====== Map Movement ======

{{:dom6:stats:mm.png?nolink }} **Map Movement** is the movement stat for the strategic map; that is, movement outside of battle. A unit with zero Map Movement is [[Immobile]], including in combat, but this page focuses on out-of-battle matters.

Movement between provinces in Dominions is handled in "half-steps"; unit positions are abstracted to be in the center, so they have to **exit their current province** before they **enter the next province**. A unit can traverse more than one province; for example, if they go from province A and through province B to province C, they **exit province A**, **enter province B**, **exit province B**, and **enter province C**.

===== Base Movement Costs =====
Every terrain type has its own movement cost.

==== Surface ====

^ Terrain ^ Half-Step Map Movement ^
| Plains & {{:misc:gui:farm.png?nolink}}Farms | 3 |
| {{:misc:gui:forest.png?nolink}}Forests | 5 |
| {{:misc:gui:waste.png?nolink}}Wastes | 5 |
| {{:misc:gui:highlands.png?nolink}}Highlands | 6 |
| {{:misc:gui:swamp.png?nolink}}Swamps | 7 |

{{:misc:gui:mountain.png?nolink}}Mountain provinces have the same movement cost as whatever other terrain is present, or as a Plain if there are none.

==== Underwater ====

{{:misc:gui:sea.png?nolink }} [[Underwater]] half-step movement costs are always 5 points at base, at least for **Seas** and **Deep Seas**. It is not clear if it's any different for **Kelp Forests** or **Gorges**, at least since the manual forgets about them.

==== Underground ====

^ Terrain ^ Half-Step Map Movement ^
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}Regular Caves | 4 |
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}{{:misc:gui:forest.png?nolink}}Cave Forests | 6 |
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}{{:misc:gui:highlands.png?nolink}}Crystal Caves | 6 |
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}{{:misc:gui:swamp.png?nolink}}Drip Caves | 7 |

===== Flying =====

{{:abilities:flying.png?nolink }} **[[Flying]]** units pay no mind to province terrain, really; they do have to take breaks from time to time, so they have to respect whether or not they can breathe in a province they cross, but otherwise they are mostly fine.

Stalactites and unfriendly peasants with bows may cause issues, though:

^ Terrain ^ Half-Step Map Movement ^
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}Enemy Caves | 6 |
| {{:misc:gui:cave.png?nolink}}Friendly Caves | 5 |
| All other Enemy Provinces | 4 |
| All other Friendly Provinces | 3 |

===== Modifiers =====

{{:abilities:stealthy.png?nolink }} Pushing into enemy lines is very difficult, as the local peasants are decent at defense in depth. For the **non-Flying**, the half-step movement cost for entering and exiting **enemy** provinces is **4 points higher**, or **only 3 points higher** for the **[[Stealthy]]**.

{{:abilities:snow_move.png?nolink }} **[[Scales#Temperature|Cold]]** provinces have **snow** on them, which makes the half-step movement cost for **non-Fliers** entering and exiting them **1 point higher**, unless they have **[[Snow Move|Snow Movement]]**.

**Roads**, a holdover from previous Dominions games, may be on some specially designed custom maps. They connect provinces, and the movement cost for entering and exiting provinces along these roads is **2 points lower**; unless you're a Flier, of course, in which case you're too stuck-up to walk. The **minimum map movement cost** per half-step, however, is **2**.

==== Terrain Survival ====

The Terrain Survival traits each make the half-step movement cost for entering and exiting certain terrains **2 points lower**, down to the minimum stated above.

^ Trait ^ Terrain ^
| {{:abilities:forest_survival.png?nolink}}[[Forest Survival]] | {{:misc:gui:forest.png?nolink}}Forests & Cave Forests |
| {{:abilities:wasteland_survival.png?nolink}}[[Wasteland Survival]] | {{:misc:gui:waste.png?nolink}}Wastes |
| {{:abilities:mountain_survival.png?nolink}}[[Mountain Survival]] | {{:misc:gui:highlands.png?nolink}}Highlands & Crystal Caves |
| {{:abilities:swamp_survival.png?nolink}}[[Swamp Survival]] | {{:misc:gui:swamp.png?nolink}}Swamps & Drip Caves |

//Everyone// in a squad (both the commander and their troops) has to have the respective Terrain Survival trait to benefit from it, at least for Map Movement purposes.

===== Other Special Cases =====

{{:misc:scales:cold.png?nolink }} In provinces with {{scales>C1}} or more Coldness on the scales, **Mountain Range** crossings are **closed** to everyone who //doesn't// have [[Mountain Survival]] (or [[Flying]]). Only one of the provinces has to be cold for this to be the case.

{{:misc:scales:heat.png?nolink }} In provinces with {{scales>H0}} or more Heat on the scales, **River** crossings are **closed** to everyone who //doesn't// have [[Swimming]], [[Flying]], or some sort of [[Water Breathing]]. Only one of the provinces has to be warm (not cold) for this to be the case.

===== Example Stats =====

Map Movement is highly dependent on the [[Size]] of the unit, and on the **Map Movement Penalty** of their Armor.

^  Example Unit  ^  Their MM  ^
|  The Immobile  |  0  |
|  A Hoburg (Size 2)  |  8  |
|  A human soldier in full knight armor  |  8  |
|  A ??Vaetti?? (Size 2)  |  10  |
|  An untrained human Militiaman  |  10  |
|  A human infantryman in Scale/Plate armor  |  10  |
|  A human infantryman in Ring armor  |  12  |
|  **The average lightly-armored human**  |  14  |
|  **The average scout or lightly-armored commander**  |  16  |
|  A Giant or half-Giant Scout (Sizes 4-7)  |  18  |
|  Light Cavalry  |  20  |
|  A Titan [[Pretender God]] form (Size 8-10)  |  22  |
|  A ??Vanadrott#948?? of [[vanheim-ea|Vanheim]]  |  26  |
|  A "western" ??Dragon?? (Size 10 w/ Wings)  |  28  |
|  A ??Black Harpy?? of [[pangaea-ma|Pangaea]]  |  34  |
|  An "eastern" Dragon (Size 10 w/ magical Flight)  |  34  |
|  A ??Solar Eagle??  |  40  |

{{:abilities:teleport.png?nolink }} If a unit has **100** Map Movement, that means they can **[[Teleport]]**. They cannot travel into the fog of war, but they are otherwise unimpeded by whatever's between them and their destination. Many [[Horrors|Doom Horrors]] have this much Map Movement.