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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7443670" data-attributes="member: 97077">Do you mean if the DM doesn't map or the players don't map?I guess a proficient character is just that good.In tonight's game, the bugbear fighter with cartographer's tools drew a map of an off-road path from the village of Jerkwater to the Sunless Citadel while Tracking to help mitigate the chance of a random encounter. They wanted to avoid trouble on the way to the dungeon so they were at full resources when they got there. The earth genasi fighter Worked Together with the bugbear fighter and, along with the other tasks the rest of the PCs performed, I resolved all with passive checks. As it turned out, they didn't get lost on the way to the dungeon and, thanks to the bugbear's tracking (and the genasi's help), the party managed to avoid any random encounters. Now the party has a map that can grant the character Navigating back to Jerkwater advantage on his or her passive Wilderness (Survival) check to avoid getting lost.The funny bit was that I rolled weather for that day and it was raining. The bugbear's unskilled hireling Wes Handy was made to hold his cloak over the bugbear to keep him dry enough to draw the map. He told Wes that the rain and cold would help him &quot;build character.&quot; They just love abusing their hirelings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7443670, member: 97077"] Do you mean if the DM doesn't map or the players don't map? I guess a proficient character is just that good. In tonight's game, the bugbear fighter with cartographer's tools drew a map of an off-road path from the village of Jerkwater to the Sunless Citadel while Tracking to help mitigate the chance of a random encounter. They wanted to avoid trouble on the way to the dungeon so they were at full resources when they got there. The earth genasi fighter Worked Together with the bugbear fighter and, along with the other tasks the rest of the PCs performed, I resolved all with passive checks. As it turned out, they didn't get lost on the way to the dungeon and, thanks to the bugbear's tracking (and the genasi's help), the party managed to avoid any random encounters. Now the party has a map that can grant the character Navigating back to Jerkwater advantage on his or her passive Wilderness (Survival) check to avoid getting lost. The funny bit was that I rolled weather for that day and it was raining. The bugbear's unskilled hireling Wes Handy was made to hold his cloak over the bugbear to keep him dry enough to draw the map. He told Wes that the rain and cold would help him "build character." They just love abusing their hirelings. [/QUOTE]

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