How do you handle running from battles?

[tennyson]

Hi Everyone,

Is there a formal rule for this? If a PC or NPC runs from a battle and someone gives chase, they can both effectively run at 4 times their normal speed. How do you decide who give out first, trips, runs out of breath, etc?

Thanks!

 

[Renaissance Man]

You can run for a number of rounds equal to your Con score, after which time you must make a Con check (DC 10). Every round thereafter, the DC increases by 1.

Alternately, you can simply make opposed Con checks to see who's going to give out first.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

This would be the time when the PC who has the Endurance feat looks suprised and says "Man, that was actually useful!"

It doesn't happen often.

DS