Encumbrance

Encumbrance is the weight of what you carry measured against what you can bear. Every item has a weight, your carrying capacity sets the line, and staying under it costs you nothing.

The stages

State	When	What it does
Unencumbered	Carried weight below your capacity	No penalties
Encumbered	At or above your capacity	Halves your movement and lowers Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution by 2
Heavily encumbered	At or above one and a half times your capacity	Slows you to a crawl and lowers Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution by 6

The burden shows as a status that lasts while the weight does, as described on Status effects.

Managing the load

Carrying capacity can be raised by gear, since it rolls as an affix on the body and back slots, as described on Equipment. Coin, crafting materials, and reagents keep to a pouch of their own and take no inventory space, though their weight still counts. Anything you stash in a chest or a vault stops weighing on you and keeps for good, as described on Loot.