A simple question about lifting strength.

[TheSwordOfTheEvening]

Hello there, I want to ask how this should scale in Lifting Strength. I haven’t really seen anything similar mentioned on the wiki.

Scenario: a character lifts a armored knight one-handed by the neck. This is essentially impossible for a regular human due to the extreme torque required at the shoulder and core to balance the load. Even elite humans couldn’t hold someone like this at arm’s length… leverage, tipping forces, and balance make it far beyond human limits.

This is especially extreme since this character is recovering from an arrow wound in one leg, likely balancing most of the weight on his good leg, while multiple people are simultaneously trying to hold him off. He still had a firm grip. When he let go, his handprint was fully visible around the knight’s neck.

Most one-handed lifts in profiles are considered Class 1, but I’m curious how the community would handle scaling these kind of feats given the torque, leverage, and context. Or is it just counted as a regular lifting strength?

 

[KLOL506]

Depends, sometimes we give it Superhuman, but usually if it's just a regular dude being lifted up we just scale to that mass value.

 

[TheSwordOfTheEvening]

Depends, sometimes we give it Superhuman, but usually if it's just a regular dude being lifted up we just scale to that mass value.

Thanks for the reply, and what exactly do you mean when you say it depends on the guy being lifted? In this context, the guy being lifted is an experienced knight in armor (not full plate, just mail, padding, etc.). So if he weighs, let’s assume 100 kg in total, is it then simply treated as a regular 100 kg lift, despite the additional factors and context I mentioned?

 

[KLOL506]

Thanks for the reply, and what exactly do you mean when you say it depends on the guy being lifted?

Basically the circumstances behind the feat make it vary on whether we treat it as Superhuman or not.

In this context, the guy being lifted is an experienced knight in armor (not full plate, just mail, padding, etc.). So if he weighs, let’s assume 100 kg in total, is it then simply treated as a regular 100 kg lift, despite the additional factors and context I mentioned?

Yeah, just about.