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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 7925128" data-attributes="member: 57494">Hmmm ... I kind of don't like it being directly tied to Strength, though. I know weight lifters can be very fast if they're training for strength and not for body building, but I feel like there's a reason we see smaller characters as the swift ones in fiction, and why we see lithe runners and bulky weight lifters. I'm not sure of a good way to model that aside from leaving it to players to stay within genres.But I do like the idea of something boosting base speed. So since it's Athletics modifier, a Str 16 and a +2 mod, or a Str 14 and a +3 mod, nets a +5 speed, but below that only comes into play when multipliers are applied? I kinda like it. I've seen other systems use a combo of Str and Dex to determine speed, which can help with the genre conventions above (High Str, High Dex characters are leaner and faster, High Str, Low Dex characters are bulky and a bit slower).</blockquote>