The Strength Tables offered in the Hero System Rulebook are fine, as far as they go, but the examples given aren't very useful in a fantasy gaming context. Hopefully, the examples I've given here might be more help.
| STR | Max. Lift (kg) | Damage (d6) & Jump (hexes) | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| -25 | 0.8 | Nil | One arbalest-bolt , Javelin or Dart |
| -23 | 1 | Nil | Light bow or Fighting-knife |
| -20 | 1.6 | Nil | Shortsword |
| -18 | 2 | Nil | Longsword or Extra-heavy bow |
| -15 | 3.2 | Nil | Light crossbow or Battleaxe |
| -13 | 4 | Nil | Light crossbow and 20 quarrels |
| -10 | 6.4 | Nil | Heavy crossbow |
| -8 | 8 | Nil | Chainmail shirt |
| -5 | 12.5 | Nil | Chain shirt, small shield and longsword |
| -3 | 16 | Nil | Chain hauberk |
| 0 | 25 | Nil | Full chain harness or complete suit of articulated plate |
| 3 | 37 | ½ | Full suit of plate-mail |
| 5 | 50 | 1 | Plate-mail, great helm, longsword, dagger, battleaxe and shield |
| 8 | 75 | 1½ | Standard adult human, nude except for one strategically placed fig-leaf |
| 10 | 100 | 2 | Adult human with standard clothing and some equipment |
| 13 | 150 | 2½ | Fully armoured and equipped adult human, or sumo wrestler naked except for loin-cloth. |
| 15 | 200 | 3 | One standard barrel of beer (about 36 gallons, or 180 litres, plus the barrel.) |
| 18 | 300 | 3½ | Polar bear |
| 20 | 400 | 4 | Large adult fresh-water crocodile |
| 23 | 600 | 4½ | Horse and armoured rider |
| 25 | 800 | 5 | Fully armed knight on caparisoned heavy warhorse |
| 28 | 1,200 | 5½ | A brick wall, 5½m long by 3m high |
| 30 | 1,600 | 6 | Two horses, a chariot, charioteer and archer |
| 35 | 3,200 | 7 | 1½ stones from the great pyramid of Cheops |
| 40 | 6,400 | 8 | African elephant |
| 45 | 12,500 | 9 | Two beer-wagons, each carrying 24 barrels of beer |
| 50 | 25,000 | 10 | Two beer-wagons, two drovers, sixteen oxen and forty-eight barrels of beer |
| 55 | 50,000 | 11 | One Stonehenge sarsen-stone |
| 60 | 100,000 | 12 | Brachiosaurus |
| 65 | 200,000 | 13 | Small merchant ship |
| 70 | 400,000 | 14 | Medium merchant ship |
| 75 | 800,000 | 15 | Large merchant ship |
| 80 | 1,600,000 | 16 | About twenty-five million arrows |
| 85 | 3,200,000 | 17 | Thirty-two thousand archers |
| 90 | 6,400,000 | 18 | The burden of guilt |
| 95 | 12,500,000 | 19 | About four-and-a-quarter million chickens |
| 100 | 25,000,000 | 20 | A small castle |