Oblivion talk:Burden

Effect Stacking

(moved from the article)

However, if you stack several Weakness to Magic effects on a target together and follow on with a Burden spell, it may be possible to actually encumber some of your opponents.

Please test things before adding them to the article. rpeh •T•C•E• 14:52, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

On topic of effect stacking, do Burden poisons stack? - G3, 06:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Burden effects "worn weight"

First off, this page incorrectly states that lower fatigue effects movement speed and that should be removed.

Secondly, burden seems to effect "worn weight", not basic "encumbrance", and the difference between those variables is detailed both here https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Movement_Formulas and briefly on the feather page https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Feather

Point being, burden can slow you down by up to 40% at high magnitudes by making your clothes weigh more. I tested this in-game, and while I didn't put numbers to it, a high-magnitude burden spell visibly slows you down. The movement speed penalty was countered by a feather spell of greater magnitude afterwards, which is to be expected, because feather decreases the "worn weight" variable to speed you up.

This should also work on NPCs - but not creatures - though it'd rarely be a relevant strategy in gameplay. Firstly, it's magicka-costly and there are better options. Secondly, the "worn weight" variable has a hard cap of 150 in the unedited game - heavily armed and armored foes will be minimally effected. — Unsigned comment by 216.227.93.104 (talk) at 17:17 on 9 September 2021

Also whats wrong with the math? Why 2.4 times more expensive when 5 burden = 1mp and drain 1 str = 0.7mp? Secondly, even if it apllied for overall weight and not worn, it will still hits different for enemies, for example: enemy with 20 current wight and 200 max, being hit with 100 encum or 30 drain str(same cost as 100 burden), you will get 120\200 and 20\50 in result, that is 60% and 40% of max weight. 6.4.2022 — Unsigned comment by 92.255.130.202 (talk) at 06:43 on 4 June 2022 (UTC)