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Keep having slow characters that just can't make it to combat. Been looking at the rules, seems like I should be able to Run quite quickly, instead of making rather slow double moves to get into combat range, yet no GM's ever suggested this option and I've never seen any other players do it.
Can I run in combat, or am I missing some in-combat restriction?
I do see that I'd lose my dex to AC, but that hardly seems like a cost if it's difference between being able act and not being able to act.
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You can absolutely run in combat, as long as you abide by the rules for running. I've seen plenty of characters make mad dashes across the battlefield when they had no other choice. (Some of my characters aren't really harmed by losing their +0 Dex to AC, unless there happen to be enemy rogues on the field.)
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I have seen it used by various players, I just seldom have PCs who need to use it themselves, for one reason or another.
Remember that the distance you can run depends on encumbrance and armor, and run speed tends to be 3x for the ones who need to use it most.
I have seen various spells and items get more use, that give similar results with less of a penalty.
Boots of Speed
Haste
Blessing of Fervor
Expeditious Retreat
Longstrider
Etc.
Note that, if you have the right resources, it is entirely possible for that martial character to be able to cast a personal spell on themselves, without being a caster...
Its rarely better than double moving in a PFS scenario because you hit a corner or go off a map
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I have seen it used by various players, I just seldom have PCs who need to use it themselves, for one reason or another.
Remember that the distance you can run depends on encumbrance and armor, and run speed tends to be 3x for the ones who need to use it most.
I have seen various spells and items get more use, that give similar results with less of a penalty.
Boots of Speed
Haste
Blessing of Fervor
Expeditious Retreat
Longstrider
Etc.Note that, if you have the right resources, it is entirely possible for that martial character to be able to cast a personal spell on themselves, without being a caster...
** spoiler omitted **
I'd add in the Wand Key Ring - 3k, +10 insight bonus for UMD versus one spell. Cuts wand DCs in half.
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Have run, will travel. I have used run in PFS to get my monk cosy with the spellcaster from a very long way away in a big room. Even had nimble moves for that last step up to the dais.
Heh. One level of Cleric of Desna, or other deity offering Travel & Liberation Domains.
+10' base movement, ability to ignore difficult terrain, and the ability to negate magical forms of movement stoppers. Oh, and the ability to use a bunch of common wands without needing UMD.Wands of CLW, Bless, Endure Elements, etc.
Or a level of Ranger, still for wands, no BAB hit, some interesting spells on wands, including Longstrider...
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On the flip side, I've on occasion used the run action to get core halflings in armor into the fray when the medium creatures in the party were "only" double moving.
I love my Core Halfling Rogue, since sometimes people don't understand that my idea of optimization is weird. He moves 30' as his normal move, using Core-only legal stuff.
Oddly, that extra speed has served him well, letting him succeed at something that needed his size, and that faster movement rate, although it was only 25' at the time. Suffocation sucks.