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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8227714" data-attributes="member: 42582">I can't comment on the DMG chase rules.My experience of trying to use combat-oriented action economy rules (like disengage and dash) to handle running from combat is that they tend to be quite punitive. Admittedly this is not 5e experience, but I'm thinking of 4e D&amp;D and Rolemaster.I have never engaged with the 1st ed AD&amp;D rules, and in some ways they're quite complicated (in a checklist-y sort of way), but one idea they do have, which is also found in Burning Wheel and from memory is also found in HARP, is that once you break out of combat then resolution shifts from action economy to something else, and so the people you are fleeing from can't try and use OAs or (if you're using disengage to avoid those) move and attack to beat up on you as you flee.My personal favourite fleeing rules for a D&amp;D-ish game are the 13th Age ones: the players can declare their successful escape, and in return the GM gets to establish a &quot;story loss&quot; without any complaints or opposition. But I imagine many 5e players, especially on these boards, wouldn't like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8227714, member: 42582"] I can't comment on the DMG chase rules. My experience of trying to use combat-oriented action economy rules (like disengage and dash) to handle running from combat is that they tend to be quite punitive. Admittedly this is not 5e experience, but I'm thinking of 4e D&D and Rolemaster. I have never engaged with the 1st ed AD&D rules, and in some ways they're quite complicated (in a checklist-y sort of way), but one idea they do have, which is also found in Burning Wheel and from memory is also found in HARP, is that once you break out of combat then resolution shifts from action economy to something else, and so the people you are fleeing from can't try and use OAs or (if you're using disengage to avoid those) move and attack to beat up on you as you flee. My personal favourite fleeing rules for a D&D-ish game are the 13th Age ones: the players can declare their successful escape, and in return the GM gets to establish a "story loss" without any complaints or opposition. But I imagine many 5e players, especially on these boards, wouldn't like that. [/QUOTE]

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