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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9815321" data-attributes="member: 78087">(I did wonder whether to put this under Pathfinder or one of the D&D forums but decided to put it here since the idea is system-agnostic.)In the D&D style fantasy adventure setting of your choice (I was starting from Avistan/Golarion/Pathfinder but the idea probably works fine for lots of other places, such as Toril or Eberron), a certain eccentric traveller of great personal wealth is offering a king’s ransom to whoever can meet his challenge. Morrelius Mist is a well-known traveler, explorer, and adventurer who retired a decade ago due to age and injury, famous for his (probably serialised if that’s a thing) death-defying voyages in far-flung lands. And now it’s the turn of the next generation. One of Mist’s great regrets is that he has never circumnavigated the planet, and he has calculated that it should be possible for an intrepid and fortunate adventurer to do so in 80 days. If anyone can accomplish it, he will pay the first to do so the princely sum of twenty thousand crowns*, enough to set anyone up for life. *Adjust currency as wished; the 20k number is from the book.The rules are as follows:1) No teleporting or dimensional travel. You must physically traverse the world between the way stations  (see below).2) No polymorphing for travel purposes. You can turn into a goose to flee danger but not to cover 1000 miles easily in a day.3) You may not interfere with any other team taking part in the challenge.4) You must stop at each of ten way stations along the way (manned by the Pathfinders’ Society or similar) who will stamp and date your pass and magically check you haven’t broken the first three rules.5) You can travel in as large a group as you wish; to complete the challenge, at least one person who set off from the origin point must attend each way station and arrive back at the origin point within 80 days.6) You will all set off at the same day and hour from the same city defined as the origin point, and arrive there when you complete your journey.May the best adventurer win!What are your thoughts, both D&D specific and more specifically for your preferred setting? Would it be possible? How much cheating, bribery, and other chicanery would you expect (and what are the obvious ways to do it and not get caught, and equally to see it coming and prevent it)?</blockquote>

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