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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1455931" data-attributes="member: 2629">Lay out the enemy's expected path in advance. Have her take the long, bt safe route that winds through the city.Then, give PCs a chance to narrow the gap by taking short cuts that require skill checks.Examples: 1.) She enters a street that forms a large S. The PCs can either chase after her along the street, or cleverly climb a fence, run through a bay yard and hop another fence to cut down the length of their trip.2.) She runs along the edge of a river, crosses a bridge and cuts back towards the party, but on the other side fo the river. The PCs can try to leap the river if it is narrow or can dive in and swim across if it is wide.3.) She begins to run down a street where someone is using a pully to lift a piano up to the top floor of their home. The piano is suspended bya sturdy rope. If the PCs destroy the rope, they can drop the piano and block her path, forcing her to backtrack towards the party before taking another street. (If possible, let the PCs see the piano before the chase, perhaps by placing an encounter outside the home while the PCs are passing by there earlier. That way it will not be so obvious when you mention that she is running past 'the house where they're lifting the piano' during the chase.)4.) She can climb a wall using the normal climb rules. The wall is a bit slippery, so the PCs can either follow carefully and make it up with little risk of falling, or take the penalty to move faster and risk falling to their doom!5.) Give the PCs a chance to catch up, but don't make it look too easy. She should do a few things to slow them down, too. Tip over a barrel of ball bearings, go across a narrow balance beam, etc .... Chases can be fun if they are not done too much and if there is a give and take to them. I actually have one planned in the future of my campaign that should be very interesting ...</blockquote>

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