Note: Strength Carrying and Lifting Weight
Rule found in Cypher System Book p213
MOVING A HEAVY OBJECT
You can push or pull something very heavy and move it an immediate distance as your action.
The weight of the object determines the difficulty of the Might roll to move it; every 50 pounds (23 kg) increases the difficulty by one step. So moving something that weighs 150 pounds (68 kg) is difficulty 3, and moving something that weighs 400 pounds (181 kg) is difficulty 8.
If you can reduce the difficulty of the task to 0, you can move/carry a heavy object up to a short distance as your action. Being skilled in carrying or pushing reduces the difficulty of this task.
--- HOME NOTE/RULE ---
Cost 1 Might unless the Difficulty level is -1 or below (without the use of any efforts)
If you can reduce the difficulty of the task to -1 or below, you can move/carry that object without effort and without tiring. (Cost 0 Might)
--- POWER SHIFTS ---
Power Shift: Strength
Double previous amount of weight per each difficulty level.
- Power Shift: Strength x1 would be "every 100 pounds increases the difficulty by one step"
- Power Shift: Strength x2 would be "every 200 pounds increases the difficulty by one step"
- Power Shift: Strength x3 would be "every 400 pounds increases the difficulty by one step"
- Power Shift: Strength x4 would be "every 800 pounds increases the difficulty by one step"
- Power Shift: Strength x5 would be "every 1600 pounds increases the difficulty by one step"
+ Anyone with Power Shift Strength automatically gets the skill Carrying. If that Power Shift is taken twice or more, they get Specialized in Carrying.
--- MULTIPLE PERSON ---
Calculate the total basic weight for each person to determine the weight by level increment.
--- ADJUSTMENT ---
Difficulty -1 per each time the weight is Half the basic amount
Difficulty -2 level if only trying to LIFT and not move
Difficulty -4 level if only trying to PUSH/PULL an object on wheels
Difficulty -3 level if only trying to DRAG/PULL an object that can be rolled over with circular sides
Difficulty -2 level if only trying to DRAG/PULL a non round object
So a normal Human (without the Carrying skill) should be able to carry 25 pounds on a short distance without rolling and can carry 12.5 pounds without effort and without tiring.