The "Size Discount for ST -- Why?" Discussion

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

How far below average?

I think it is a bad idea for adventurers to have below average strength. For my Vietnam-American War campaign the lowest strength was 11. Any lower than that and you would be heavily encumbered just carrying your standard equipment (where equipment issued is based on historic accounts of what they actually used).
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Thing is that might well be perfectly realistic (military load outs are heavy, soldiers do complain about them, there is a long and glorious history of official and unofficial attempts to lighten loads when ever possible).

However that said I tend to allow soldiers who have gone though training regimes that involve a lot of marching and drill with full pack, lifting ST. To model their ability to operate with such loads.

(not that I have any issue with some soldiers in the Vietnam war having ST11)!