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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3700191" data-attributes="member: 704">The primary motive in creating this skill was to provide a chase mechanic that would allow for two people with similar movement characteristics to either evade / catch up over time.&nbsp; The existing movement rules make conducting a chase within the rules as written impossible (it just ends up too static).Use within combat is a secondary consideration, but I do like the idea of providing a stat derived means for non magic users to gain extra movement.&nbsp; Tactically, it is potentially very useful, since it can make the difference between either getting not quite close enough to attack, or actually getting an attack in on a given round.&nbsp; I am convinced that this skill will only unbalance combat if at low and medium levels, a player is able to use the Sprint at will with out any real fear of penalty.&nbsp; At higher levels, even if someone can trivially make a DC 40 or greater check, I hardly see an extra 20 movement as being of great consequence at a time when the to hit and damage rolls are so overwhelming.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3700191, member: 704"] The primary motive in creating this skill was to provide a chase mechanic that would allow for two people with similar movement characteristics to either evade / catch up over time. The existing movement rules make conducting a chase within the rules as written impossible (it just ends up too static). Use within combat is a secondary consideration, but I do like the idea of providing a stat derived means for non magic users to gain extra movement. Tactically, it is potentially very useful, since it can make the difference between either getting not quite close enough to attack, or actually getting an attack in on a given round. I am convinced that this skill will only unbalance combat if at low and medium levels, a player is able to use the Sprint at will with out any real fear of penalty. At higher levels, even if someone can trivially make a DC 40 or greater check, I hardly see an extra 20 movement as being of great consequence at a time when the to hit and damage rolls are so overwhelming. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]

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