Updated/Modified Character Movement

[shootingwomprats]

I have been kicking around some ideas for semi-updating character movement in an attempt to make it easier to understand and easier. I started with renaming Movement Speeds to Movement Types. These being Cautious, Walking, Jogging, Running and Sprinting. Each of these types of movement modifies the Movement Rate and Base Difficulty. This is in turn modified by the terrain type. These have also been renamed to make them easier to understand. Easy, Moderate, Difficult, Hazardous, Dangerous, and Deadly.

Movement Type (Base Difficulty): Notes
Cautious (-5): 1/2 Movement Rate, does not count as an action but counts as movement for the round
Walking (+0): Movement Rate, counts as one action and movement for the round.
Jogging (+5): x2 Movement Rate, counts as one action and movement for the round.
Running (+10): x3 Movement Rate, counts as one action and movement for the round.
Sprint (+15): x4 Movement Rate, cannot perform any additional actions including defenses

Terrain Type (Difficulty Modifiers): Notes
Easy Terrain (+0): flat surface, smooth water, using a ladder, light breeze, light rain or fog
Moderate Terrain (+5): uneven surface, small obstacles, choppy water, climbing a tree, strong winds, heavy rain or fog
Rough Terrain (+10): large but negotiable obstacles, strong undercurrent, climbing a rough wall, flying near unyielding obstacles such as pillars or trees
Very Rough Terrain (+15): dense and large obstacles, stormy weather, a few airborne hazards, hail
Hazardous Terrain (+20): minefield, narrow walkway, many airborne hazards, large waves, climbing a smooth surface, complete darkness
Very Hazardous Terrain (+25 or more): corridor filled with falling debris and explosions, swimming or flying in a hurricane

If the player fails the roll they move half the declared distance. If Crushing Defeat (-15 below target number) or a 1 on the Wild Die, the GM may give the the character a Complication. Refer to R&E (page 103, 106) or REUP (page 109) for ideas. Alternatively, calculate the difference by which the roll failed and refer to Movement Failures located on the pages previously cited.

Note that if a difficulty number is 0 the Dexterity check is automatic.
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[MrNexx]

Does Cautious movement though Rough to Very Hazardous Terrain not count as movement, or did you intend to limit that to Easy and Moderate terrain, per R&E?

Overall, I like the numbers, but in reference to the above question, I would make a suggestion: Movement is free IF the difficulty is 0 or less... so, cautious movement in Easy or Moderate Terrain, or Walking movement in Easy terrain... so you can move at a walk down an empty corridor without distraction, or carefully across an open but natural field, but anything faster and you're going to run into MAP.
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[CRMcNeill]

How does the Long Distance Movement rules change to fit with this?
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[garhkal]

So lets say i have a PC who is wanting to jog (+5 diff, double move rate) through Rough terrain (Street sidewalks, parking lots +10 diff) as part of some free-running thing. What exactly is my end diff?? 15?
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[garhkal]

That seems kind of on the low side to me.. Especially going double move through it.. If anything i could see those mods based on a BASE diff of 5.. Then you add/subtract from there.
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[garhkal]

Thanks for doing up those comparisons.. IN that case Whamps reimagining looks ok..
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[CRMcNeill]

Hmm...

I like the rules, but I particularly liked the addition of a x3 speed option. Most real life animals have a long distance run speed that is around 80-90% of their maximum speed, so this would've filled in that massive gap between x2 and x4 very nicely.

An alternate possibility would be dropping All-Out for characters and creatures down to x3, then providing a bonus to Speed based on how well the character rolled their Running skill...
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