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I cannot find anywhere in the Starfinder Core Rulebook that states Small creatures move at 20ft instead of 30ft during combat. There is nothing listed under the Race chapter for Ysoki that says they move slower than medium size creatures either. I know Pathfinder has general rules for Small vs. Medium size, but I'd like to see the specific rule.
Otherwise, it says on page 17 of character creation that all characters move 30ft.
Later in Tactical Rules Pages 255-256 there are no special notations indicated that small creatures move slower.
Lastly, in the legacy conversion section starting on page 500 the only race with a movement hindrance is dwarves who have their expected 20ft of movement. Gnomes and Halflings just say "small" and there is no reference to their movement.
Thoughts?
Most of the size rules are gone, from what I've seen. At least for Small, Medium, and Large races.
There is the following statement for Ysoki on page 41:
"While the ysoki are Small (see page 255), their space, reach, and land speed are those of Medium creatures."
So there is no question that Ysoki have a speed of 30 feet.
The problem, of course, is that there is no mention anywhere else in the Starfinder Core Rulebook of Small creatures having any different space, reach, or land speed from Medium creatures -- so we have no idea what rules for Small creatures the Gnome and Halfling races follow and Ysoki ignore.
The only reasonable thing to do at this point is to apply the movement rule given on page 17, as we have no other indication of a standard movement speed for a Small character. Subsequent rulebooks or errata may change this, of course.
Well from the first contact book we know that player goblins have a speed of 35 as they are listed as quicker than average. It seems like by default all small/med/large have the same movement and a lot of the other pluses and minuses for size are not there any more.
