A Moon Circle Druid begins the turn mounted on a horse. They dismount, which uses half their movement. They then wildshape into a Giant Elk (a bonus action for the Moon Circle), with a move of 60'. How much of the elk's movement do they have left? As I read it, when the Druid dismounts, he uses 15' of movement, half of his move in that form, then has 45' left to go, as he has changed into a form with a higher move speed and thus retains the remainder of that creature's move. As it was interpreted in play, dismounting uses half the druid's potential movement, regardless of form, and thus had 30' of movement left.
They would have 45' feet of movement left. 'Half your movement' isn't a floating value that changes as your speeds change, that'd be far too difficult track. It instead means the more intuitive "Take your movement, divide that by two (and round down) and subtract that from your total movement". That subtraction persists as your movement changes.
It's just a shame, since the "uses half your movement" is really indicating how long something takes, so switching forms wouldn't really give you a large boost to your movement.
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A Moon Circle Druid begins the turn mounted on a horse. They dismount, which uses half their movement. They then wildshape into a Giant Elk (a bonus action for the Moon Circle), with a move of 60'. How much of the elk's movement do they have left? As I read it, when the Druid dismounts, he uses 15' of movement, half of his move in that form, then has 45' left to go, as he has changed into a form with a higher move speed and thus retains the remainder of that creature's move. As it was interpreted in play, dismounting uses half the druid's potential movement, regardless of form, and thus had 30' of movement left.
Which interpretation is correct?
They would have 45' feet of movement left. 'Half your movement' isn't a floating value that changes as your speeds change, that'd be far too difficult track. It instead means the more intuitive "Take your movement, divide that by two (and round down) and subtract that from your total movement". That subtraction persists as your movement changes.
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Thanks, I hate it when I'm remembering a rule but can't remember where I'm remembering it from!
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Lol, well thank you nonetheless for providing an actual rules quote
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I would also have ruled 45 feet.
It's just a shame, since the "uses half your movement" is really indicating how long something takes, so switching forms wouldn't really give you a large boost to your movement.