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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6661917" data-attributes="member: 97077">DMG, page 252: &quot;Strict application of the movement rules can turn a potentially exciting chase into a dull, predictable affair. Faster creatures always catch up to slower ones, while creatures with the same speed never close the distance between each other.&quot; It then goes on to provide some guidelines for running chase scenes. I take this as the designers saying that boiling down a chase to comparing speeds is not the way they intend for the rules regarding speed to be used. Therefore, I use either the chase rules or improvise a chase scene using ability checks as necessary. In short, don't use combat rules to resolve a chase.As far as characters dying, it can and will happen. It is therefore a good idea in my view to always have backup characters already created and ready to go so that players can get back into the primary mode of participation with the game as quickly as they like. It also helps if you've taken the time as a group to fictionally introduce the backup characters so that bringing them into the spotlight is as seamless as possible. (Henchmen following the party around on adventures is an easy method of establishing the backup characters.) If the group is caught off-guard by a character death, that's just poor planning in a game where death can and will happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 6661917, member: 97077"] DMG, page 252: "Strict application of the movement rules can turn a potentially exciting chase into a dull, predictable affair. Faster creatures always catch up to slower ones, while creatures with the same speed never close the distance between each other." It then goes on to provide some guidelines for running chase scenes. I take this as the designers saying that boiling down a chase to comparing speeds is not the way they intend for the rules regarding speed to be used. Therefore, I use either the chase rules or improvise a chase scene using ability checks as necessary. In short, don't use combat rules to resolve a chase. As far as characters dying, it can and will happen. It is therefore a good idea in my view to always have backup characters already created and ready to go so that players can get back into the primary mode of participation with the game as quickly as they like. It also helps if you've taken the time as a group to fictionally introduce the backup characters so that bringing them into the spotlight is as seamless as possible. (Henchmen following the party around on adventures is an easy method of establishing the backup characters.) If the group is caught off-guard by a character death, that's just poor planning in a game where death can and will happen. [/QUOTE]

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