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Liwmial 06-24-05, 07:48 PM	So just how much will the standard issue 2gp backpack hold in terms of weight? What about size ( how many square feet )?
Liwmial 06-24-05, 10:15 PM	Or does anyone have a house rule that they use? :bump:
Andrewinator 06-24-05, 10:22 PM	My house rule, which doesn't make a lot of sense, says their backpack can hold up to their maximum light load.
Galaktia 06-24-05, 10:25 PM	two square foot, or up to the light load of the break/tear dc of the item, or about 70lbs
Cymraegmorgan 06-24-05, 10:30 PM	The pack carried by British troops during the American Revolution carried about 75 lbs., so I use that as the limit for the standard backpack.
Archangel_James 06-25-05, 12:45 AM	Go the video game route! a) Holds up to 99 of each item imaginable. Bikes fold up, gold has no volume, and extra long rods and staffs do not poke out. b) All items fold up into magic leaves that both reduce the volume to the size of the leaf and the weight to the weight of a leaf, a la Animal Crossing. In all seriousness, this is one facet that I don't worry much about. I try to keep my weight to a managable leve for my strength, and I assume my backpack can take it. If it worries you too much, try a cart and horse.
Gnome_Dragon_Disciple 06-25-05, 01:01 AM	I rule a backpack can contain 75 pounds and up to three cubic feet, allocated any way the player wishes between pockets.
braindead345 06-25-05, 01:32 AM	Cubic Feet! It holds volume, so it has to be cubic feet. Now, for medium creatures/races, figure 1.5 to 2 cubic feet of volume and 70 lbs max weight +2 lbs of the backpack itself. Small creatures are limited to 1 cubic foot of volume and a max load of 40 lbs.
StormCrow42 06-25-05, 11:08 AM	I think that the capacity tables were in the 3.0 rulebooks and were omitted (for some unknown reason) from the 3.5 ones. The article Going Metric: Part 4 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040406a) contains capacities in both metric and english units. Going by it, a backpack is 60 pounds or 1 cubic foot (1/4 that for small characters).
Liwmial 06-25-05, 11:20 AM	There seems to be general agreement of ~ 70 lbs with a max cubic feet (sorry for the square foot thing, guess my mind wasn't on just then) of ~ 2 feet for medium folk. So I am going to house rule this into effect, but I was still wondering if anyone has any quotable text to back this up with, or is it just something that is generally known, and accepted? Thanks again for the responses!
BW0222 06-25-05, 12:01 PM	Folks, Cubic feet makes things really complicated since no equipment includes its volume in cubic feet and it really isn't worth it trying to figure out how many cubic feet a book, waterskin, sack of coins, torch, etc. is. And of course a 10' pole is only a few cubic inches and yet it obviously doesn't fit in a backpack nor do odd shaped items morph into neat squares for packing. I would just go by weight (say 60-70 lbs) and include a house rule that it an item has to roughly fit into the dimensions of the container (say 1'x2'x2' in size). Assume that the characters are expert packers. I really don't care if they put 16 pillows into the backpack. In most cases, a typical PC will run into weight issues with typical gear before placing lots of bulky items in it.
Alynn 06-25-05, 01:07 PM	Ok, I'm military, so I use the idea of my large ruck sack. You can carry up to 100 pounds in the thing (if you know how to pack) this includes tying things to it (such as bedrolls don't need to be in the backpack, just tied to it) Same with 10 foot poles. I don't allow any kind of firm armor to fit in the backpack, except for chain types (as they can kinda fold up) but clothing, raingear, potions, all those kind of things can fit. So using what others have already said 70 for inside the bag, and up to 30 pounds of equipment that can be tied to the bag.