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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Connorsrpg" data-source="post: 6636740" data-attributes="member: 19265">Well, Exploration is often one of our favourite parts of the game. I have a lot of ideas very similar to [MENTION=40177]Wik[/MENTION].I always have a calendar to which I add phases of the moon, weather, and set encounters.Funnily, after developing and using MANY different weather systems and tables, I use the the same idea as [MENTION=40177]Wik[/MENTION], though I use a d10 for wind, temperature, cloud cover and precipitation. Obviously I have a starting point for each depending upon the time of year, season, climate etc. I also have a 50% that each is the same as the day before.I always detail the journey. One of our best campaigns ever involved chasing the antagonist through a whole kingdom into the wilderness. The whole campaign was based upon small set encounters that I determined randomly and then detailed before the game - many of them had hints and clues related to the 'chase', many did not.We are currently playing the Rise of the Runelords AP and the trip from Magnimar to Turtleback Ferry is barely mentioned. Well, in our campaign sailing the Yondabakari River alongside the Mushfens for its entire length has been anything but a boring journey.I always try to create a living breathing world.My first step is to detail each region/realm the party will travel through. I do this using my extensive Realms Creation Sheets. You can find them here: <a href="http://connorscampaigns.wikidot.com/gm-tools" target="_blank">http://connorscampaigns.wikidot.com/gm-tools</a> (at the bottom of page under 'Files'. They are word docs so feel free to modify. A friend has also put up an Excel version too).From there I develop some set encounters using my Encounter Charts (also on the above link, split into Creatures, Events and Places) and the ones from the actual Realm Sheet. Rumours and recent events help.With a few random rolls and each area having its own personality, you can make wilderness travel one of the best parts of the game. I even asked my players whether they wanted to gloss over the long journeys required in the RotR AP, and to a player they said, "No", b/c we have had so much fun with this in the past.I also like the new ideas/rules in 5E, especially determining what pace the PCs wish to travel at and what they wish to achieve whilst traveling.Sorry for long post - but this topic has come up before and it really makes our games.</blockquote>

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