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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Delgar" data-source="post: 5074391" data-attributes="member: 3195">Okay I'm going to be running Seeker's of the Ashen crown for my group, shortly and this skill challenge will come up. I'm just very confused on how to run it well, well basically run it period.Its a 6/3 challenge but it takes place over 6 days and each round is a day. Which is fine. But each day everyone has to make a Endurance check (group check) if half fail you get a fail if half succeed you get a success. That alone makes up 6 of the possible 9 checks. Also, one person is required to make a nature check every day (basically the guide/navigator). So that's 12 checks before anyone has to do anything.Basically the skill challenge just doesn't make sense to me. Can someone help me make sense of it? Or help me modify it to make it make more sense. Thanks!The trip from Ardev to Six Kings covers about 125 miles overa trade road, taking four or five days on foot, followed by atleast a day's hike along the shoulder of the Graywalls. Thisjourney to the frontier of civilized Breland is a dangerous one.A ROAD WELL TRAVELEDThe following skill challenge tests the PCs as they maketheir way along the road to the foot of the mountains, thenon the ancient track leading to Six Kings.During their travel, the PCs face three set encounters-therescue of a captive Kech Volaar goblin, a confrontation withTurakbar raiders, and an ambush by the Emerald Claw. Theless sharp the PCs are on the road, the more their resourcesare taxed and the harder these encounters become.The journey from Ardev to Six Kin8s takes you throu8h someof the most dan8erous territory in Breland. You mi8ht have atrade road to follow, but that path doesn't ensure easy passa8e toDroaam's frontier.Setup: The party travels from Ardev to Six Kings onan unsafe road. Each round of the challenge representsone day of travel. Encounters occur after the PCs haveattempted all their skill checks for that day of activity.Level: 2 (XP 250).Complexity: 2 (requires 6 successes before 3 failures).Primary Skills: Endurance, Nature.Endurance (DC 10): Traveling in the open is hard work,but the road can make it a little easier. As the rigors oftravel drain the party, those who succumb to the straincan become a burden to their friends. Each PC must makethis check, which doesn't count as an action, every round.Those who fail lose a healing surge. If more PCs fail thischeck than succeed on it in any round, all the PCs lose anadditional healing surge, and the characters earn 1 failurein the skill challenge. Otherwise, the PCs gain 1 success inthe skill challenge.Nature (DC 10): The PC keeps an eye out for naturalhazards that have crept into the poorly maintained road.Foraging for supplies or water and looking for good restspots are also important. This check can be made once perround by any Single character. Failure costs everyone inthe party one healing surge because of having to leave theroad due to overgrowth, lack of water, or some other minorhazard. Success counts as 1 success in the skill challenge.Secondary Skills: History, Perception.History (DC 10): The character's knowledge of the routeto Six Kings-and its reputation and lore in the past andpresent-aids in the party's efforts to avoid trouble on theroad. Each character can attempt this check once duringthe skill challenge. Success grants a +2 bonus to one PC'ssubsequent Nature check or one PC's subsequent Endur·ance check.Perception (DC 10): By carefully watching details alongthe way, the PC spies trouble long before it appears, or abeneficial landscape feature before the party passes it by.Each character can attempt this check once during theskill challenge. Success grants a +2 bonus to one PC's subsequentNature check or one PC's subsequent Endurancecheck.Success: The PCs go into encounter 12. Emerald ClawAmbush with more healing surges and the benefit fromProgress and Encounters (see below).Failure: The PCs go into encounter 12. Emerald ClawAmbush with fewer healing surges and the penalty fromProgress and Encounters (see below).PROGRESS AND ENCOUNTERSIf the PCs have earned no failures on the skill chaIJengebefore they reach an encounter, they gain a +2 bonus toskill checks related to gaining information prior to thatencounter. If they have more failures than successes at thatpoint, they take a -2 penalty to such checks.The encounters should occur on the following days, fitinto the narrative ofthe overland journey as desired.Day 2: Emerald Claw Scouts (see below).Day 4: Turakbar Toll (see page 22).Day 6: Emerald Claw Ambush (see page 24).</blockquote>

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