Carrying Capacity

[Durgil]

On page 37 of the Mount Burner, there are some easy rules on points of load, carrying capacity, maximum capacity, and pulling capacity. What I was wondering was first, has anyone been using this system in play and how well has it been working for them? Next, like the section on fatigue, would this system translate well for use by characters, as opposed to mounts? Will these rules be somewhat expanded, like an equipment table with corresponding points of load, and put in the new edition? Finally, how does the different Shades augment the current rules on the various capacities?

[luke]

i use it occasionally -- as needed, as it were.

i do use it for characters without translation or modification. Works well enough. Though the best use so far was in a destrier vs carriage chase on a snowy road. Winded horses! Players giving up the chase because they didn't want the horses injured!

I don't have any plans to do an equipment/load chart. I think what I have in there is all I'd need.

Shades should double weights for Gray, triple for White.

-L

[Durgil]

Thanks, Luke; that helps me out. Will you be putting the Mount Burner in the new edition of Burning Wheel?

[luke]

no, not wholesale. but some of the revised bits and pieces have found their way in.

-L