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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6865882" data-attributes="member: 20323">That would be true if the primary purpose of all the complications (chase events) were to widen/close the gap between pursuers and prey. However, you'll see that's not the case. I choose the name &quot;chase events&quot; because I specifically wanted to clue the reader into the fact that these are not just obstacles to slow you down. Rather, they're ALL the things that happen in a cinematic chase.Close brushes between pursuer and prey that allow for limited conflict.Changing conditions of the chase.Innocent bystanders put in danger.A window of opportunity to take a shot.And so on.Instead of thinking of Chase Events as complications like the DMG or Pathfinder, think of them as a Chase Random Encounter Table with more than just monsters.The group &quot;chase check&quot; is the primary determinant of how much the gap widens/closes. This is where the PCs proactively decide &quot;how crazy are we going to get? how much are we going to risk?&quot;A FEW of the results on the chase events table can then further modify this, but when those obstacles/complications come up, the PCs don't get to decide how much risk they're taking. The complication decides that. The PCs react.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6865882, member: 20323"] That would be true if the primary purpose of all the complications (chase events) were to widen/close the gap between pursuers and prey. However, you'll see that's not the case. I choose the name "chase events" because I specifically wanted to clue the reader into the fact that these are not just obstacles to slow you down. Rather, they're ALL the things that happen in a cinematic chase. Close brushes between pursuer and prey that allow for limited conflict. Changing conditions of the chase. Innocent bystanders put in danger. A window of opportunity to take a shot. And so on. Instead of thinking of Chase Events as complications like the DMG or Pathfinder, think of them as a Chase Random Encounter Table with more than just monsters. The group "chase check" is the primary determinant of how much the gap widens/closes. This is where the PCs proactively decide "how crazy are we going to get? how much are we going to risk?" A FEW of the results on the chase events table can then further modify this, but when those obstacles/complications come up, the PCs don't get to decide how much risk they're taking. The complication decides that. The PCs react. [/QUOTE]

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