Re: [HOE] MPH/pace Questions v. hsrunner

[Michael Shindler <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

This doesn't strike me as entirely odd:

1) They're heroes. They're supposed to be fast.

2) We have a track team at my high school, which I avoid (dangling participle
here on purpose). One guy on the track team ran a mile in 5 minutes (or so is
his claim, I didn't see it). Assuming he's telling the truth - he hasn't lied
to me yet, and I've known him for 4 years - that's an average velocity of 12
MPH (1 mile / 5 minutes) x (60 minutes / hour) = (12 miles/hour). Heroes are
supposed to be faster than the generic high school track runner, aren't they?

--- Matt and Teresa Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> In Road Warriors on page 39 under Speedometer, it states how you convert
> MPH to yards (for example 5 MPH = 0.5 inches, multiply inches x5 to get
> yards = 2.5 yards...or 0.5 yards = 1 MPH).  So we're basically saying
> that MPH divided by 2 equals yards, and inversely yards times 2 equals
> MPH.  Since a character's pace is measured in yards, does this mean that
> an average person with a pace of 6 is actually walking at 12 MPH and
> running at 24 MPH (28 if they pick up the pace and get a 4)?  Since the
> revised rules have stated that a character can take their full movement
> in a single action, this gives an average person better pace than the
> acceleration of most vehicles.  Granted, the vehicle will catch up
> quick, as the character will be maxed out on their speed, but do these
> numbers strike anyone else as odd?  I mean, a really quick character
> with a pace of 12 and a 4 on the d4 pick-up is capable of a top speed of
> 52 MPH?!?  And don't forget about those running shoes (which - although
> it's never been stated - I assume supply the +2 pace bonus AFTER
> doubling pace for running) to kick it up another notch to 54 MPH...
> 
> Is perhaps vehicle pace not comparable to character pace?  If so, why
> call it pace?
> 
> Also, if this conversion is correct, all of the pace listings for
> vehicles in Road Warriors are wrong.  Although it doesn't seem to
> expressly say how to determine a vehicle's pace in Road Warriors, I
> would think, due to the original conversion above that the book
> supplied, you would simply multiply the top speed by 2.  Instead, it
> seems they've all been multiplied by 2.5.  Why?
> 
> Am I way off on this?  Any thoughts or explanations?
> 
> Matt Steflik
> Gimme Shelter - http://www.geocities.com/grifflik
> 
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