Fleet of foot? Not so much.

[markkrawec]

So. I'm hacking away at the vehicle rules for the companion page, working on movement & speed categories. I go back to take a look at the distance per combat turn/per minute chart in the movement section & actually do the math for the first time.

A character with a movement of 30 sprints at a blistering 8 miles per hour. The fastest person on the face of the earth is doing an 8-minute mile. A horse has a movement of 20. That puts her sprinting speed at just over 6 mph. This seems just a hair slow.

Considering that even Ron Paul ran a 9.7 second 100-yard dash in high school (150 feet in 5 seconds, which would correspond to a Movement of about 66), the movement table may need a little revamping.

[markkrawec]

The simplest solution may be simply to substitute "yards" for "feet" in the table. That makes a sprinting horse's top speed about 20 mph, which is more reasonable.

It also means Ron Paul had a Movement of 22 when he was a kid, but who am I to say he didn't?

[thegreyelf]

That's probably a good solution, changing feet to yards.

[evilschemer]

Also might I suggest that short sprints are going to be faster than long-distance running.

For context, I did some quick Googling...

The current world record for the 100m sprint is Asafa Powell of Jamaica, with 9.74 seconds, which equates to 37 kph or 23 mph

An average 8-9th grader can do 13 seconds, which is about 27 kph or 17 mph.

An average 12th grader can do 11-11.5 seconds, which is about 31 kph or 19 mph.

I, on the other hand, could MAYBE do 8-12 mph, assuming I can finish 100m.