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<blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 4857392" data-attributes="member: 75712">marathons(This is so hopelessly OT at this point, maybe should've been forked <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm&nbsp; &nbsp; :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />, but anyway...)&nbsp;A marathon is possible by RAW.&nbsp; The run x4 rule is meant to model sprinting, not long-distance running.&nbsp; In reality, a marathon (26 miles in ~4 hours) is run closer to &quot;hustle&quot; speed (~6 miles per hour), which only accumulates 7 hp non-lethal damage over 4 hours (0+1+2+4 for each hour), and maybe tack on a couple more hp for the last miles.&nbsp; Trained runners do quite a bit better, presumably equating to a feat or something.Any fighter-type character could probably pull this off at 1st level.&nbsp; Most any other character can do the same by 3rd level or so.&nbsp; Even a sickly wizard can at 7th level (though he'd pass out at the finish line <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=";)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theo R Cwithin, post: 4857392, member: 75712"] [b]marathons[/b] (This is so hopelessly OT at this point, maybe should've been forked :erm:, but anyway...) A marathon [I][B]is[/B][/I] possible by RAW. The run x4 rule is meant to model sprinting, not long-distance running. In reality, a marathon (26 miles in ~4 hours) is run closer to "hustle" speed (~6 miles per hour), which only accumulates 7 hp non-lethal damage over 4 hours (0+1+2+4 for each hour), and maybe tack on a couple more hp for the last miles. Trained runners do quite a bit better, presumably equating to a feat or something. Any fighter-type character could probably pull this off at 1st level. Most any other character can do the same by 3rd level or so. Even a sickly wizard can at 7th level (though he'd pass out at the finish line ;) ) [/QUOTE]

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