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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 4565618" data-attributes="member: 51942">If you feel the two are unrelated, then that's certainly the way to go.  I don't think they are, and further that there's a clear causality: you stop after two squares because your speed.  In any case, apparently we agree on the reasoning, but not the premise... Bonuses in general don't apply, so in general your speed+bonuses is simply 2 and you'll stop after 2 squares.  In the specific case of double move, however, you're capable of moving more.(Concerning the application of slow's stopping phrase to difficult terrain and falling scenario's, amongst other things): I think you're losing sight of the forest for the tree's here.  What is slow modelling?  The rules serve the purposes of consistency, not the other way around.  If a creature moves only at a rate of 2 squares per move, of course it needs to stop after two squares.  But it's still normal movement and common sense still applies.  You stop after 1 square if you're moving over difficult terrain, you don't stop if you're falling, etc...  The point of the reminder that you stop once you've moved 2 squares is to make clear that the speed limit applies immediately, not after the current move action.  But again, you think the stopping clause is unrelated to the speed limiting clause, whereas I think they're causally related, which explains the essence of our differences, right?Hyp didn't quote rules text, but the flavor text preceding it.  I agree that the rules do not explicitly cover the situation.  The specific example of combat superiority is simply stated directly in the rules.  If you do stop in the middle, of course you lose the benefits of double move - but you can, that's all.</blockquote>

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