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> Hmm, on a flat paved road yes sure. On a gravel or muddy dirt road or even slightly uphill - not for long. Surely not all day long. Maybe some skinny but ultra-tough Vietcong fighter or a concentration camp inmate at the price of dying after a few weeks could but I still seriously doubt that. Don't underestimate friction.

[Ashley] Alice, I can summon Mechathereal Lynxes. Let's suspend disbelief a little. 5x carry capacity vs 2x max carry capacity

If it's 100 (unencumbered) x5 -> 500
If it's 300 (max) x2 -> 600

There's not much difference.

> For a human pulling a cart, a reasonable estimate would be in the range of 200 to 400 pounds (90 to 180 kg) for a short distance on a flat, paved surface.

[Bear]
The OSHA here says I can only lift 51 lbs safely and it's discounted if I'm asked to lift it regularly. Fucking weaklings.

[Joy] You don't want to keep arguing this and neither do I.

PHB pg 176
"You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet. Up to twice your carrying score. So you have normal movement up to your carrying capacity (15x strength)"

I have interpreted this as: default for Cat would be 540 lbs 18x30 dragging a load When you add wheels, it's much easier.

I am allowing cat to pull a maximum of 1128lbs total (twice her carry capacity) while on a 4 wheeled cart. This includes (and would need to be subtracted) the weight of the cart and her equipment whether worn or not. I'll let Bear school you on horsepower and geometry.

[Bear] Believe it or not, a person has about 1.2 horsepower, an athlete has 2.5 horsepower. A horse has 15 horsepower.

[Bear] So let's assume we're all athletes in the game a draft horse can pull 8000 lbs reliably over long distances in a cart (15 HP even less over long distances but this is conservative for this calculation) if a person like cat has 2.5 HP that's 1,333 lbs. Joy is suggesting 1128, it's not unreasonable.

[Ashley] Yeah! Stop complaining if you can't do the maths and don't ask AI anything, it's trained on internet morons.