Movement Table
Terrain           Light    Med.   Hard   Stren.     Lost**
Clear             4/2      3/1�   2/1    1/�        10
Woods             5/4      4/3    3/2    2/1        8
Hazardous         6/4      5/3    4/2    3/1        9
Mountain (1)      10+1/p   8+1/p  6+1/p  4+1/10+1   5
Volcano (2)       12+1/p   10+1/p 8+1/p  6+1/14+1   6
Marsh             5/5      4/4    3/3    2/2        7
Stream (3)        +�/+1    +�/+1  +�/+1  +�/+1      na
River (3)         +1/+2    +1/+2  +1/+2  +1/+2      na
Slope* (3)        +2/+2    +2/+2  +2/+2  +2/+2      na

Explanations
(1)-- Visible in adjacent hex (normally, to map a hex, a party must actually move into it).
(2) -- Visible 2 hexes away.
(3) -- Hex-side feature; all others are hex-filling.

* -- Cast is for movement up the slope only, and is in hours, not dice; an exception to the usual rule for hex-side features.

**-- In each hex, roll the value listed or greater on a D10 to become lost; subtract one for each Rank of Ranger skill for that terrain type (but an unmodified 10 is always lost).  When a party is lost, throw a 6-sided die to determine which adjacent hex it will move into, paying double the usual entry cost.

p-- Prohibited
na-- Not applicable.
f/m-- Hours to cross, foot/mounted
f+x/m+y -- Foot crosses in f+(x dice) hours, mounted in m+(y dice) 
f+hours.
+x/+y-- Additional penalty to cross hex-side: x dice hours for foot, y
dice for mounted; however, see * above.

'Minimum Clothing'
One of the reasons for my fascination with DragonQuest is that the combat system provides encouragement for sword-and-sorcery heroes in the classic style. In most systems, armor is almost exclusively a benefit, so that characters walk (or trundle) into battle surrounded by their very own Sherman tank. This can be lethal in DQ, where armor cuts agility down twice: once for being armor and once for being encumbering. You may end up almost invulnerable -- but with your action points reduced to where you can only get in one blow to your opponent's three or more.

Going without armor carries its own hazards, but at least it is plausible to follow the lead of minimally clothed heroes such as Conan, John Carter, Red Sonya and Rifkind.

However, some shopping for the latest styles quickly reveals that the DQ shopping list caters to fairly ordinary street clothes -- not tuxedos and formal gowns, but moderately heavy clothing that can, under the proper circumstances, cost an action point or two that might be needed someday.

Therefore, herewith is provided a list of "minimum clothing": items of apparel sufficient to avoid violations of any indecent exposure laws, but much lighter than regular clothing (and, incidentally, more in line with most of the 25mm miniature figures available).

Harness: made of leather, worn by either sex, weighs 2 pounds, costs 8 SP; equivalent to a weapon belt. Favored by John Carter and (in a metallic version) Red Sonya.

Ribbons: female option only; a collection of barely adequate silk ribbons and such; weighs 1 pound, costs 1 SP. Worn by Elinore of Montagar.

Body Stocking: either sex, one pound, costs 4 SP. Worn by Rifkind of the Asheera, Oscar Gordon and the Empress of Twenty Universes.

Loincloth: male option only, one pound, costs 1 CF. Worn by Tarzan of the Apes, Conan of Cimmeria and others.

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