Dear Folks –

Timothy wrote:

> what about a sled and dragging?”  I’d not thought of that (shame on me), but I knew there was no Mongoose Traveller rule

MongTrav is more reasonable than MT, by allowing STR + END (MT only allows for Strength...) and then overlaying it with Athletics if you really want to push your carrying ability. But yeah, there seems to be no explicit “dragging” rule.

Anyway, 5x is a pretty good ruling. Here's the MT version:

Dragging or Carrying:

[...]

A heavy object is any object whose mass exceeds the character's Strength x 2 (Strength x 3 if in the military). If the object's mass is less than the character's Strength x 5, then it is being carried; otherwise, it must be dragged. In all cases, a character cannot drag anything with a mass greater than his Strength x 15.

(MegaTraveller Players' Manual, p 88)

Change "Strength x 5" to "(STR + END) x 5" and I reckon you've got the MongTrav version.  ;-)  ;-)

(Great set of write-ups, BTW – I’m really enjoying them!)

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