Ways to gain extra movement speed?

[Oryan77]

I'm going to be making a 1st level Barbarian Gladiator for a Darksun game. I don't have a lot of experience with 4e. Is there a feat or some alternative option that would grant my PC any extra squares of movement?

I'm interested in a permanent bonus to the speed. Half-Giants are speed 6 I think. I'm not really interested in something that only gives me a better speed if I perform a specific action (like charging). I'm looking for a way to raise that speed 6 to a 7 or higher.

Does gaining size raise speed any? Speaking of which, is the only thing that gaining a larger size affect in 4e is reach & weapon size?

 

[Aulirophile]

Actually size doesn't inherently increase reach. Many large creatures still have a melee touch range of 1. You do get an upgraded damage die though.

Items:

Boots of Striding +1 Item Bonus when wearing light or no armor.
Boots of Striding and Springing +1 Item bonus when wearing light or no armor, +2 to jumps.

Feat:

Fleet Footed at Paragon. +1 Feat Bonus.

Most of the rest are epic options or would involve a different class/race or a multiclass and dedicating your PP/ED to it.

 

[Azlith]

Thri-Kreen and Elves are speed 7. Elves can also shift in difficult terrain. There's a dwarven feat to give them speed 6. And magic boots at level 9? that give +1 in heavy armor.

 

[Azlith]

Technically you can make a Mul with the dwarven feat to give you speed 7.

 

[domino]

There's Aspect of the Peregrine Falcon if you're a hunter from Essentials that gives +2 speed. But that's only when you have it "on."

 

[Mentat55]

Multiclass into monk and then take the feat Fluid Motion. +1 feat bonus to speed in the heroic tier, +2 in the paragon tier.

 

[Oryan77]

You do get an upgraded damage die though.

What book do I find that info in? I've had the hardest time finding anything out about the differences between medium and large size. The only thing I saw was a brief mention about Reach in the monster manual.

 

[Dice4Hire]

What book do I find that info in? I've had the hardest time finding anything out about the differences between medium and large size. The only thing I saw was a brief mention about Reach in the monster manual.

It is really obscure as they decided not to allow large sized PCs. How they work is mostly guesswork as the designers saw no reason to do rules

 

[Aulirophile]

What book do I find that info in? I've had the hardest time finding anything out about the differences between medium and large size. The only thing I saw was a brief mention about Reach in the monster manual.

PHB equipment section. It is a "Large" weapon for a "Large" creature. The mechanical effect of which is that the die increases by one size.

Close Bursts get bigger since you have a larger origin.

Your vertical reach increases since technically you are a 2x2x2 cube.

There are no inherent increases besides the damage die, really, just ones that follow mechanically from you being a larger cube.

 

[webrunner]

There was a build somewhere on the charop forum which had a burst movement of something like 40 squares, but I can't find it at the moment. I assume literally any speed increase possible would be in that build.