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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4044609" data-attributes="member: 710">I think the complexity doesn't result from the fact that you move diagonally, but that your mixing different movement directions. You have to keep two numbers in your head: - Total Movement- Numbers of squares moved diagonally.On top of that, you will have a lot of backtracking to do, like &quot;Oh, no, the Ogre has reach, I must move slightly different, like this. Oh no, not enough movement if I move this way, so I have to go through his reach - maybe my Tumble check will not fail this time? The square there is difficult ground, right?&quot;Each individual action is very simple. But that doesn't mean that the conjunction of several of them doesn't become difficult to manage. And if not difficult, it becomes &quot;less fast&quot;.&nbsp;Otherwise you could argue that calculating the square root of a number is pretty simple, because you just need to make a few divisions. And divisions are also simple, because you just need to make a few substractions, and that's elementary school maths!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4044609, member: 710"] I think the complexity doesn't result from the fact that you move diagonally, but that your mixing different movement directions. You have to keep two numbers in your head: - Total Movement - Numbers of squares moved diagonally. On top of that, you will have a lot of backtracking to do, like "Oh, no, the Ogre has reach, I must move slightly different, like this. Oh no, not enough movement if I move this way, so I have to go through his reach - maybe my Tumble check will not fail this time? The square there is difficult ground, right?" Each individual action is very simple. But that doesn't mean that the conjunction of several of them doesn't become difficult to manage. And if not difficult, it becomes "less fast". Otherwise you could argue that calculating the square root of a number is pretty simple, because you just need to make a few divisions. And divisions are also simple, because you just need to make a few substractions, and that's elementary school maths! [/QUOTE]

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