Terrain and Travel Time

The Judges Guild Maps have lots of terrain types. I've come up with a simple chart for how far the company will travel (on foot) depending upon the terrain:

• On Roads --4 hexes/day on flat; 3 hexes/day most of the time; 2 hexes/day in bad terrain
• Open -- 2 hexes/day
• Steppes -- 2 hexes/day
• Woods -- 1 hex/day
• Hills -- 1 hex/day
• Marsh -- 2 days/hex
• Jungle -- 3 days/hex
• Mountains -- 3 days/hex
• Crossing a River -- 1 day
• Crossing a Lake -- 2 days

In addition, there is usually a chance to go astray from the intended path. The general rule-of-thumb is that when following an obvious terrain feature (for example, a river) the party will not go astray.

However, in the absence of such a feature, when a "1" is rolled on the die, angle 60` to the left. When the highest number on the die is rolled, angle 60` to the right. Otherwise stay on intended path. The following die types are rolled (per hex) for different terrain types:

• d10 -- Open
• d8 -- Steppe
• d6 -- Woods, Hills
• d3 -- Marsh, Jungle
• d6 Special -- Mountains

For Mountains, use the following chart

1. veer 120` left
2. veer 60` left
3. go straight
4. go straight
5. veer 60` right
6. veer 120` right

Finally, of course, events may cause longer delays . . . but this will give me a basic travel guide as to how fast the party moves.