[HoE] Re: Roving Templars

[John Goff <johngoff@erols.com>]

Steve wrote:

> >I'd give him at least a 25 miles of travel a day. Presumably, as a Templar,
> >he's in fairly good
> >shape, so his walking speed is an easy 4 mph. That means with only a little
> >more than 6
>
> Ummm, I'm unaware of any character that is given double movement speed for
> being a particular character class.  And one could argue that most
> adventurer types (Syker/soldiers, Doomsayer/wandering the desert types) all
> might deserve the "extra" moving rate.  The walking rate stated in the WW
> Companion is 2 miles for walking, and that's what I used.

I based that statement on the fact that as a Templar or any adventurer type (as you mentioned), he's
probably used to foot-slogging rather than as a reference to a "class" ability. Sorry I wasn't more
clear on that.

As to the walking rate--I admit being at fault. I didn't even look at the WW rate; I've always just
given most folks a walking rate of 4 mph. I can see the justification for a lower rate though. Even with
the 2.5 mph listed in the WW, his daily average is 20--about the mid-point between our two estimates.

However, since the guy had a motorcycle, all this is really beside the point...

> So if we go with the "correct" movement rates of the Companion book, there
> would only be 1-2 communities.  Granted, Something About a Sword
> puts two communities relatively close to each other.  But both based on
> source materials (Road Warriors) and for the general "feel" of the
> post-Apocalypse in general, 1-2 in a 100 mile diameter circle seems about
> right.

I still come up with a circle of 140 miles, or over 15,000 square miles. I can accept more than one or
two settlements--granted, small-sized ones--in that area; I'd even take four or five. Road Warriors
says, "Most of the world is a barren wasteland," and 5 settlements with a support area of even 5 miles
each still leaves more than 15,000 square miles of wasteland in that patrol area. We're not talking a
straight line 140 miles long with 5 settlements along it--we're assuming Ritter patrols a circular area.

Honestly, though, if it was a real problem for me, I'd just write it off to artistic license and have
the stiuation in Jarret be an exception. :-)

Again, that's just my opinion,

John Goff