Terrain
Terrain effects 1) speed and 2) vision and stealth.
How terrain effects speed:
Terrain can be either easy, moderate, or difficult to move in.
Cost to move in by running
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Cost
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Types
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Easy | 1 Energy Point | Meadows (clear terrain) |
Moderate | 2 times as much as Easy | Bushes, palm tress, top of hills, beaches (coast), Outer pine trees. |
Difficult | 3 times as much as Easy |
Swamps, mud around swamps, rivers, hill edges, and inner pine trees. |
Impossible | Can't move in | Lake and ocean. |
How terrain effects vision:
Effect on vision
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Cost
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Types
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Clear | Meadows (clear terrain), beaches (coast), rivers, mud around swamps, lake, and ocean. | |
Medium | 8 times as much as Clear | Bushes, palm tress, top of hills, Outer pine trees. |
Difficult | 16 times as much as Clear | Swamps, hill edges, and inner pine trees. |
Opponents only one square away are always visible.
Opponents running 2 squares away are always visible.