Wilderness Travel

Forest (Spring)
Navigate | DC 15 | Forage | DC 10 |
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Climate | 11°C (51°F) at day. 6°C (43°F) at night. | ||
Weather | Light rain. No wind. | ||
Evening | 4 giant badgers |
Possible sights: A farmer returning from town with his three daughters is seen on the side of the road huddled beneath their damaged cart. The family has been attacked by a swarm of stirges as the evidenced by the presence of a stirge, bludgeoned with a shovel. The family asks the party to escort them the remainder of the way home. Their home is an hours walk out of the way for the party and an hour is needed to fix the cart.
Description, or something interesting.
Successful foraging: Takes 6 hours or slow travel pace. 3+Wis pounds food, 6+Wis gallons water
- A salad of cauliflower mushrooms, matsutake, and bog myrtle
- rose hips
- pignut
Successful hunting: Based on size, Tiny 1 lb, Small 4 lb, Medium 16 lb, Large 32 lb. Meat spoils after a day, requiring Con save to avoid poison, or Wis save to avoid Madness (or both); DC based on potency. Fishing is at disadvantage without tool, and requires proficiency for proficiency bonus; DC same as foraging.
Navigation: Typically 24 miles/day unencumbered for 8 hours. -5 DC at slow pace (18 miles/day, can stealth), +5 DC at fast pace (30 miles/day, disadvantage on perception, can't forage). Have advantage with map. On fail become lost, wasting 6 hour(s) before attempting another check. Encounters are checked every 6 hours. Half speed when off the road.
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