Terrain Generation and Travel Times

Terrain is randomly generated in six mile diameter map hexes using the following Terrain Generation Table.

This table is divided into three columns: Ground, Surface Water, and Foliage.

In the initial map hex the type of Ground is determined by rolling a 00-99 percentile.

When generating adjacent hexes, there is a 90% chance it will be of the same Ground type as the previous hex and a 10% chance it will change one step up or down (i.e. Low Mountains become Hills or Peaks).

Once the Ground type is determined the Surface Water and Foliage are determined by the roll of two 00-99 percentile numbers.

Terrain Generation Table
Ground	Surface Water	Foliage	MM	E
00-04 Flat		00-70 Grass	11	4
	00-40 Swamp	71-90 Light Brush	14	3
	41-99 Marsh	91-99 Heavy Brush	20	3
05-50 Flat	00-01 Lake	00-40 Grass	9	5
	02-04 Slow River	41-70 Light Brush	11	4
	05-15 Creek	71-80 Heavy Brush	16	4
	16-99 None	81-99 Forest	11	4
51-84 Hills	00-01 Lake	00-40 Grass	14	5
	02-07 Stream	41-80 Light Brush	20	4
	08-09 Slow River	81-90 Heavy Brush	30	4
	10-10 Fast River	91-99 Forest	20	4
	11-99 None
85-94 Low Mountains	00-01 Lake	00-04 Grass	25	6
	02-05 Stream	41-85 Light Brush	35	5
	06-06 Fast River	86-92 Heavy Brush	50	5
	07-99 None	93-99 Forest	35	5
95-99 Peaks	00-00 Spring	00-70 Grass	40	9
	01-01 Lake	71-85 Light Brush	50	8
	02-05 Stream	86-99 None	40	10
	06-99 None

“Let's plant him and see what grows!”
Kneedeepdulac Demonicus
Chief Jailer of Zungel

To the right of the Foliage entry is the Movement Modifier (MM) and terrain Environment (E).

The E rating is used by the Hunting skill entry of the Action/Reaction table (section 3.3) to determine wilderness survival odds.

The Movement Modifier (MM) determines the time required to traverse the hex.

This transit time, in hours, is the MM divided by the Effective Speed taken from the following table.

Movement Rate	Effective Speed
Sustained March Speed (8 hours/day)	CS
Quick March (up to 5 hours)	2 x CS
Fast Jog (up to 1/2 hour)	3 x CS
Mounted Sustained Speed (8 hours/day)	5
Trot (up to 2 hours)	15
Canter (up to 45 minutes)	30
Gallop (up to 10 minutes)	50

Terrain Generation and Travel Times [R-FRP4-8.1.9.1]