Monk and Boots of Striding and Springing.

[Astlin]

I figure this has been covered before, but for the life of me, I can't find it.

You are a Monk and you have boots of striding and springing.
At 8th level your movement is 100 (50 doubled).

At 9th is your movement:
A) 100 (twice your non-magical speed)
B) 60 (your speed is now magic and does not stack with the boots at all)
C) 110 (twice your non-magical speed + 10 for your magical speed)
D) 120 (I missread the part about the speed not stacking)
E) None of the above.

Thanks in advance.
Astlin

 

[gfunk]

D) 120 ft.

Boots of S&S double your normal (non-magical movement speed). Since a monk's base speed increases to 60 ft at lvl 9, doubling this would yield 120 ft.

Other ways to increase your base speed include taking a Level in Barbarian or certain feats, like Speed of Thought.

 

[Astlin]

Thanks. I was confusing supernatural with magical.

Astlin

 

[Forrester]

I vote for "C".

Supernatural abilities are magical abilities -- hell, they're canceled out in an Anti-Magic sphere, aren't they?

 

[gfunk]

Whoops, I missed that part about speed being supernatural starting at lvl 9. I go with Forrester, supernatural = magical.

 

[Christian]

I vote for "C".

Concur. A 10th level monk's speed is 60', of which 50' is extraordinary. The boots therefore add 50' to her movement rate, an amount equal to her non-magical base speed.

 

[da chicken]

The correct answer is A.

From the D&D FAQ, 07/12/02, p 13. This is from the end of a question about the jump skill that begins, "My monk character can jump so far as to surpass his speed....":

"If the sample character was a monk instead of a barbarian, the distances jumped would be slightly less because the character's base speed would be lower. Note that the monk's fast movement ability becomes a supernatural ability starting at 9th level. Once that occurs, the monk's fast movement no longer stacks with boots of striding and springing. A 9th-level human monk, for example, has a speed of 60. If wearing boots of striding and springing, the monk's speed is 100. (This is twice the 50-foot speed the monk would have at 8th-level, which is the fastest nonsupernatural speed the monk can achieve.)"