6 meters/move action - which is why I said tactical jog, but come to
think of it, it's more like a run - that's three meters a second,
unless you rule that all declared actions are mixed together, so it
goes down to 1-2 m/s.
Mega, on the other hand, has human walking speed at 2.5m/s or higher
depending on how much movement you allowed with any other actions, so
I'm not sure which is better.
Of course, I'm pretty sure Mongoose chose 6 meters/round because
someone thought they were using 1 meter squares and that gives the
same movement in squares as D&D...
On 8/6/17, Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be more interested in how far the characters can run in comparison to
> the animals.
>
> Not surprised to see Mongoose coming out with confusing, vague rules ...
>
> On Aug 6, 2017 7:59 AM, "Timothy Collinson" <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Ok, it's a Sunday afternoon and maybe I'm tiredness frazzled, but I'm
>> struggling a bit with Mongoose Traveller 2nd edition animal speeds.
>>
>> The figure given in an animal stat block is it's 'speed' but is actually
>> a
>> distance just to be confusing.  The rules say  (p.80) that it's "how far
>> the animal can move in a single combat round with a minor action."
>>
>> A combat round is six seconds and you can have three minor actions in a
>> round, so presumably the 'speed' is the distance an animal can move in
>> two
>> seconds.
>>
>> Q: is that how others work it out or do you limit it to one 'move' per
>> round and thus six seconds?
>>
>> Q: I'm assuming that this is a 'top' speed and not necessarily
>> sustainable
>> for long periods - is that what others use?  Or should I be doing a
>> normal
>> walking speed (or ambling in the case of the critters I'm on now).
>>
>> The Thunderer (on p.83) has a 'speed' of 10m, so I make that 30m per
>> round
>> and thus 300m per minute and thus 18kph (just over 10mph) and is
>> described
>> as a "slow, ponderous triped".  Perhaps when it's roused it can do a
>> short
>> distance a bit quicker.
>>
>> So is it reasonable for my 60kph savannah critter (maximum sprint) to
>> have
>> a 'speed' of 33m?  (100m / round, 1000m / minute and 60kph).  None of the
>> other examples in the book are close to this (even the flyer), so are
>> they
>> looking at average speeds or do they just not have fast examples, like,
>> say
>> a cheetah?  {Sidenote: I've been surprised to find out how fast giraffes
>> can sprint!]
>>
>> Please feel free to criticize my maths/math or my design or my rules
>> understanding!
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> tc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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