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How fast can the regular person swim?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:51 pm
by Akashic Soldier
Straight up question, is there a formula?
I have the swimming skill, how fast can I swim?
Re: How fast can the regular person swim?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:05 pm
by Dreamstreamer
Akashic Soldier wrote:Straight up question, is there a formula?
I have the swimming skill, how fast can I swim?
I thought it was in the swimming skill description: "A character can swim a distance equal to 3x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a total of minutes equal to his P.E./endurance."
Re: How fast can the regular person swim?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:47 pm
by Akashic Soldier
Dreamstreamer wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Straight up question, is there a formula?
I have the swimming skill, how fast can I swim?
I thought it was in the swimming skill description: "A character can swim a distance equal to 3x his P.S. in yards/meters per melee. This pace can be maintained for a total of minutes equal to his P.E./endurance."
Epic fail.
Thank you. I looked in SCUBA and everywhere else. I feel stupid.
Re: How fast can the regular person swim?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:14 pm
by Tinker Dragoon
For the regular Swimming skill, speed is consistently listed as P.S. x 3 yards/meters per melee, and can be maintained for P.E. x 1 minutes (newer books) or P.E. x 1 melees (older books).
For Advanced Swimming/SCUBA, speed is variously given as P.S. x 2, P.S. x 4, and P.S. x 10 yards per melee, for a maximum duration variously given as P.E. x 1 minutes, P.E. x 4 minutes, and P.E. x 4 melees. Oddly enough, in some older books, SCUBA also gives a bonus to Spd. when in water.