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{{TOC right}}Physical might. Sheer bodily power. The capacity to lift objects, move items, hit things and people, and do damage. Strength is a measure of muscle. Your character could be 98-pound weakling, he could carry a spare tire, or he could be lean and cut or bulky and brawny. Your character's Strength score is used in hand-to-hand combat. This trait is instrumental to laborers, thugs, athletes, brawlers and law-enforcement agents.

Strength, along with [[Dexterity]], is a factor in determining your character's [[Speed]]<ref>[[World of Darkness Sourcebook]], p. 95</ref>. Strength is also added to [[Brawl Skill]] or [[Weaponry Skill]] attacks to determine the amount of harm your character inflicts in combat<ref>[[World of Darkness Sourcebook]], p. 150</ref>.
* Your character can realistically carry/tote 25 pounds per dot of Strength without penalty.
* If he attempts to carry more, every action involving physical exertion incurs an automatic -1 penalty for every 25 pounds of excess gear that he has.
* Every 25 pounds he piles on beyond what he can carry reduces his [[Speed]] by one.
* The chart indicates how much a character can lift, but that amount represents a focused, one-time act.

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|style="width: 80px;"| '''Strength'''
|style="width: auto;"| '''Feat'''
|style="width: 80px;"| '''Lift'''
|-
|1
|lift a chair
|40 lbs
|-
|2
|lift a large dog
|100 lbs
|-
|3
|lift a public mailbox
|250 lbs
|-
|4
|lift a wooden crate
|400 lbs
|-
|5
|lift a coffin
|650 lbs
|-
|6
|lift a refrigerator
|800 lbs
|-
|7
|overturn small car
|900 lbs
|-
|8
|lift a motorcycle
|1000 lbs
|-
|9
|overturn mid-sized car
|1200 lbs
|-
|10
|lift a large tree trunk
|1500 lbs
|-
|11
|overturn full-sized car
|2000 lbs
|}

==Lifting and Moving==
All people can accomplish feats of strength in momentary efforts. To exceed this limit, a [[Pool::Strength]] + [[Stamina]] roll is required, with successes achieved added to your character's Strength score to determine what kind of task he can accomplish in that action.
* '''Dice Pool:''' Strength (+ [[Stamina]])
* '''Action:''' [[Instant]]
* '''Suggested Equipment:''' Convenient handholds +1, lifting belt (+1)
* '''Possible Penalties:''' Slippery conditions (-1), lack of handholds (-1), "It's been a long day" (-1)
: If your character's modified Strength total exceeds that required to lift an object, it can be relocated as desired.
: If his Strength total matches that required to lift an object, it can be moved about a yard.

===Roll Results===
* '''Dramatic Failure:''' The item is dropped and/or a level of bashing damage is incurred.
* '''Failure:''' Nothing is added to Strength.
* '''Success:''' One or more is added to Strength.
* '''Exceptional Success:''' Five or more is added to Strength and the character looks really impressive while performing his mighty feat.

==Breaking Down A Barrier==
===Breaking down a door===
* Roll [[Strength]] + [[Stamina]]
* Each success gained in excess of the door's [[Durability]] is a point of [[Structure]] damage inflicted.
* Overcoming all of the door's [[Structure]] points breaks it down completely.
* Exceeding [[Durability]] in damage done breaks the lock; the door remains on its hinges, but can be opened.

===Holding back a door===
Your character seeks to hold a door closed against others who want it open.
* Roll [[Strength]] + [[Stamina]]
* Successes earned are added to the door's [[Durability]] rating (which also increases its [[Structure]]).
* A holding character suffers half of any damage that exceeds the door's total [[Durability]] rating (that from the door itself and from the reinforcing character; fractions are rounded down).
* No more than two people can work together to break down or reinforce a normal-sized door.
* If damage done to the door ever exceeds its total [[Durability]] (its own rating, plus points added by characters holding it), the door is forced open. If damage done ever exceeds the door's total [[Structure]], the door is destroyed altogether.

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