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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 502898" data-attributes="member: 96">Funny, I feel exactly the same way about you.When I see this sentence:&quot;Characters usually don't walk during combat: They hustle or run.&quot;I do not say to myself &quot;Gee, self, what line on the table should I use to see how fast the characters are moving in combat?&nbsp; I know!&nbsp; I'll use the line that says 'walk', because that's exactly what they are not doing!&quot;Where do you see the word 'walk' in the following sentence? &quot;A character who moves his or her speed and takes some action, such as attacking or casting a spell, is hustling for about half the round and doing something else the other half.&quot;Answer: You don't.&nbsp; Not unless you're speaking some strange variant English that nobody else does.&nbsp; So why in the name of whatever higher powers you may or may not believe in would you assume that you would therefore look at the 'walk' line of the movement table?&nbsp; I tmakes no sense whatsoever.Your problem is that you are seeing that 30' in the walk line on Table 9-3 and getting stuck on it.&nbsp; You think &quot;my speed is 30', therefore that must be the line of the table I should use.&quot;&nbsp; The fact that it says 'walk', which you usually do not do in combat, gets ignored.&nbsp; The fact that you are only moving for half the round, rather than a full round which is what the table reflects, is also ignored.Since you usually hustle during combat, look at the hustle line.&nbsp; I know, it's a shocker, looking at the line for the actual type of movement that you are doing, but stick with me.&nbsp; If you hustle for a full round in combat, you go 60' - wow, just what the table says, and it agrees with the description of the double move in the combat section (which, as we have repeatedly agreed, assumes that you ar hustling, which is to say jogging at roughly 6 mph).&nbsp; If you run for a full round in combat, you go 120 feet - again, just what the table says.So, if you walk for a full round in combat, you go...how far?&nbsp; 30 feet.&nbsp; The fact that you can hustle for 30 feet and then do something else is completely irrelevant to that table.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 502898, member: 96"] Funny, I feel exactly the same way about you. When I see this sentence: "Characters usually don't walk during combat: They hustle or run." I do not say to myself "Gee, self, what line on the table should I use to see how fast the characters are moving in combat? I know! I'll use the line that says 'walk', because that's exactly what they are [b]not doing[/b]!" Where do you see the word 'walk' in the following sentence? "A character who moves his or her speed and takes some action, such as attacking or casting a spell, is hustling for about half the round and doing something else the other half." Answer: You don't. Not unless you're speaking some strange variant English that nobody else does. So why in the name of whatever higher powers you may or may not believe in would you assume that you would therefore look at the 'walk' line of the movement table? I tmakes no sense whatsoever. Your problem is that you are seeing that 30' in the walk line on Table 9-3 and getting stuck on it. You think "my speed is 30', therefore that must be the line of the table I should use." The fact that it says 'walk', which you usually do not do in combat, gets ignored. The fact that you are only moving for half the round, rather than a full round which is what the table reflects, is also ignored. Since you [i]usually[/i] hustle during combat, look at the hustle line. I know, it's a shocker, looking at the line for the actual type of movement that you are doing, but stick with me. If you hustle for a full round in combat, you go 60' - wow, just what the table says, and it agrees with the description of the double move in the combat section (which, as we have repeatedly agreed, assumes that you ar hustling, which is to say jogging at roughly 6 mph). If you run for a full round in combat, you go 120 feet - again, just what the table says. So, if you [i]walk[/i] for a full round in combat, you go...how far? 30 feet. The fact that you can hustle for 30 feet and then do something else is completely irrelevant to that table. J [/QUOTE]

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