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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6136687" data-attributes="member: 20323">[MENTION=27160]Balesir[/MENTION] Ah I see. You're thinking of the summoned elemental as a wandering encouter with increasing odds of encountering it with increased time. Whereas I'm thinking of it as operating under strict instructions that only have to do with one area. Both are good.About interpreting successes...Yes my "secondary clues" are checks to gain extra information. However, I eschewed the "X number of successes" as a scene-closer because its not relevant to the model I'm using...where overall success depends on the players ability to deduce what the clues mean. I'd expect the scene to end on e the players visit each area and get its "core clue" (plus any "secondary clues" they pick up along the way). Then it's up to them to interpret this rightly or wrongly, with both having in-game implications for how the PCs approach the Wild Hunt.As an aside, this is one of several investigative skill challenges in the adventure that involve tracking and gathering information on the Wild Hunt. While I like the GUMSHOE model, I'm keeping an eye out for other models that might make sense in these scenarios:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Black Rose Manor: A noblewoman who lost her husband to the Wild Hunt years ago has used Vistani magic to free him, but her husband is not the same person he once was, will turn to dust when the Wild Hunt leave the world at winter's end, and seems to draw Peryton flocks to the manor. The villagers are agitating that something be done, and if PCs can't resolve the situation the villagers will mob the manor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Inn on the Moors: A storm-wracked inn whose quirky patrons are trapped inside while riders of the Wild Hunt swarm outside. Meanwhile a murderer and some doppelgängers are trapped in the inn. If the PCs can't puzzle out why the Wild Hunt is so hostile to this inn and what's up with the doppelgängers, the murderer will kill enough patrons to frighten the rest into fleeing and being taken by the Wild Hunt.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Berserkers in Lambeurs: Berserkers of the Nic'Epona tribe (the tribe of the barbarian PC) have conquered the northern town Lambeurs with their firbolg and wild hunt hound allies. If the PCs don't free the berserkers from the influence of the Wild Hunt soon, then the tribe's warriors join the Wild Hunt as riders.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Murkroot Trade Moot: PCs need to acquire information on the Wild Hunt's curse from a shadow fey market. This might combine a trading challenge with an investigative challenge.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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