let's do some math!

[zainale]

trying to figure out how fast a mile can be ran. i was doing some math.
so run is X4 land base speed
so 30X4= 120 which is 24 squares
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1 mile is 5280 feet
so 5280 divided by 5= 1056 5" squares
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the record for the fastest mile is something 3 minutes and 30 seconds
so 330 seconds divided by 6 rounds = 55 rounds
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there is 6 rounds in one minute
running full out for 6 rounds would be 144 squares
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so 1056 5" squares divided by 144 full run= 7 rounds?

so am i missing something? is my math right? did i do everything wrong?

i am trying to figure out if it is possible for a reincarnated druid to die heroically in battle and could charge back to the battle and provide assistance at the end of battle or should he just go back to the campsite and wait for the party.

[nicholas storm]

A round is 6 seconds, not 10.

[nicholas storm]

A regular guy is

6x4x10=240 squares per minute. He can run a mile in a little over 4 minutes.

A barbarian with the run feat can do

8x5x10 squares per minute or 400. He can run a mile in around 2.5 minutes.

So people run fast in pathfinder.

[zainale]

math melts my head noodle. so how many rounds is that? and i will believe you.

[nicholas storm]

1056/24=44 rounds
1056/40=26.4 rounds

[zainale]

any idea where i went wrong?

[Cevah]

zainale wrote:

any idea where i went wrong?

1) Minor: round = 6 seconds.

2) Medium: counting in squares. This adds extra complexity while gaining nothing.

zainale wrote:

i am trying to figure out if it is possible for a reincarnated druid to die heroically in battle and could charge back to the battle and provide assistance at the end of battle or should he just go back to the campsite and wait for the party.

3) Major: Many Lives states: At 5th level, if a reincarnated druid is killed, she may automatically reincarnate (as the spell) 1 day later.

Not many battles still going 24 hours later. :-)

Even if it was not a day later, the reincarnate spell still takes an hour.

/cevah

[Lintecarka]

You did too many conversations and at some point used rounds instead of minutes because of that and miscalculated the length of a round at another.

Its as simply as 5280/120 = 44 rounds. As one minute spans 10 rounds we are talking about a little bit less then 4 1/2 minutes. Had you invested in the run feat (like any olympic runner would) you would look at almost exactly 3 1/2 minutes.

Also keep in mind you'd need an enviroment without too many obstacles to be that fast as you can only run in a straight line.

[zainale]

ha thats where i went wrong thanks! no saving the day for me. thanks everyone. o/

[Kristal Moonhand]

For some fun math, a 20th level human monk (without the Run feat) can run a mile in just under 90 seconds.

90*4=360 feet per round

5280/360=14.666(repeating) or 88 seconds!

That means that a monk without the Run feat has a top land speed of 41 miles per hour.

The fastest human alive IRL, Usain Bolt, has a top land speed of 28 mph, making him equivalent to a 9th level monk, just without all the cool ki powers and the power to punch through solid stone (as far as we know, anyways.) Though it's more likely he's only got about 6-8 levels in monk, since he clearly has the Run feat.

[Matthew Downie]

zainale wrote:

the record for the fastest mile is something 3 minutes and 30 seconds

so 330 seconds

A minute is 60 seconds, not 100 seconds.

Also, the fastest mile run was 3 minutes 43 seconds.

[Khudzlin]

There is a table for converting between tactical (time in rounds), local (time in minutes) and overland movement (time in hours or days - the latter are measured as 8 hours of travel). Distances are in feet for tactical and local movement, then switch to miles for overland movement (rounded down*, presumably both because of the impractical conversion factor and because you can't sustain that speed for 1 hour or more). Additionally, the table says you cannot run when time is measured in hours and you also cannot hustle when time is measured in days.

* The movement given for 1 hour and 30 feet/round base speed is 3 miles (15840 feet), but going at that speed for 1 hour would give you 18000 feet (about 3.4 miles).