D&D 5E Two characters combining their carrying capacity for dimension door

[Nikosandros]

Basically, what the thread title says. A group is in a combat that they are losing badly and they want to disengage. There's a dead fighter who is too heavy for any single character to carry (low str scores all around...). One character is capable of casting dimension door and thus could teleport herself and another ally. Would you allow them to "combine" their carrying capacity for teleporting the dead fighter with them?

 

[DND_Reborn]

Sure, the dead PC isn't a "creature" any more, but an object -- a dead body. Since the spell is V only component, the caster can even use both hands when helping carry the dead body.

Keep in mind also the weight you can "drag" is double your carry capacity, so if the caster is dragging the dead body, they might be able to move the body by themselves depending on the weight.

 

[Nikosandros]

The spell states that each of the two creatures can bring along objects up to their carryng capacity, so I assumed that meant the "standard" capacity and not double the value for dragging purposes.

 

[DND_Reborn]

True, I read the spell over too quickly. So, you'd probably need two PCs to move one, unless the caster is really strong LOL!.

 

[John R Davis]

And a small caster cannot DD a medium creature

 

[DND_Reborn]

And a small caster cannot DD a medium creature

Personally I never liked that part of DD. We house-ruled you can take a creature up to one size larger, so an EK with DD could move himself and his mount, for example.

 

[Lyxen]

And a small caster cannot DD a medium creature

And for me, that's the most delicate part of that description, the one which causes the most trouble, and the one that we choose to ignore at our tables.

 

[Dausuul]

Basically, what the thread title says. A group is in a combat that they are losing badly and they want to disengage. There's a dead fighter who is too heavy for any single character to carry (low str scores all around...). One character is capable of casting dimension door and thus could teleport herself and another ally. Would you allow them to "combine" their carrying capacity for teleporting the dead fighter with them?

Absolutely. It's a reasonable interpretation of RAW, I don't see any way to abuse it, and it's already hard enough to get players to realize that they're losing a fight and should bail. When they do achieve that moment of enlightenment, the last thing I want to do is present obstacles.

 

[DEFCON 1]

...it's already hard enough to get players to realize that they're losing a fight and should bail. When they do achieve that moment of enlightenment, the last thing I want to do is present obstacles.

Spoken for truth!

 

[Nikosandros]

Fair enough, you have convinced me