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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amaroq" data-source="post: 5128541" data-attributes="member: 15470">Never! One question per poster, sir! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Mmm... viking-esque longboat, with magical oars but no magical steering/piloting?One PC must pilot the boat, and in these conditions that's going to be some form of strength check to maintain control of the tiller against the raging current. "Aid Another" might be a good idea, but perhaps only two people can reach the tiller easily."60 ft" refers to its use in good conditions; if you have a raging current and a hurricane and all that, its not going to make anywhere near as much ground. Or you can do some Pythagorean math, calculating a current downstream, forcing them to angle upstream, and then figuring how much ground they make across stream. E.g., conditions reduce the boat's distance to 50'; there's a 40' per round downstream current, so they're only making it 30' across the stream if they try to fight the current .. or they could make it 50' across and 40' downstream .. whatever.I think you need one PC in the prow watching for rocks, snags, etc, making Perception, Nature, etc, checks to try and keep them away from trouble.You may need one PC taking care of any mounts, etc. Describe conditions as so treacherous, it may be worth lashing the weak Wizard to something so he doesn't go overboard.Obviously any sort of wind based powers can be used to help.Others may be able to join in on the oars to try and provide additional stronger-than-magic rowing help: Strength check to provide additional distance traveled this check.By the time they're halfway across, they're hitting a lot of Endurance checks to man the tiller, oars, etc - maybe they need to succeed at an Endurance check to have a shot at making the other checks to contribute a success?</blockquote>

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