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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5787651" data-attributes="member: 92305">CHASE MOVEMENTChases are handled just like any other combat round except that a check is made for movement.CRAWL - A character improves his distance by 5 feet for every 20 points he rolls over the Chase DC. The character shortens his standard distance by 5 feet for every 20 points he rolls under the Chase DC. WALK - A character improves his distance by 5 feet for every 15 points he rolls over the Chase DC. The character shortens his standard distance by 5 feet for every 20 points he rolls under the Chase DC.HUSTLE - A character improves his distance by 5 feet for every 10 points he rolls over the Chase DC. The character shortens his standard distance by 5 feet for every 20 points he rolls under the Chase DC.RUN - A character improves his distance by 5 feet for every 5 points he rolls over the Chase DC. The character shortens his standard distance by 5 feet for every 20 points he rolls under the Chase DC.Basically, if the character's Chase check results in 20+, then he moves father than allowed him by his base Speed. And, the faster a character moves, the more likely it is that he will move slower than his base Speed.Consider this....Flat Terrain------------DC 0 - CRAWLDC 5 - WALKDC 10 - HUSTLEDC 15 - RUNCRAWL - If the Chase throw results in a number that is 20+ (20 over DC 0), then the distance crawled is increased by 5 feet. When crawling, it is virtually impossible to crawl slower than a character's base crawl speed on flat terrain.WALK - If the Chase throw results in a number that is 20+ (15 over DC 5), then the distance walked is increased by 5 feet. It is most likely impossible to Walk less than a character's base Speed unless the character is hindered by large modifiers. A character with a low CON (possibly poisoned?) and movement penalties could conceiveably have a -11 on the throw, which is what it would take to lower the character's throw to 15 points below the Chase DC 5 target number.HUSTLE - A Hustle is basically a jog, and most chases will occur at either Hustle or Run speeds. If the terrain can be described as Difficult, then, by the d20 rules, the character's max speed is his Hustle rate. On flat terrain, the character can move 5 feet faster than his base Hustle rate if he throws a 20+ on his DC 10 Chase check. If he manages a 30+ on the throw, the character can move 10 feet faster than his base. The character is safe, moving at his base speed, on a Chase check of 1-19, but negative modifiers can bring the throw to 0 or less--which would indicate that the character's base speed needs to be reduced by 5 feet for that round. RUN - If not in Difficult terrain, then a character involved in a foot chase can run at 4x Speed (3x Speed if encumbered by Heavy Armor). The DC for running on flat terrain is DC 15, and every 5 points above or below that number indicates a change to the character's base Speed. A Chase check of 20-24 means the character's Speed is increased by 5 feet. A result of 25-29 increases Speed by 10 feet. A result of 30-34 increases speed by 15 feet, and so on. Likewise, the character moves at normal speed on a roll of 11-19. A roll of 6-10 means the character moves 5 feet less than normal. A roll of 1-5 means that the character moves 10 feet less than normal that round. And a roll of -4 to 0 means the character moves 15 feet less than normal (and so on). The GM should provide the color for shorter movement rates, describing how the character slipped, slid, fell and got up, or whatever, during the combat round.</blockquote>

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