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

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by simply Nathan

Except that strength is your excess power after moving your bulk around.

Are balloons unrealistic?

No but they still have to lift their own weight before lifting any more weight. It just the mechanism they use to lift can be very light (while still being pretty large).

The problem is if you ignore body weight than you have the following situation

A 200lb man with ST10 puts on 100lb ruck sack and suffers heavy encumbrance

but if he puts on 100lb of fat he's fine.

Which is why the text box on pg 19 suggests modelling a realistic adjustment to Move due to ST:Weight ratio by buying/selling Move.