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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6992685" data-attributes="member: 996">'Chase Encounters,' IMX, from the dismal 'Pursuit &amp; Evasion of Pursuit' rules in the 1e DMG on, have been pretty unappealing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Again, IMX, most players will stand and fight rather than run, and be frustrated when enemies escape.&nbsp; Monsters frequently have higher movement than PCs, especially when the party feels limited by the slowest character.Two comparative bright spots were 1) a ship-to-ship action in an old AD&amp;D game, 'rules' completely improvised by the DM at the time and consisting of little more than the two ships pacing eachother while we traded fire at comparatively long range (and, if I'm being honest, that's probably a fond memory because of the havoc my Druid wreaked with Call Lightning) and 2) a Skill Challenge in a playtest for a convention game (I can only hope it went off as well when he ran it for real).OK, I can think of a recent third example from a few years ago, but it was 13th Age.I've yet to see or run any chases in 5e...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6992685, member: 996"] 'Chase Encounters,' IMX, from the dismal 'Pursuit & Evasion of Pursuit' rules in the 1e DMG on, have been pretty unappealing. Again, IMX, most players will stand and fight rather than run, and be frustrated when enemies escape. Monsters frequently have higher movement than PCs, especially when the party feels limited by the slowest character. Two comparative bright spots were 1) a ship-to-ship action in an old AD&D game, 'rules' completely improvised by the DM at the time and consisting of little more than the two ships pacing eachother while we traded fire at comparatively long range (and, if I'm being honest, that's probably a fond memory because of the havoc my Druid wreaked with Call Lightning) and 2) a Skill Challenge in a playtest for a convention game (I can only hope it went off as well when he ran it for real). OK, I can think of a recent third example from a few years ago, but it was 13th Age. I've yet to see or run any chases in 5e... [/QUOTE]

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