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<blockquote data-quote="Drazulfel" data-source="post: 5268123" data-attributes="member: 43826"> <a href="http://draz01keepontheshadowfell.blogspot.com/2010/07/starday-7th-anyas-528-nr.html" target="_blank">Starday, 7th Anyas, 528 NR</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The friends were packed and ready to go! On a cool and pleasant Starday&nbsp; morning, they departed from Harkenwold for the start of their &quot;one week,&nbsp; easy walk&quot; to Winterhaven in the Cairngorns, 120 miles away along the&nbsp; King's Road.The first half of the journey was relatively&nbsp; uneventful, though progress was much slower than planned. After slightly&nbsp; more than a full week, the party was just crossing the Nentir River,&nbsp; the half-way point of their journey to Winterhaven. Things went downhill&nbsp; from there...Day 2 - Arrive at the edge of Harken ForestDay 4 - Emerge from Harken ForestDay 6 - Stay overnight in FallcrestDay 7 - Crossing of the Nentir RiverDay 9 - Light rains beginDay 11 - Heavy stormsDay 12 - Heavy storms, mudslides hamper progressDay 13 - Heavy storms, slow goingDay 14 - Wrong turn towards Gardmore AbbeyDay 15 - Double back towards King's RoadDay 16 - Back on the right path towards WinterhavenDay 17 - First attack by small band of Kobolds. Scared off with no combat, due to being outnumbered.Day 18 - Wolves invade camp. Stuck in a tree for a day and a half.DM Note: None&nbsp; of this played out. I simply filled these events in on the campaign&nbsp; calendar, and related them at the table in order to deflate character&nbsp; egos, and introduce a feeling of exhaustion, frustration, and&nbsp; aggravation towards Paget. There was some eye-rolling, grumbling, and&nbsp; giggling from M, Z and X, so it worked well.Incidentally, the&nbsp; Cairngorns are a real place. Check out this panoramic picture! (Click&nbsp; the thumbnail to enlarge... at least, a little bit.)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj_1d2CxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SpYsh4arc4M/s1600/Cairngorms-panorama.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj_1d2CxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SpYsh4arc4M/s400/Cairngorms-panorama.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Drazulfel, post: 5268123, member: 43826"] [B] [URL="http://draz01keepontheshadowfell.blogspot.com/2010/07/starday-7th-anyas-528-nr.html"]Starday, 7th Anyas, 528 NR[/URL] [/B] The friends were packed and ready to go! On a cool and pleasant Starday morning, they departed from Harkenwold for the start of their "one week, easy walk" to Winterhaven in the Cairngorns, 120 miles away along the King's Road. The first half of the journey was relatively uneventful, though progress was much slower than planned. After slightly more than a full week, the party was just crossing the Nentir River, the half-way point of their journey to Winterhaven. Things went downhill from there... Day 2 - Arrive at the edge of Harken Forest Day 4 - Emerge from Harken Forest Day 6 - Stay overnight in Fallcrest Day 7 - Crossing of the Nentir River Day 9 - Light rains begin Day 11 - Heavy storms Day 12 - Heavy storms, mudslides hamper progress Day 13 - Heavy storms, slow going Day 14 - Wrong turn towards Gardmore Abbey Day 15 - Double back towards King's Road Day 16 - Back on the right path towards Winterhaven Day 17 - First attack by small band of Kobolds. Scared off with no combat, due to being outnumbered. Day 18 - Wolves invade camp. Stuck in a tree for a day and a half. [B]DM Note:[/B] [I]None of this played out. I simply filled these events in on the campaign calendar, and related them at the table in order to deflate character egos, and introduce a feeling of exhaustion, frustration, and aggravation towards Paget. There was some eye-rolling, grumbling, and giggling from M, Z and X, so it worked well. Incidentally, the Cairngorns are a real place. Check out this panoramic picture! (Click the thumbnail to enlarge... at least, a little bit.) [URL="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj_1d2CxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SpYsh4arc4M/s1600/Cairngorms-panorama.jpg"][IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4FJjQESU4S8/TEj_1d2CxyI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SpYsh4arc4M/s400/Cairngorms-panorama.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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