u/Saarrl

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Rules interpretation: Boots of Striding and Springing

One of my personal favorite magic items are the boots of Striding and Springing, not just for the jumping but the carrying weight interaction. I wanted to get some input from other people if my interpretation seems to be RAW and RAI or not.

The full text is short so I'll put it here. "While you wear these boots, your Speed becomes 30 feet unless your Speed is higher, and your Speed isn’t reduced by you carrying weight in excess of your carrying capacity or wearing Heavy Armor.

Once on each of your turns, you can jump up to 30 feet by spending only 10 feet of movement"

Specifically my interpretation is that means that your carry weight effectively becomes your push/lift/drag capacity. I use this for characters with powerful build or other lifting boost effects to single handedly pull carts for the party, lift virtually anything that I've got grappled over my head, and combo lift large boulder with the jumping aspect to drop anvils on enemy heads (hilarity ensues) even more fun when you combo it with grappler feat and have a fly speed. Just fly as high as you can go and drop.

If there's a rule or terminology specification I'm missing please let me know, I prefer my shenanigans to be as RAW as possible when I can

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u/Saarrl — 8 hours ago