Movement rules.

[Tupteq]

[garhkal]

[awfulalex]

Well all I want to say on the topic is that I like systems where species and stats have an effect on what your movement is. I mean some people are faster than other people and some species are on average faster than other species.

For game play I would just keep it simple. Movement can be split. Half of allowed movement before an action and half after. So if I move a 1/4 of my move then shoot then move a 1/4 again I would have no penalty. If i move 1/2 then shoot then 1/2 then I would suffer multiple action penalty. Well I hope you get the idea any combinations could be allowed depending on how much work you wanna do in combat.
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[Doomhead]

I always thought that the 2nd edition complicated the movement rules, the 1st edition was down and dirty.

I've always had my players only have to role if they were doing something complicated, otherwise its way to many dice roles just to get from point A to point B! Keep it simple stupid...or the KISS method.
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[slaughterj]

I'm willing to run it looser, so it doesn't have that rigid D20/DnD feel. If someone can do two actions simultaneously (for instance moving and shooting), I'll entertain letting them do just that. Specifically, if a character wants to move (cruising) and shoot in a round, I'll apply the -1D (probably only relevant to the shooting) and allow them to use the move before, during, and/or after shooting. So a character could any of the following:

1. Move up to 10m and shoot at any point during the move as 1 action, or
2. Move some and shoot in 1 action, and move the rest in the 2nd action (e.g., if they want to move some to get into position to shoot, and move the rest of the way after the foes shoot).

But note, as each side is exchanging fire in an action, if the character is running from one cover to another and taking a shot in the process during an action, the foes who also shoot during that action can target the running character who will not get the full benefit of cover for the round due to being exposed for some time.

[garhkal]

Good point on the 'if the pc runs from one area of cover to the other'... A lot of times when i hear pcs asking to do this and they then hear what the 'results are' they balk.
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