Inventory Strength Broken?

[Mortegro]

I'm quite confused on the strenghts and weaks of the avatar and friends, when it comes to inventory.
Like in the Black Gate/Forge of Virtue, my avatar had the carrying strenght of 120.... but would only carry around 25 of 120
No matter big or small was too heavy. What gives?

[imustsypplyanauthor]

Do you get a red X when you add items that says "doesn't fit"? If that is the case it means what you're trying to pick up "doesn't fit" in your backpack because it's too encumbered (too small). At some point your backpack is too small. Maybe there is a cheat or a mod that removes encumbrance, wouldn't know. You can try to put stuff in bags and then picking up those bags but success may vary.

Mortegro was a mage from Moonshade in Ultima VII Part Two so you probably already knew all this.

[Kensu]

There's also the old trick of ditching your backpack and replacing it with a crate. I don't know if that works in Exult, though.