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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ran across this link: <FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.etherealpursuits.com/ep_tips_ballistics.htm">http://www.etherealpursuits.com/ep_tips_ballistics.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It has some interesting
information/tables about how high things must be thrown/fired in order to get a
certain distance. Basically, if you are in a 20' high cave and you see a
goblin 100 feet away, can you realistically hit it with your light
crossbow? Anyway, take a look.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was thinking about movement rates
too, and the game rates just don't seem right...especially the flying
ones....they're just WAY too slow. The people movement seems OK, but the
animals and creatures are just unrealistic.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The attached spreadsheet shows
rateas of speeds in FPS amd MPH...both items we can relate to (except you
metrics out there). Anyway, I included walking speed (about 2.5-3.0 MPH or
MR of 1), included the websites numbers for thrown items (daggers, hatchets,
spears, javelins - these seemed pretty accurate...I checked Olympic data on the
javelin, for instance). I also included infor for a car moving 60 MPH,
thrown baseball at 100MPH (just happens to be same speed as a shortbow arrow),
and stuff like that. Oh, yeah, and horse speeds...like the fastest horse
on record (for Triple Crown Stuff) was about 40MPH or a MR of 72 (turn) or 18
(PMR)!!!...the rules call for a Riding Horse IV to be MR 32...which is barely
faster than a 4-minute mile!!!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, the flying speeds seem to be
biggest problem. Dragons only fly MR 32 or 34? That's less
than 20 MPH!!!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OK...So, yes, this is an official
rant. But you guys seem to like the more realistic aspects of some of the
stuff.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ALSO...you can see in the website
how far a weapon can be fired/thrown in one phase...it's possible that you
shoot...but your missile doesn't reach the target until the next
phase...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DAS</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PS If the file gets
scrubbed...I'll post it online and you can look it up there instead of going to
the link.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>