What does Speed mean?

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Post originally by Peter Knutsen at 2005-07-23 06:59:59
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This article is unclear, as to what the Speed attribute is supposed to cover. Are we talking about movement capacity, as in hexes per time unit, or are we talking reaction speed, as in initiative determination & "saving throw vs being surprised"?

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Peter Knutsen
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Post originally by Sergio Mascarenhas at 2005-07-23 20:43:04
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It depends on each game actually. In some game it refers to movement capacity, in others to reaction time, in others to how much things you can do in an unit of time (thus determining things like number of attacks per round, for instance), and in other games a mix of these. Of course, I'm referring here to games that have a separate speed stat.

My point was less to try to define speed (eventually by choosing one or more of the interpertations just mentionned) than to advance my reasons why I avoid treating it as an independent trait. I think that it is better to factor speed, in any of its meanings, into broader stats like Adroitness or Agility.

Sergio