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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4985440" data-attributes="member: 386">I would take a slightly different tack.For the foraging I'd draw a quick, rough map and figure out what kinds of things were out there, generally speaking*.  Over here is a herd of wild hortan gungabeasts, growing on the underside of this rock by a wet bit of sand (near an underground river) you have some rare desert mushrooms, there's an oasis with exotic fruits, a group of nomads makes a milk from weenga beetles, etc.Some checks immediately suggest themselves:-Figuring out what the dragon likes (Nature, Diplomacy)-Figuring out where certain things might be, getting the lay of the land (Nature, Perception)-Actually finding and procuring the different ingredients (skill use varies upon the method and whatever opposition there is)Here's a key point: make some of the choices seemingly one of the other.  The herd is moving fast to the south-west, and the nomads to the north-east, so if the PCs want to grab the meat or the milk they'll have to make a choice.  (Some ritual use or other smart actions will mean they can cut this Gordian knot.)You could also add in some moral choice by making the dragon like things like "8 pints of fresh blood from a child with magic-using potential".  Or other stuff like that.I'd make this first challenge set the difficulty for the cooking one so that the two play off of each other.* - "Generally speaking" meaning that you have an idea of what exists, but it's not 100% clear-cut; anything that makes sense and fits with your pre-drawn ideas that comes up during the game should also exist.</blockquote>

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