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<blockquote data-quote="Sgt_Shock" data-source="post: 5871447" data-attributes="member: 85062"><p>I am currently running the Pathfinder adventure River of Darkness with 4 4th level PC's. They're currently in the preparatory part of the adventure but I am concerned with a certain portion of the upcoming environmental conditions. The PC's will be on a river boat traveling up the Vanji river and are exposed to hot conditions. These are the details the adventure provided:</p><p></p><p>"<span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Daytime temperatures</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">average between 90 and 95 degrees with</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">high humidity, and night brings an only</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">slightly more comfortable average of 80 to 85</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">degrees. The very hot conditions during the</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">daytime are described under Heat Dangers</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">on page 303 of the DMG. Characters must</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">make Fortitude saves each hour (DC 15 +1</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">for each previous check) between 10 am and</p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">8 pm (10 hours total) or take 1d4 points of</p><p>nonlethal damage. Players who take nonlethal </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px">damage this way are fatigued."</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Survival check of 15 increases your save by 4. High checks allow conferring of +4 bonus to others, etc. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Seeing as the trip during these conditions is 6 1/2 days, the conditions provided come off as pretty terrifying. I could easily imagine half the party failing the initial DC 15 fort save and then the rest succumbing to the 9 that follow (each at a cumulative +1 each, 16, 17, etc.). </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Am I overestimating the effects of the weather here? It seems pretty demoralizing, and even deadly, considering the players could encounter creatures along the way...</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'NexusSerifOT'"><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sgt_Shock, post: 5871447, member: 85062"] I am currently running the Pathfinder adventure River of Darkness with 4 4th level PC's. They're currently in the preparatory part of the adventure but I am concerned with a certain portion of the upcoming environmental conditions. The PC's will be on a river boat traveling up the Vanji river and are exposed to hot conditions. These are the details the adventure provided: "[FONT=NexusSerifOT][SIZE=1][FONT=NexusSerifOT][SIZE=1]Daytime temperatures [LEFT]average between 90 and 95 degrees with high humidity, and night brings an only slightly more comfortable average of 80 to 85 degrees. The very hot conditions during the daytime are described under Heat Dangers on page 303 of the DMG. Characters must make Fortitude saves each hour (DC 15 +1 for each previous check) between 10 am and 8 pm (10 hours total) or take 1d4 points of[/LEFT] nonlethal damage. Players who take nonlethal damage this way are fatigued." [SIZE=2]Survival check of 15 increases your save by 4. High checks allow conferring of +4 bonus to others, etc. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Seeing as the trip during these conditions is 6 1/2 days, the conditions provided come off as pretty terrifying. I could easily imagine half the party failing the initial DC 15 fort save and then the rest succumbing to the 9 that follow (each at a cumulative +1 each, 16, 17, etc.). Am I overestimating the effects of the weather here? It seems pretty demoralizing, and even deadly, considering the players could encounter creatures along the way...[/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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