(TFT) Encumbrance and weight

["grabowski" <grabowski@erols.com>]

What other encumbrance systems has anyone else come up with out there?  I
really don't like the fact, as an example, that you are -3 DX and -4 MA if
you wear chain armor.  If any of you have actually worn chain (or any armor)
I can't see armor as being totally encumbering as that.  I believe any
negatives should be based on total weight carried.  Ty in his revised rules
had the idea but I believe he let's characters carry too much before they
gain minuses to DX and movement.   Below I revised Ty's idea, see how you
like it (It's been quiet out there and someone had to get the ball rolling
again).

Encumbrance Penalties for Weight Carried (This is based on human-type
characters)

ST in kg.               DX Penalty               MA Penalty

Up to 1x ST                  0                                   0
Up to 2x ST                -1 DX                             0
Up to 3x ST                -1 DX                          -2 MA
Up to 4x ST                -2 DX                          -2 MA
Up to 5x ST                -3 DX                          -4 MA
Up to 6x ST                -4 DX                          -4 MA
Up to 7x ST                -6 DX                          -6 MA
Up to 8x ST                -8 DX                          -6 MA
Up to 9x ST                -10 DX                        -8 MA
Up to 10x ST              - 12 DX                       Can not move

The other problem with encumbrance, realistically, is not just weight but
mass or size.  It is a lot easier to carry a six-pound shot than carry and
empty six pound refrigerator box.
I can't think of any games that get into this idea and encumbrance.  Or put
another way a 16 pound set of chain armor seems to weight less worn (because
the body/shoulders are carrying the load) than carried with your hands.  I
can't remember is TFT the game where anything carried inside the backpack is
worth 1/2 encumbrance.

Yours in Cidri,
Justin

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