Carrying capacity converted to stones

This post gives you a table for use with the stone encumbrance system found at Delta's D&D blog, and also to my own previous expansion of the system. The table lets you use stone units with newer D20 games, rather that just the original Dungeons & Dragons. It is meant to replace the carrying capacity table from the D20 or Pathfinder system reference document.

This table gives, by STR score, the maximum amount a character can lift, in stone units, and also provides a translation into kilograms based on my own slightly fudged conversion of 6.25 kg per stone. Conversion to pounds is not given, because it's my contention that you really don't need to know that and that it only gives you the illusion of precision.

It was easier than I thought it'd be to convert the chart. My chart is linear until STR 14 (that is, STR 14 is 14 stones of maximum lift), whereas the SRD chart stops being linear after STR 10. It's really a feature if you have to consult the table less often.

You only really have to remember scores 15 through 19 or 20. After that, the relationship is exponential, meaning that the maximum lift is simply double that of a STR score five points lower. The table is divided into groups of five so you can see this for yourself. Also, STR scores above 24 recap the weights 10 points lower, but in units of talents instead of stones. That's also been indicated on the table.


Short table

(before this point max. lift = STR)

15: 16 st = 100 kg
16: 18 st = 113 kg
17: 20 st = 125 kg
18: 24 st = 150 kg
19: 28 st = 175 kg
20: 32 st = 200 kg

(after this point, maximum lift doubles for every five additional points of strength)


Fuller table

STR Maximum lift

1: 1 st = 6 kg
2: 2 st = 13 kg
3: 3 st = 19 kg
4: 4 st = 25 kg
5: 5 st = 31 kg
6: 6 st = 38 kg
7: 7 st = 44 kg
8: 8 st = 50 kg
9: 9 st = 56 kg
10: 10 st = 63 kg
11: 11 st = 69 kg
12: 12 st = 75 kg
13: 13 st = 81 kg
14: 14 st = 88 kg

15: 16 st = 100 kg

16: 18 st = 113 kg
17: 20 st = 125 kg
18: 24 st = 150 kg
19: 28 st = 175 kg
20: 32 st = 200 kg

21: 9 tlt = 36 st = 225 kg
22: 10 tlt = 40 st = 250 kg
23: 12 tlt = 48 st = 300 kg
24: 14 tlt = 56 st = 350 kg
25: 16 tlt = 64 st = 400 kg

26: 18 tlt = 72 st = 450 kg
27: 20 tlt = 80 st = 500 kg
28: 24 tlt = 96 st = 600 kg
29: 28 tlt = 112 st = 700 kg
30: 32 tlt = 128 st = 800 kg

31: 36 tlt = 144 st = 900 kg
32: 40 tlt = 160 st = 1000 kg
33: 48 tlt = 192 st = 1200 kg
34: 56 tlt = 224 st = 1400 kg
35: 64 tlt = 448 st = 1600 kg

+5: x2
+10: x4