[HoE] Question of the Day #2 (6/11)

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

Exactly what the heck is the motorized movement rate in the Hoe "universe"?

Okay, it's not in the rulebook.  So we look to the Wasted West Companion (or 
whatever you call the second hard cover book).  I'm not big on buying a 
separate book just to get basic essential information on playing the game, 
but moving right along...

There's a chart.  Don't have the book in front of me, but it's pretty early 
on in the rules, around where the new Hindrances & Edges are.  It states 
that you have an average travel time of 8 hours per day.

First of all...huh?  You spend about 8 hours sleeping, and 8 hours 
travelling.  What do you _do_ with the other 8 hours a day?   I haven't 
camped in a while, but I didn't think it took 8 hours to set up and break 
down camp.  Knowing what occurred in this 8 hours would give us Marshalls a 
better idea of how much the Posse can ignore it in the interests of 
travelling further.

But moving right along...

Okay, so you travel 8 hours a day.  There's also some text about travelling 
faster, but it says that you can't raise the Average Travel Rate.  Umm, 
again, huh?  How can you can travel faster and _not_ raise your Average 
Travel rate?  We kinda see where they're going here, but it could be stated 
a _lot_ more clearly.  But moving right along...

So finally we get a mini chart.  For walking, it says you can go 20 miles a 
day, with an average rate of 2.5 MPH.  8 hours * 2.5 MPH = 20 miles per day. 
  Great.

Then there's horseback.  You can go 40 miles a day, with an average MPH of 
5.  8 * 5 = 40.  Also great.

But then there's motorized movement rules.  You can go 400 miles a day, with 
an average MPH Of 20.  8 * 20 = 160.  Not so great.

The third line of this table seems to be a misprint.  Either A) you _can_ go 
400 miles a day, in which case the average MPH should be 50, not 20.  That's 
a pretty big discrepancy, and an average MPH travel rate of 50 seems a 
little...high, shall we say?  The text in the paragraphs seems to confirm 
this, commenting on choked highways, etc.

Or B) Your average MPH is 20, but your per/day rate is only 160 miles.  This 
makes a bit more sense, but the chart doesn't _say_ that.

Anybody know?  There's no errata at Pinnacle's web site or under the 
accumulated rulings that refer to the Wasted West book, so apparently we're 
supposed to read this chart as printed.  But...it doesn't make any _sense_ 
as written.

I suppose the Road Warrior sourcebook might clarify this.  But I'm even less 
enthused about buying a book to clarify the book that I bought to clarify 
the basic info that I needed in the first place that wasn't in the original 
rulebook.

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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