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v0.34 Talk:Speed
Square cube law[edit]
We don't have a page for encumbrance, it redirects here.
Arena testing suggests that a human can carry about 35 urists before starting to slow down, and that a giant can carry about 900 urists before starting to slow down. A giant is body_size 9000000, just over 128x larger in volume (weight) than a human (size 70000). If they have the same proportions, the giant would be 5.05x taller than the human, based on the volume ratio. 900/35=25.7 which is close to 5.05^2=25.5, so it appears that DF respects the square cube law for encumbrance.
This also means that a giant can't wear giant-sized iron armor and move around in combat without heavy investment in the armor user skill. The giant-sized armor would also be 5.05x thicker than human-sized armor.
--UristDaVinci 08:51, 22 September 2012 (UTC)