divided" into into 1 bulk pieces,will fit into a Large sized backpack with room to spare...The same number that fit into a medium size backpack. None!
Backpacks can carry up to 4 Bulks and Medium creature occupies 6 Bulks. A large creature considers bulk 1 things as light but bulk 2 or more are counted as normal for them. So a bulk 6 creature doesn't fit into a backpack even if it's large because a large creature still considers it as 6 bulk.
Yeah in pieces everything becomes easier to carry. So yeah you can cut "livestock" in pieces to carry or that dead character to resurrect later :P
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You could carry ... infinite medium daggers.
Not an infinite number of daggers. There are reasonable limits even with negligible bulk items.
Items of negligible Bulk don’t count toward Bulk unless you try to carry vast numbers of them, as determined by the GM.
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You could carry ... infinite medium daggers.Not an infinite number of daggers. There are reasonable limits even with negligible bulk items.
Items of negligible Bulk don’t count toward Bulk unless you try to carry vast numbers of them, as determined by the GM.
Please don't share that with any of my GMs or with the Pathfinder Society Venture Captains.
People have come to love my 200+ pints of oil antics oh so much.
You could carry ... infinite medium daggers.Not an infinite number of daggers. There are reasonable limits even with negligible bulk items.
Items of negligible Bulk don’t count toward Bulk unless you try to carry vast numbers of them, as determined by the GM.Please don't share that with any of my GMs or with the Pathfinder Society Venture Captains.
People have come to love my 200+ pints of oil antics oh so much.
LOL!