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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4322866" data-attributes="member: 58197">This.&nbsp; Also bear in mind that the turn-based nature of D&amp;D combat is going to lead to weirdness now and then.&nbsp; In an actual combat, if Red Fighter is falling back and Blue Fighter is pressing him, the two of them will be adjacent at all times.&nbsp; But because D&amp;D is turn-based, the way it plays out is that Red Fighter moves back, opening up a gap; then Blue Fighter moves forward, closing the gap.Because of this, if Blue Fighter has Red Fighter marked, the penalty applies even if Red Fighter moves away - because it's very possible that he isn't moving away at all, Blue Fighter is staying with him.&nbsp; The battlemap simply won't &quot;catch up&quot; to that reality until Blue Fighter's turn.If Blue Fighter, on his turn, decides to go do something else, then the marking effect ends - he let Red Fighter get away.&nbsp; But until Blue Fighter's turn, the system has no way of knowing whether Blue Fighter is going to let Red Fighter move away or not.&nbsp; It has to &quot;guess,&quot; and the best guess is that Blue Fighter will pursue, since typical PC tactics are to pick one target and whack it till it dies.&nbsp; Moreover, marking would be useless if you could just shift away and end it.&nbsp; So the mark persists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 4322866, member: 58197"] This. Also bear in mind that the turn-based nature of D&D combat is going to lead to weirdness now and then. In an actual combat, if Red Fighter is falling back and Blue Fighter is pressing him, the two of them will be adjacent at all times. But because D&D is turn-based, the way it plays out is that Red Fighter moves back, opening up a gap; then Blue Fighter moves forward, closing the gap. Because of this, if Blue Fighter has Red Fighter marked, the penalty applies even if Red Fighter moves away - because it's very possible that he isn't moving away at all, Blue Fighter is staying with him. The battlemap simply won't "catch up" to that reality until Blue Fighter's turn. If Blue Fighter, on his turn, decides to go do something else, then the marking effect ends - he let Red Fighter get away. But until Blue Fighter's turn, the system has no way of knowing whether Blue Fighter is going to let Red Fighter move away or not. It has to "guess," and the best guess is that Blue Fighter will pursue, since typical PC tactics are to pick one target and whack it till it dies. Moreover, marking would be useless if you could just shift away and end it. So the mark persists. [/QUOTE]

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