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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2044605" data-attributes="member: 812">These rules (because I realised I should mention this just AFTER I hit "Post Quick Reply") don't try to model a chase as a path travelled through a map or a pre-defined terrain. Or at least, not real well.They try to model chases the way chases happen in the movies. Watch that great sequence in the middle of Raiders sometime and tell me if you think you could draw a map of that chase route that wouldn't make people giggle.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're in the open desert, a little ways from Cairo</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're running through dense palm trees and pools of water</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're in an ENORMOUS CANYON (just long enough for the jeep to plunge to its doom)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're in the open desert again</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They're in Cairo</li> </ul>Yeah, right. VERY realistic. But it works in the movie because you're not worrying about the geographic mechanics, you're worrying about whether or not Indy can get inside the truck.My hope is that the chases people run with this system are like that -- dramatic, full of thrilling moments and chances for PC glory.</blockquote>