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I came across the Powerful Build racial feature, which states:
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
I couldn't find any rules on how a creature's carrying capacity scales with its size. Can anyone clarify this?
Size and Strength. Larger creatures can bear more weight, whereas Tiny creatures can carry less. For each size category above Medium, double the creature's carrying capacity and the amount it can push, drag, or lift. For a Tiny creature, halve these weights.
—Lifting and Carrying, Player's Handbook, pg. 176
There's a few generalizations we can make based on this rule:
Therefore, we can generalize and say that any time a creature has this feature, you simply take their normal carrying/lifting/dragging/pushing capacity as determined for their size, and double it.
In the rare scenario where this feature gets applied to a 'Small'-sized creature, it would have no effect.
Size and Strength. Larger creatures can bear more weight, whereas Tiny creatures can carry less. For each size category above Medium, double the creature's carrying capacity and the amount it can push, drag, or lift. For a Tiny creature, halve these weights.
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