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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 5015032" data-attributes="member: 62721">The enemies the PCs fight are either skeletons (who I'd rule suffer half the push effect of the river) or flying monsters.  The only one who doesn't benefit here is the necromancer herself, and she can teleport back to her rocky perch if she needs to.That seems like a very good suggestion.  I think I'm going to use this. How about this: anyone gets a save to avoid going over the edge, letting them fall prone in the square before.  If they get pushed further (remember, the river no longer pushes them), they get another save.  Failure on the second save has them dangling over the edge, holding on by a hand.  Then, they make a DC 15 Endurance or Athletics check each round to hang on.  It would require an Athletics check to haul yourself back up, or a friend would have to help you up instead.I do want the fall to have some lethality about it, but this offers a few chances for the PCs to save each other.  I might also reduce the distance the cliff drops so that there's a chance for them to tie ropes together and drop them in time. This is a really neat idea.  The way my map is setup right now doesn't work well for that, but I might change it up a little bit, narrow the battlefield, and see if I can work in some back and forth play.</blockquote>