battlemat scale

[mel]

hi all, just about to run the quick starter rules game and was contemplating using my battle mat. BUT, i'm normally a 5 foot per square/hex person. What do people use with RQ's 1 meter movements? 1 square per meter? 2 meters per square?

[Psullie]

With Runequest you add 1SR per 3m moved - so go with 1m or 3m hexes/squares. You could round to 1SR per 10 feet but as everything in RQ is metric it might get confusing.

 

[Richard S.]

One movement unit is typically 3m². Your average human can move up to 8 units or 24m in a round.

[styopa]

18 minutes ago, Psullie said:

With Runequest you add 1SR per 3m moved - so go with 1m or 3m hexes/squares. You could round to 1SR per 10 feet but as everything in RQ is metric it might get confusing.

 

Why do you think they used 3m increments?

Because it's the same (basically) as D&D's 10' increments.

[Roko Joko]

1 meter hexes/squares might be easier if you're going to have people in shield walls.

[mel]

thanks for the tips. i actually ran without figures in the end. great fun. good to be playing RQ again after a long time.