Non-combat running

larsdangly · 11-19-2018, 03:47 PM

We don't have to figure out how people ran down wild animals to understand what is going on here: the issue is that pretty much everyone and everything moves faster than their MA score. 5 seconds is a reasonable 40 yard dash time for an athletic person, meaning millions and millions of people can do it, and everyone ambulatory can come close. So, our MA's should all be 30. MA 10 (40' in 5 seconds) is approximately a brisk walking pace for a human.

This is the issue, but it doesn't mean it is a problem. MA scores are a decent representation of how people move around in chaotic tactical situations. And if you just want to know whether your character can outrun something it will give you a first guess. The only thing its bad at is telling you how far you could get if moving was all you cared about.

11-19-2018, 03:47 PM	#10
larsdangly Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Non-combat running We don't have to figure out how people ran down wild animals to understand what is going on here: the issue is that pretty much everyone and everything moves faster than their MA score. 5 seconds is a reasonable 40 yard dash time for an athletic person, meaning millions and millions of people can do it, and everyone ambulatory can come close. So, our MA's should all be 30. MA 10 (40' in 5 seconds) is approximately a brisk walking pace for a human. This is the issue, but it doesn't mean it is a problem. MA scores are a decent representation of how people move around in chaotic tactical situations. And if you just want to know whether your character can outrun something it will give you a first guess. The only thing its bad at is telling you how far you could get if moving was all you cared about.