The text says when you encumbrance equal to or greater than your strength rating but the example on the next page says: The PC will lose the maneuver at 25 encumbrance if the PC's Strength value is 4. How did they get this number?
Encumbrance: When exactly do you lose your free maneuver?
Blustar said:
The text says when you encumbrance equal to or greater than your strength rating but the example on the next page says: The PC will lose the maneuver at 25 encumbrance if the PC's Strength value is 4. How did they get this number?
The text can be a bit confusing.
I think its actually easier to just use these two formulas (the names are from the back of the character sheet):
Unencumbered Limit: 5 x Str + (1 / Fortune die associated with Strenght) + 5 if the character is Dwarf (Every point above this value adds 1 misfortune dice to every Strength, Toughness, and Agility check you make).
Encumbered Limit: 6 x Str + (1 / Fortune die associated with Strenght) + 5 if the character is Dwarf (If you get as high as this value and you lose your free maneouver).
In the example the PC has 4 Strength and 1 Fortune die associated with Strength (+1 for each die). This gives and Unenecumbered Limit of 21 (5 x 4 + 1 = 21)
"If a character is encumbered by an amount equal to or greater than his Strenght rating, he no longer earns a free maneouver".
That means if he carries 4 more (his Str) than what he needs to be encumbered (21), he loses his free maneuver. 21+4 = 25. (or rather just multiply Strenght with 6 instead of 5 as i did in the formulas above).