Why gnome speed 35 ft, not 30 ft?

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Farling

Page 192 of the Core Rulebook: "Always apply any modifiers to a character’s speed before adjusting the character’s speed based on armor or encumbrance, and remember that multiple bonuses of the same type to a character’s speed don’t stack."

There is a thread from 2010 on Paizo.com where they finally quote this page, but then try to show an example showing the haste bonus being applied after the change for encumbrance.

If you want James Jacob's (Creative Director) opinion it, search for Haste in the thread http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&pa...ons-Here#65084

The Haste spell doesn't mention base speed, it says "All of the hasted creature's modes of movement (including land movement, burrow, climb, fly, and swim) increase by 30 feet..." (no mention of any particular category of speed deinition.)

This means the examples including haste that have been on d20pfsrd.com in the Glossary since 2010 are wrong.

Thanks for the citation. That's how I thought it worked, but it's good to have confirmation.