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<blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 6326557" data-attributes="member: 39815">On travel distances, I think they're just working from historical records of travel distances by pre-modern military units… or rather, from earlier editions of D&amp;D which were based on those since the days of their wargaming roots. Given that in D&amp;D we're talking about smaller groups, what you might call skirmish units, but a military unit making 15-18 miles per day (the Slow rate) was doing pretty well, and 30 miles per day (the Fast rate) was rare. You could get units moving on foot up to 40 miles per day, but it was almost unheard-of, and 50 miles per day even on horseback was often considered unbelievably fast (although some could manage it).Also, consider that today's &quot;vastly better fed&quot; individuals might tire less easily than the typical medieval adventurer subsisting on hard bread, hard cheese, and somewhat-clean water. I wonder what a D&amp;D adventurer could do with modern endurance training and some protein bars?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="occam, post: 6326557, member: 39815"] On travel distances, I think they're just working from historical records of travel distances by pre-modern military units… or rather, from earlier editions of D&D which were based on those since the days of their wargaming roots. Given that in D&D we're talking about smaller groups, what you might call skirmish units, but a military unit making 15-18 miles per day (the Slow rate) was doing pretty well, and 30 miles per day (the Fast rate) was rare. You could get units moving on foot up to 40 miles per day, but it was almost unheard-of, and 50 miles per day even on horseback was often considered unbelievably fast (although some could manage it). Also, consider that today's "vastly better fed" individuals might tire less easily than the typical medieval adventurer subsisting on hard bread, hard cheese, and somewhat-clean water. I wonder what a D&D adventurer could do with modern endurance training and some protein bars? [/QUOTE]

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