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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 6224392" data-attributes="member: 6668292">On the flip side, though, couldn't a much slower creature catch a much faster creature? If we use 3e/4e rounds (6 seconds) and speeds, it can still come out weird. Let's take a creature with a 25 foot speed (a human in armor, say) and a 50 foot speed (ogre barbarian, or something). It could look like this:Setup: The creatures are 5 feet apart (the ogre was being attacked by the human), but most of the ogre's companions have died, so he decides to run.Round 1: Roll for initiative. Ogre wins. He moves 100 feet away (double move), so he's 105 feet away. The human runs after him (closes 50 feet), so he's now only 55 feet away.Round 2: Roll for initiative. Human wins. He closes to 5 feet (double move 50 feet). The ogre can move away again, but it'd give the human a free attack.This looks okay game-wise, but what we just saw was a creature that moves twice as quickly as its pursuer (the ogre is twice as fast as the human) being caught, somehow. Personally, I'd rather just have better rules for pursuit.</blockquote>