Anonymous 12/27/2024 (Fri) 21:15 No.6953 del
>>6946
>A simple 4 wheeled cart capable of carrying 2x the puller's total carrying capacity including the weight of the cart could be found at Neverwinter or commissioned by a cartwright. There would be a small risk someone could come along and steal it if you don't secure or hide it and it would draw extra attention from bandits. A cart capable of carrying 1000lbs that Cat could conceivably pull would be a remarkably low cost, 15-25gp. Based on her carry capacity, a 150lb cart could manage that and could be used for most travel between locations along roads and over relatively easy terrain, not suitable for overland travel in forests, swamps, mountainous terrain etc. without severely slowing you down unless she carried it. There is no cartwright at Phandalin and the small farmers only have full carts or wheelbarrows and likely not willing to sell. None of you are capable of repairing parts but you could buy spare parts and replace parts, it would be subject to a small risk of breaking on the rough roads, especially the Triboar trail but all of you together could unstick it from any rut. It would be roughly 3x5ft so not suitable to drag through caves or in all but the main shaft of mines. A full wagon like Gundren's without any supplies or spare parts would be between 35-100gp or more depending on extras, they do offer models of carriages with suspension meant for passengers but they have lower carry capacity, his was a converted war cart so it would be considerably more than 100gp, a horse would be between 50-100gp each, other beasts of burden vary in Neverwinter.
lol Cat is our beast of burden
but is that really realistic for Cat to pull a 1000 lbs cart for hours? i imagine thats horrible on the bad roads. actually nope just because the cart weighs 150 lbs it doesnt mean she could pull 1150 lbs.
according to rules an animal can pull 5x its carrying capacity:
>An animal pulling a carriage, cart, chariot, sled, or wagon can move weight up to five times its base carrying capacity, including the weight of the vehicle.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/457-cart

so in Cats case that would be 5 x 150 = 750 lbs. if the cart weighs 150 lbs it has 600 lbs carrying capacity with Cat pulling it naked lmao
a realistic setup would be a lightweight 100 lbs cart with 600 lbs capacity. this leaves Cat some margin to carry her equipment. the textbook cart weighs 200 lbs only leaving 500 lbs carrying capacity. we also need some spare parts.

all in all an inhumane but effective idea that saves us feed and shelter for a mule we cant leave behind when entering dungeons or drag it along into dangerous places. thats animal cruelty and Yulya wont allow that.

still a mule for 8 gp has the advantage of being able to cross difficult terrain where a cart cant go carries 420 lbs but needs 10 lbs food for 5 cp per day. we could get one depending on the situation. but for now the Cat cart wins
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