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If a Large creature is walking down a normal-terrain 5-foot-wide path through a jungle, but the jungle on either side of the path is difficult terrain, what movement rate should the Large creature use?
Is he squeezing onto the five foot path or is one leg walking on the normal-terrain and the other is walking in the difficult terrain?
DND
DND
DND
D: Difficult terrain
N: Normal movement path.
How would I calculate overland movement in such a case (assuming the entire path through the jungle is as described above)?
Help. :)
Thanks.
If a Large creature is walking down a normal-terrain 5-foot-wide path through a jungle, but the jungle on either side of the path is difficult terrain, what movement rate should the Large creature use?
Is he squeezing onto the five foot path or is one leg walking on the normal-terrain and the other is walking in the difficult terrain?
Surely that's a question for the creature himself to decide. He can do either, depending upon which he would consider to be the better option. If the difficult terrain is painful (it's a thicket of poison ivy), he'd probably squeeze to avoid it. If it's just normal undergrowth, and he's not in a particular hurry, he'd probably just blunder through.
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Surely that's a question for the creature himself to decide. He can do either, depending upon which he would consider to be the better option. If the difficult terrain is painful (it's a thicket of poison ivy), he'd probably squeeze to avoid it. If it's just normal undergrowth, and he's not in a particular hurry, he'd probably just blunder through.
Agreed. Thank you.
I still have one question: if the Large creature is occupying squares on normal terrain and in difficult terrain, how do I calculate his tactical movement? In other words: if a Large creature is standing on two differing terrain types, how do I count its squares?
I still have one question: if the Large creature is occupying squares on normal terrain and in difficult terrain, how do I calculate his tactical movement? In other words: if a Large creature is standing on two differing terrain types, how do I count its squares?
I don't think there's official rules for this; my judgment call would be that the creature gets the worst of the terrain effects he's standing in, because otherwise he has no reason to squeeze at all.
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Makes sense.
So the creature chooses to either squeeze or face effect of the worst terrain its standing in.
Should make for an interesting combat. My buddy in a home game has a large sized PC. It would seem there are downsides! :)
And yes, you're right. Here's the ruling on difficult terrain:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/combat.html#_difficult-terrain
The key quote: "If you occupy squares with different kinds of terrain, you can move only as fast as the most difficult terrain you occupy will allow."
Thanks again Orfamay.