Game Travel

How to get around and how Fast you get there is determined by a few different factors. First thing, the GM must know the distances between places in his or her world to know how far to travel and what terrain the characters will find themselves in. Here is a chart that may help you figure out how to get from Ireland to Malfestus and how long it will take:

	On Foot: Walking	On Foot: Running	On Horse: Walking or with Wagon	On horse: Full gallop	Small boat	Large Ship
Path or Road	3 mph	7 mph	10 mph	20 mph	N/A	N/A
Plains or Fields	3 mph	6 mph	10 mph	20 mph	N/A	N/A
Medium Forest	2 mph	5 mph	6 mph	N/A Unless on a path	N/A	N/A
Thick Forest	1 mph	3 mph	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rocky or Hilly terrain	2 mph	4 mph 5 - downhill	3 mph	6 mph	N/A	N/A
Mountains or cliffs	1 mph	Does falling count?	Uphill - 6 Downhill - 8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Desert or Beach Sand	3 mph	6 mph	4 mph	15 mph	N/A	N/A
Calm Waters Ocean or lake	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30 pmh	50 mph
Stormy Ocean	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10 mph	20 mph
Freezing Tundra	1 mph	3 mph	3 mph	15 mph Dont' Slip!	*Navigate through Ice	*Navigate through ice

Other factors to take into account:

• Weather Conditions
• Battle Conditions
• Health conditions of characters in the party - They don't move so fast when they're wouded, sick, drunk, bogged down with equipment, or really short

The chart above was created for average conditions in fair weather. Mudslides, twisters, war, blizzards, entangle spells, tsunamis and big mosters have a large effect on the distance travelled that day. Also, some games use Fairy realms, the dreamworld, time portals or other time / distance altering methods. Flying usually is double to running - flying on a pegasus, griffin, dragon or other large, flying animal would be double for horse gallop.

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