Movement House Rules

[garhkal]

My "Head canon" generally makes rounds 5 TO 8 seconds, to accomodate that sprinting issue...
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[Dr. Bidlo]

It is one of those things that is probably best described as "a few seconds". Some games count a round as up to 10 seconds, which is a little goofy when you only take one or two actions a turn. Playing it out would be like watching a fight sequence with severe buffering issues!

[Whill]

[Dr. Bidlo]

[Whill]

[garhkal]

[Dr. Bidlo]

[Whill]

[Dr. Bidlo]

That is a great way to do it without bogging the game in another layer of minutae. I think I just have a problem getting too granular sometimes. I should try that instead.

[garhkal]

I might have to look up prior threads, we've had about ammo, and see what everyone else does..
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[Dr. Bidlo]

[Grimace]

I don't know if Stamina is needed for something as short as the 100 meter dash. It's over pretty quickly most times. 200 meters, yeah, probably 1 roll of stamina. 400 meters would be 2 rolls, and so on.

I could do the 200 meters in high school, but I was pretty much spent at the end, and my time wasn't as fast as my 100 meter x2.

I was once put on a relay team, and had to do 400 meter run as part of the relay. It was terrible. You could say I was dwarf-like. "natural sprinters! Not good over long distance."

[Dr. Bidlo]

I agree with you. I intended to recommend stamina after multiple rounds if all out speed, not just one round.

[deano]

Hey,

I thought I'd share our house rules for movement which are very similar to Dr Bidlo's:

Movement Rules

Every character and creature has a Move characteristic: it's how many meters per round the character moves while walking (most humans have a Move of 10). Moving is an action, just like firing a blaster or dodging an attack. A character can make one move action per round. A running or walking character uses their running skill or Dexterity attribute. A swimming character uses their swimming skill or Strength; a climbing character uses their climbing/jumping skill or Strength. For unusual movements — such as swimming or climbing — the Move is normally one third of the character's Move.

Movement Speeds
While a character may only make one move action in a round, they may select one of four movement speeds.

 Cautious Movement: This is a slow walk for a character, they move up to half their Move as a free action with no skill check required if the terrain is considered Very Easy, Easy, and Moderate. In Difficult, Very Difficult and Heroic terrains, roll the character's running skill, but reduce the difficulty one level.

 Cruising Movement: Normal walking speed for a character — they move up to their Move speed. Moving at cruising speed counts as an action, but the character can automatically make the move for Very Easy, Easy and Moderate terrains. A character must roll their running skill for Difficult, Very Difficult and Heroic terrains.

 High Speed: Jogging speed for a character — they move up to twice their Move speed, but the movement is spread over two action phases (does not need to be consecutive phases) during the course of the round. The character must roll their running for Very Easy, Easy or Moderate terrain. When moving at high speed, Difficult, Very Difficult and Heroic terrains increase one difficulty level. Only one skill check is required and while the move is spread over two action phases, it still only counts as one action.

 All-Out: Running at all-out speed for a character — they move up to four times their Move speed, but the movement is spread over four consecutive action phases during the round. Characters making all-out movement may not do anything else in the round, including dodge or parry. Increase the difficulty one level for Very Easy, Easy and Moderate terrains. Increase the difficulty two levels for Difficult, Very Difficult or Heroic terrains. Only one skill check is required and counts as a full round action.

Lunge
As long as a character has not opted to make a movement action in the round, a character may make a special lunge movement action once per round. This allows a character to move up to a fifth of their Move speed to engage a target in melee or hand-to-hand combat as a free action and in combination with an attack action. No skill check required if the terrain is considered Very Easy, Easy, and Moderate. In Difficult, Very Difficult and Heroic terrains, roll the character's running skill, but reduce the difficulty one level.

I quite like this suggestion of capping all out at 3x movement. Will definitely give that some thought.

Deano
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