Movement Speed

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Movement speed (MS) is an attribute that controls the action cost of moving.

Movement speed can't be adjusted during character generation, and is not affected by other attributes, such as agility.

The player and most other characters begin with a default movement speed of 100.

Overview

How fast a character moves is determined by a combination of quickness (QN) and movement speed (MS).

• Quickness determines how fast a character is overall. It affects all actions, including moving, attacking, using items, and just about anything else a character can do. For that reason, if you have a choice between increasing your quickness or your movement speed, it is generally preferable to increase your quickness.
• Movement speed is a more specialized attribute that affects only movement actions. Improving your movement speed can allow your character to move multiple spaces in a single turn (or, more commonly, to move one extra space during the course of a few turns), helping you to outrun enemies, escape dangerous situations, or keep your distance as you fight an enemy with a ranged weapon.

Mechanics

Characters generate a certain number of action points each turn equal to ten times their quickness (QN) value, or QN x 10. Each time a character moves, the character expends some or all of those action points, depending on their movement speed.

The maximum effective movement speed (MS) value for any character is 195. Increasing your movement speed beyond that value has no effect. 195 is the highest value that the game will use for movement calculations.

Moving consumes a number of action points equal to ten times the difference between your movement speed and 200, or (200 - MS) x 10.

If your movement speed and your quickness are both equal to 100, this means that you can move exactly once per turn.

Action points generated per turn	QN x 10
Action cost of a single movement	(200 - MS) x 10
Total movements per turn	QN(200 - MS)

Modifying Movement Speed

These things directly modify a character's movement speed, changing the action cost of a single movement, and thus the number of movements the character may take per turn.

Name	Type	Movement Effect
Bounding Boots	equipment	+15 movement speed while worn, along with increased sprint speed.
Dazed	effect	-10 temporary movement speed.
Dismembered (feet)	effect	-20 movement speed as long as the feet are dismembered. (penalty may vary depending on number of feet)
Double-Muscled	physical mutation	-6 to -18 permanent movement speed, depending on mutation level.
Greased	equipment modifier	-5 movement speed while worn.
Hobbled (short sword skill)	effect	-50% temporary movement speed for 16-20 rounds.
Hooks for Feet	physical defect	-10 permanent movement speed.
Hyper-Elastic Ankle Tendons	cybernetic implant	+6 movement speed while implanted.
Interdictor	enemy	-10 temporary movement speed for each interdiction beam focused on the character.
Ironshank	disease	-8 to -80 movement speed. This penalty worsens the longer the character is infected.
Lovesick	effect	-5 temporary movement speed.
Magnetized boots	equipment	-5 movement speed while worn.
Motorized Treads	cybernetic implant	+50 permanent movement speed.
Multiple Legs	physical mutation	+8 to +53 permanent movement speed, depending on mutation level.
Nocturnal Apex	cybernetic implant	+10 temporary movement speed while activated.
Prone	effect	-80 temporary movement speed until you stand up.
Rocket Skates	equipment	+5 movement speed while worn.
Sandals of the River-Wives	equipment	+5 movement speed while worn.
Skulk Injector (in darkness)	effect	+25% or +40% temporary movement speed while active, depending on whether the user is a mutant or a True Kin.
Skulk Injector (in daylight)	effect	-20% temporary movement speed while active.
Spring-loaded	equipment modifier	+5 to +10 movement speed while worn.
Ultra-Elastic Ankle Tendons	cybernetic implant	+10 movement speed while implanted.
Yeshyrskin Slippers	equipment	+20 movement speed while worn.

Additional Types of Movement

Beyond your movement speed attribute, there are many additional ways to change the speed at which you move, or cause you to move around without directly modifying your movement speed.

Some common examples include:

• Sprinting
• Swimming
• Flying
• Teleporting
• Slipping on liquids
• Standing on conveyers
• Using skills like Charge, Lunge, or Juke
• Using items like the Flume-Flyer of the Sky Bear