Without magic or some special effect, ground speed is the same for all
unencumbered individuals. It SEEMS faster with a smaller race than a
larger race, because your perception is actually different. Ogres seem
slow as all get out because they are really big, and everything looks
tiny to them, including the ground. They don't cover as much
proportional to their size as a gnome, so it seems like the gnome is
zipping along and the ogre is plodding, when, in fact, they are going
the exact same speed.
As an enchanter, you can see the effects. Cast illusion gnome, for
those of you cursed with being other than a gnome, and see how fast you
seem to move. With the exact same weight, agility, etc, change form to
an ogre, and see how slow you seem to go.
It's a matter of perception.
Also, in a party, if you're travelling from point A to point B without
benefit of a druid, shaman, or bard, in a situation with no client or
server side lag, notice how the group does not drift apart as you run.
Just my observations.
Lotwilla Verditius
Enchantress of the Eldritch Collective, E'Ci
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:42:38 -0400
> From: Jeremy Caswell <moghedan@...>
> Subject: RE: Digest Number 275
>
> Ground speed is affected by agility and your current weight. is not easily
> noticed except with SoW or Selo's, since it magnifies the effect. I first
> noticed the problem with my enchanter, a human, and a human cleric...
> neither were encumbered, but my enchanter was running much faster than the
> cleric. the only difference was his higher strength had him carrying more
> pounds. My Druid wood elf and a wood elf ranger, same agility.... druid was
> faster, less weight. my druid vrs one with a agility buff, the agi buff one
> was slightly faster, but when I got my agi to 100, I could keep up with the
> buffed one, (in the 120s). We did those while at the same weight.... done
> at different weights, the heavy one always lagged behind.
>
> Conclusions...
> Weight is deciding factor... encumbrance only decreases your agility to slow
> you down, but each pound slows you as well.
> Agility is a factor, but only to 100... which is max groundspeed at 0 weight
>
> I have 101 agility, SoW, and keep my weight around 55 pounds. I can run
> circles around anyone in my guild, even the other shamans and druids.
>