[Magic] A Pound Takes Up 2 Cubic FEET?!

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Originally Posted by Lord Azagthoth

Do the rules state weight or mass?

The weight is gravity dependent. 1 kg of water on earth or any other 1G planet is 1kg, but only 0.5kg on a 0.5G world and weightless in space. The mass is the same in any of these circumstances.

Originally Posted by whswhs

The GURPS rules seem to be using "weight" to mean "mass." You can't just go by what words they use; you have to look at how it behaves in a non-1-G setting.

Given that you Basic Lift increases in low gravity circumstances and decreases in high gravity, I'm think that weight actually means weight in GURPS. This however is likely an inversion as other wise you could store infinite stuff in a Hideaway whilst in zero-G.

Originally Posted by Culture20

basic science quibble. grams are mass, so 1kg is 1kg. You want Newtons (metric) or pounds (english) if you’re discussing weight in different gravities.

That doesn't sound quite right, however it actually seems to be a problem with how the (Kilo)gram is taught and defined rather then anything else.