This video was superhelpfull thanks There was one thing about the chase rules that worried me a little and it luckily happened in this video. That being the poor sod who only had one movement action fail a single roll and suddenly have to skip their next 3 turns. That feels unnecessary harsh and also really hard to make narrativily sense. How do you explain for example a character slipping and sliding in mud for 3 whole rounds without turning what was suppose to be a serious chase into a benny hill situation. I think I will instead rule that instead of losing 1d3 movement points you end your turn and skip your next one. I feel that makes more sense too. After all the difference in speed is how fast a character can move and if Usain Bolt and a overweight gym teacher have to race and both slip on mud they are moving at the same speed in that moment. That being zero. So failing a hazard should effect everyone equally i feel

So it all finally clicked thanks to ths vid. Previous explanations I've watched - and the rulebook - bog you down in details. So thanks for that. But one thing I think all my listenings to actual play chases illustrate for me: I'm definitely confident about my house-rule of subsuming jump and climb under an athletics skill. These skills are now of critical importance with chases - rather than occasional skills for exploring locations. To me this seems a little like the problem of the spot-hidden vs. listen which I'm also subsuming under perception. I think too many GMs are going to wind up doing as Paul did here: allowing a dex check instead of the appropriate skill check. Because you'll otherwise reveal the bumbling players' physical incapabilities every time there's a chase. Give them an athletics skill. Let them use it for combat advantage (jumping on a table, sliding under cover etc.). Let them know how it can be used like that or in chases to make sure that most players find their characters as physically capable as in their imaginations by starting off with a decent 45% or so. Then your chases can be truly dynamic rather than finding that 4/5 of them have 20% on every obstacle check.

15:56 - Plot twist: Nathan fails his dodge roll, the cyclist knocks him down as well, meanwhile Mike extracts himself from under the book shelves and nonchalantly walks over to the cultist and apprehends her lol

Important thing that was missed here: Hazards: A Hazard needs to be overcome or will risk doing damage and/or reduce your speed (i.e. need a number of movement points to overcome); Barriers: A Barrier needs to be overcome. If the roll fails, you are stopped dead until you can overcome the barrier. Hazard examples = Low fense or a crawlspace. Barrier examples = locked door or chasm.

I'm all for rolling dice but I feel like the Con roll at the beginning is a step that can be skipped. Maybe it would have been more illustrative if somebody had failed their roll or gotten an extreme success. Why not just have everyone start at their inherent movement scores, until somebody thinks of something to give them an advantage or the other party a disadvantage (i.e. knocked over shelf obstacle)