Bison: 8*2 = 16; Sable 9*2 = 18
>2. what effect does dex have on total speed?
The animal with the earlier DEX begins running sooner. Once they're running, I'm not sure DEX would matter except to avoid obstacles.
>2. Can the bison ever catch the sables assuming a standing start?
Yes, but not very often. Real sables are faster than bison, too.
>3. does the bison have more stamina?
Yes. Eventually, if the sables can't lose the bisons, they will get tired and forced to turn and fight.
>4. I have also assumed that the bison does not have as good
acceleration as
>the sable. true??
Yes -- this is seen by their respective DEXes, but if you wanted to get picky, the mass of the bison is so much greater than a sable that it has a strong effect, too. (Partly simulated in RQ by the lower DEX.)
>5. How does RQ4 handle the movement for Bipedal and Quadrepedal
critters?
I don't know or care. But when I designed the movement rate for various Gloranthan creatures, I did it by figuring out their speed and reducing it simplistically to meters/round. So a sable moves 9 because that is the relative speed between a sable running all-out and a man doing the same (i.e., the sable runs about three times as fast -- 45-50 mph as opposed to 15 mph or so.)
>6. How far can a large tribe of bison travel in a day?
Depends on the season.
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