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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 501149" data-attributes="member: 99">No you didn't, pal.&nbsp; Look at the first paragraph of my post up there.&nbsp; You're busted, I say! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Ice Bear - I vaguely recall from my AD&amp;D days that the text you are referring to might be the 1E method of explaining why character movement rate &quot;per turn&quot; was measured in inches (each inch equivalent to 10' I think).&nbsp; For example, an unencumbered Thief could move 12&quot; (120 feet) on the map each turn (which was I believe 10 minutes).&nbsp; The explanation for this snail's pace movement was that the party was moving cautiously, checking for traps and doing their best to gain surprise on anybody they ran into (i.e. Moving Silently).So I guess if we take that into account, we should feel absolutely speedy at drnuncheon's (et al) rate of 15 feet per six second round.[drnuncheon's curmudgeonly voice] &quot;Back in the old days, there was no talk of moving 30 feet in six seconds while moving silently!&nbsp; It took us 5 seconds just to go a foot!&nbsp; And we liked it!&quot; [/drnuncheon's curmudgeonly voice](I'm just kidding with you drnucheon <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 501149, member: 99"] No you didn't, pal. Look at the first paragraph of my post up there. You're busted, I say! ;) Ice Bear - I vaguely recall from my AD&D days that the text you are referring to might be the 1E method of explaining why character movement rate "per turn" was measured in inches (each inch equivalent to 10' I think). For example, an unencumbered Thief could move 12" (120 feet) on the map each turn (which was I believe 10 minutes). The explanation for this snail's pace movement was that the party was moving cautiously, checking for traps and doing their best to gain surprise on anybody they ran into (i.e. Moving Silently). So I guess if we take that into account, we should feel absolutely speedy at drnuncheon's (et al) rate of 15 feet per six second round. [i][drnuncheon's curmudgeonly voice] "Back in the old days, there was no talk of moving 30 feet in six seconds while moving silently! It took us 5 seconds just to go a foot! And we liked it!" [/drnuncheon's curmudgeonly voice][/i] (I'm just kidding with you drnucheon :D ) [/QUOTE]

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