Strength

Strength (Str) is a measure of a character's overall physical power and muscular capacity. Characters with a high strength attribute can lift heavy objects, propel their bodies forward quickly, leap great distances, swing large weapons with ease, and bend objects with their bare hands. Strength affects your character's melee attacks and damage, Carrying Capacity, Fortitude defense score, and Strength Saving Throw.

Strength can additionally affect a character's Speed, with creatures of a higher strength moving faster than creatures of lower strength.

Look up your Strength Score on the table below to determine how it modifies your character's statistics.

Strength Modifiers
Strength ScoreStrA StrPStamina BonusSprint SpeedSkirmish Speed
1 or less−2−50-5ft-5ft
2−2−40-5ft-5ft
3−2−40-5ft-5ft
4−2−30-5ft-5ft
5−1−30-5ft-5ft
6−1−2000
7−1−2+100
8−1−1+100
9+0−1+100
10+0+0+100
11+0+0+200
12+0+1+200
13+1+1+200
14+1+2+200
15+1+2+3+5ft0
16+1+3+3+5ft0
17+2+3+3+5ft0
18+2+4+3+5ft0
19+2+4+4+5ft0
20+2+5+4+10ft+5ft
21+3+5+4+10ft+5ft
22+3+6+4+10ft+5ft
23+3+6+5+10ft+5ft
24+3+7+5+10ft+5ft
25+4+7+5+15ft+5ft
26+4+8+5+15ft+5ft
27+4+8+6+15ft+5ft
28+4+9+6+15ft+5ft
29+5+9+6+15ft+5ft
30+5+10+6+20ft+10ft

Note: Strength Accuracy does not exceed +5, regardless of Attribute Score.

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity
  • Medium Load = [Strength Score]2
  • Light Load = [Medium Load] × 1/2
  • Heavy Load = [Medium Load] × 2
  • Maximum lift = [Medium Load] × 3
  • Maximum Push/Pull Weight = [Medium Load] × 5
If you have a creature of small size, multiply each of the above values by ½. For a large creature, multiply by 2.

Your strength determines the amount of weight that you can carry. Most creatures will carry a medium load or less to avoid penalties to movement, but some circumstances (such as a difficult climb) may require you to carry a light load. To determine the load weight (in pounds) for your character, use the following equations for a medium sized creature.

Encumbrance

When you carry too much weight, your character becomes encumbered. This maximum weight that you can carry without hindrance is known as Encumbrance and is equal to your character's Medium Load (determined above).

  • More than Medium Load: Increase the Recovery Time of all actions by 2 [REC +2]. If wearing medium armor for which the wearer is not proficient, suffer penalty as if carrying a Medium Load.
  • More than Heavy Load: Increase the Recovery Time of all actions by 5 [REC +5]. If wearing heavy armor for which the wearer is not proficient, suffer penalty as if carrying

a Heavy Load.