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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Carlsen" data-source="post: 6257958" data-attributes="member: 61749">All races having a speed of 30 doesn't bother me much. Definitely not as much as the lack of racial penalties. And there's the advantage of just knowing that PCs have a speed of 30.It definitely doesn't bother me from a verisimilitude aspect because size is only one factor in speed, and in fact many small creatures have evolved to be fast. A dwarf or halfling isn't a human with dwarfism, or even a short human. Cheetas run faster than house cats, but are also faster than lions. Some small humanoids could be slower, others may be spry.Where it bothers me a little is how it defies a bit of D&amp;D history--wherein halflings and dwarves are slower than humans and elves. I do think that racial speeds were never really given serious consideration in the past, or size wouldn't be the deciding factor, but that's beside the point.Still, I'm okay with this change. An advanced races module is already something I find desirable, so let speed differences live there, alongside racial penalties and flaws.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Carlsen, post: 6257958, member: 61749"] All races having a speed of 30 doesn't bother me much. Definitely not as much as the lack of racial penalties. And there's the advantage of just knowing that PCs have a speed of 30. It definitely doesn't bother me from a verisimilitude aspect because size is only one factor in speed, and in fact many small creatures have evolved to be fast. A dwarf or halfling isn't a human with dwarfism, or even a short human. Cheetas run faster than house cats, but are also faster than lions. Some small humanoids could be slower, others may be spry. Where it bothers me a little is how it defies a bit of D&D history--wherein halflings and dwarves are slower than humans and elves. I do think that racial speeds were never really given serious consideration in the past, or size wouldn't be the deciding factor, but that's beside the point. Still, I'm okay with this change. An advanced races module is already something I find desirable, so let speed differences live there, alongside racial penalties and flaws. [/QUOTE]

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