Holmes’ second combat example is one of the few detailed explanations of early D&D combat; that it was edited by Gygax also lends it a certain gravitas. That said, there are two main challenges with this example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this post, I’ll discuss movement rates. In a follow-up post, I’ll focus on the rate of bow fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first challenge facing the reader of Holmes’ second combat example begins back on p9 with movement rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Holmes manuscript has a normal man moving 240 ft\/turn. In the editing process, Gygax made this the “exploring\/mapping” pace and then doubled it for “moving normally” [1]<\/sup><\/a>http:\/\/zenopusarchives.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/part-6-fully-armored-and-heavily-loaded.html<\/span><\/span><\/span>