#3095 Animal Companion - Saddlebag Carry Weight Not Added To Companion

[Jakob Hendrix]

Containers carried by the animal companion (A.C.) are not adding the weight of the container's cargo to the A.C.

My A.C. has these items directly added to their cargo
- saddle bags (8 lbs)
- barding (20 lbs)
- training kit (16 lbs)
- cloak of resistance (1 lb)

The A.C. sheet reflects this total of 45 lbs.

However, the saddlebags have 38 lbs of gear inside of them as a container, so since those saddlebags are on the A.C., that extra 38 lbs should also be part the AC's encumbrance (so 83 lbs), instead of my PC's.

If I mark the saddle bags as not being carried, the 38 lbs drops off my PC's encumbrance.

[Dalvin Century]

Right now the best way to handle it is to mark that you aren't carrying it, or mark the items as carried by the A.C. I will look into a way to track items and their containers like we intuitively understand them to be, however as the builder functions right now, it isn't possible. A quick thought that I had as to why this hasn't been implemented before, is what happens if you have two Saddlebags? The builder doesn't have a way of distinguishing which is which.
Again, I will look into it, as it may be possible, but I think it will take some work and creativity on my part to get working right. Thank you for letting me know about this! Happy Gaming!