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One can always use a Hermes Portal or a Faerie Trod to get somewhere fast but only if it is integral to the story.
 
One can always use a Hermes Portal or a Faerie Trod to get somewhere fast but only if it is integral to the story.
  
Assumption: 1 League is 4k, it takes about an hour to walk 1 league on good roads, and people normally only walk for 7 hours a day.
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Base Assumption: 1 League is 4k, it takes about an hour to walk 1 league on good roads, and people normally only walk for 7 hours a day.
  
 
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Poor weather will lower a road's quality by one or more which may make a road impassable.
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'''Distances Between Places'''
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Casa sus Baux is 1k from Cassis and it takes about 20 minutes get there.
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''The road east from the Casa sus Baux:''
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[[Casa sus Baux]] is 32k from [[Marseille]] and it takes about 2 days to get there.
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''The road west from the Casa sus Baux:''
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[[Casa sus Baux]] is 9k from [[La Coita]] and it takes half a day to get there.
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[[La Coita]] is 20k from [[Bandol]] and it takes one and a half a days to get there.
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[[Bandol]] is 19k from [[Toulon]] and it takes one and a half a days to get there.
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[[Toulon]] is 65k from [[Fraxinetum]] and it takes five days to get there.
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[[Fraxinetum]] is 101k from [[Nice]] and it takes four and a half days to get there.

Revision as of 10:56, 29 October 2015

Travel is needed for stories to happen in different places and these guidelines help determine how long it takes to get there.

One can always use a Hermes Portal or a Faerie Trod to get somewhere fast but only if it is integral to the story.

Kingdom of Arelat - routes.png

Base Assumption: 1 League is 4k, it takes about an hour to walk 1 league on good roads, and people normally only walk for 7 hours a day.

Walking

Quality of Road Rate of Travel Time Travelled Distance Covered Long-term Fatigue
Good Hurried 12 12 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Good Rushed 10 10 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Good Normal 7 7 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels
Normal Hurried 10 10 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Normal Rushed 7 7 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Normal Normal 5 5 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels
Bad Hurried 7 7 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Bad Rushed 5 5 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Bad Normal 3 3 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels

Riding

Quality of Road Rate of Travel Time Travelled Distance Covered Long-term Fatigue
Good Hurried 12 22 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Good Rushed 10 15 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Good Normal 7 12 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels
Normal Hurried 10 15 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Normal Rushed 7 10 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Normal Normal 5 7 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels
Bad Hurried 7 7 Leagues 3 Fatigue Levels
Bad Rushed 5 5 Leagues 1 Fatigue Levels
Bad Normal 3 3 Leagues 0 Fatigue Levels

Poor weather will lower a road's quality by one or more which may make a road impassable.


Distances Between Places

Casa sus Baux is 1k from Cassis and it takes about 20 minutes get there.

The road east from the Casa sus Baux:

Casa sus Baux is 32k from Marseille and it takes about 2 days to get there.



The road west from the Casa sus Baux:

Casa sus Baux is 9k from La Coita and it takes half a day to get there.

La Coita is 20k from Bandol and it takes one and a half a days to get there.

Bandol is 19k from Toulon and it takes one and a half a days to get there.

Toulon is 65k from Fraxinetum and it takes five days to get there.

Fraxinetum is 101k from Nice and it takes four and a half days to get there.