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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6139779" data-attributes="member: 57383">Updating the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?295726-Converting-Spelljammer-creatures&amp;p=6067349&amp;viewfull=1#post6067349" target="_blank">Porton Working Draft</a>.Let's see, the original text says Portons &quot;float slowly through the skies&quot; at a speed of &quot;about 12&quot;, which combined with their manoeuvrability of (D) translates to Fly 30 ft. (clumsy), plus Hover as a bonus feat.However, it also says that &quot;they can achieve a maximum speed of 12, but they will not do so without a good reason&quot;, suggesting they won't/don't/can't move faster than a standard move.I'm thinking we'd best add &quot;cannot run&quot;. I can see several possibilities.Fly 60 ft. (12 squares, clumsy, cannot run) would give them a max speed exactly as fast as an average running human.Fly 30 ft. (6 squares, clumsy, cannot run) would give them a max speed equal to a hustling average human, but a human can outrun one.An inbetween speed - e.g. Fly 30 ft. (6 squares, clumsy, cannot run) - means a human would have to Run to get away from one.I'd be OK with any of those, which would you prefer for a &quot;clumsy, cannot run&quot; flight speed?I'm currently leaning slightly towards a &quot;slow but inexorable&quot; 30 ft.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6139779, member: 57383"] Updating the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?295726-Converting-Spelljammer-creatures&p=6067349&viewfull=1#post6067349"][B]Porton Working Draft[/B][/URL]. Let's see, the original text says Portons "float slowly through the skies" at a speed of "about 12", which combined with their manoeuvrability of (D) translates to Fly 30 ft. (clumsy), plus Hover as a bonus feat. However, it also says that "they can achieve a maximum speed of 12, but they will not do so without a good reason", suggesting they won't/don't/can't move faster than a standard move. I'm thinking we'd best add "cannot run". I can see several possibilities. Fly 60 ft. (12 squares, clumsy, cannot run) would give them a max speed exactly as fast as an average running human. Fly 30 ft. (6 squares, clumsy, cannot run) would give them a max speed equal to a hustling average human, but a human can outrun one. An inbetween speed - e.g. Fly 30 ft. (6 squares, clumsy, cannot run) - means a human would have to Run to get away from one. I'd be OK with any of those, which would you prefer for a "clumsy, cannot run" flight speed? I'm currently leaning slightly towards a "slow but inexorable" 30 ft. [/QUOTE]

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