halfling carrying capacity

[Slapphappy]

I have never had a halfing character and am toying with some ideas for one. What have been people's experience with a halfling's ability to carry around all his stuff. I am thinking of going 2hf and this means a lot of weapons. What do I need to know about this when planning a new character?

Thanks!

[Inspire]

If Your Maxing Strength You Should Never Have A Problem, My Halflings Dont;

30Str(Allegaince) 26Str(Untouchable) 14Str(Huckabie)

Even On The 14Str Sorcerer I Never Get The "Encumbered" Message Unless He's Got Lots Of Str Damage.

[Lithic]

Anything under 15 str can have carrying problems (especially a weighty 2weapon fighter's backpack o' weapons), but if you are planning on having over 20, you dont need to worry about it.

[Meriadeuc]

It's mostly a problem if you start with a low strength (less than 12) and then get hit with a ray of enfeeblement, particularly at low levels when you don't have a lot of options for increasing your stats. You can even get overloaded and helpless when this happens, which is a very, very dangerous thing. Start with a strength of at least 12 (14 if you want to wear plate armor) and get strength boosting items or tomes as soon as possible and you should be fine, however.

[amysrevenge]

If your Str is under 16 you'll want to leave full plate in the chest. Otherwise you're fine.

[Impaqt]

There is No Message if you get "Medium" Emcumbered. Only Heavy. Medium Emcumbered imposes some significant penalties that I suspect a LOT of halflings are running around with wiout realizing it.

On a STR Build THFer speced halfling, it will never be an issue though.

[Vagabond]

Yeah. Medium load = halved dex bonus to ac. Which is, to say, bad for a high dex build.

[Dimicron]

Monks become uncentered if at medium encumberance also.

[arminius]

Monks become uncentered if at medium encumberance also.

But a monk's stuff is so light that even at 8 or 10 str a halfling should never hit medium encumberance.

I just leave all armor in chests, or transfer it to someone else. I guess if he found +5 mfp he'd deign to pick it up.... but it's mithril so how heavy would that be anyway....

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