Carrying capacity for Quadrupeds?

[Lord Pendragon]

I thought I saw somewhere that quadrupeds have a different carrying capacity than the table in the PH. Perhaps a multiplication thereof.

Am I crazy? Does a quadruped have the same carrying capacity as a biped PC, or is there some kind of modifier?

 

[Alzrius]

I thought I saw somewhere that quadrupeds have a different carrying capacity than the table in the PH. Perhaps a multiplication thereof.

Am I crazy? Does a quadruped have the same carrying capacity as a biped PC, or is there some kind of modifier?

There's a multiplier. Check the top of the second column on page 162 of the (3.5E) PHB. Interestingly, for creatures smaller than Small, being a quadruped seems to make you able to carry less than a biped. A Diminutive quadruped, for example, can only carry half as much as a bipedal Diminutive creature with the same Strength score.

 

[Hypersmurf]

There's a multiplier. Check the top of the second column on page 162 of the (3.5E) PHB. Interestingly, for creatures smaller than Small, being a quadruped seems to make you able to carry less than a biped. A Diminutive quadruped, for example, can only carry half as much as a bipedal Diminutive creature with the same Strength score.

No, that's not right.

Bigger and Smaller Creatures: The figures on Table: Carrying Capacity are for Medium bipedal creatures. A larger bipedal creature can carry more weight depending on its size category, as follows: Large x2, Huge x4, Gargantuan x8, Colossal x16. A smaller creature can carry less weight depending on its size category, as follows: Small x3/4, Tiny x1/2, Diminutive x1/4, Fine x1/8.

Quadrupeds can carry heavier loads than characters can. Instead of the multipliers given above, multiply the value corresponding to the creature’s Strength score from Table: Carrying Capacity by the appropriate modifier, as follows: Fine x1/4, Diminutive x1/2, Tiny x3/4, Small x1, Medium x1-1/2, Large x3, Huge x6, Gargantuan x12, Colossal x24

A Diminutive biped can carry a quarter of the amount on the table. A Diminutive quadruped can carry half the amount on the table - twice as much as the biped.

-Hyp.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Thanks guys! Looks like my paladin's griffon will be able to get off the ground after all.