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<blockquote data-quote="Stormdale" data-source="post: 7414768" data-attributes="member: 3555">Do we have a ranger/barbarian etc who can hunt for/provide food and or find a suitible campsite? CheckDo we have&nbsp; druid/ranger/bard(?) who can cast goodberry? Check (food issues gone right there)Do we have someone who can cast purify food &amp; drink? CheckDo we have a Leomund's Tiny hut to sleep in? CheckDo we need more detailed camping rules than that in this edition? I love old school resource management but IMO you are fighting against the stream of intentions in 5E with that approach. The game seriously glosses over lots of the stuff that in earlier editions that made them fun for some of us. Do you go through the process of rolls for the sake of rolls each and every night on the trail? (&quot;My cleric gives you guidance on your check&quot; ad naseum). Or do you hand wave it and assume everyone is doing their particular role as that is what they are assumed to be trained/experienced in doing?Me, apart from rolling wandering monster checks and hitting them with the odd bit of bad weather I assume they know what they are doing in the wilderness. I often ask what kind of place they want to camp and may have one of them make a roll to see if they find somewhere suitable/that matches their description then leave it at that. If they rolled well and we do have a random encounter at night I get the player who found the camp site draw it out on a map though may modify it slightly. I do like Isereth's group check idea but it can be easily negated once pcs get to certain levels- my own ToA game my guys were 6-9th level hitting the jungle so had plenty of options to minimise the threats of the wilderness so handwaved many of them as being irrelevant. Stormdale</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormdale, post: 7414768, member: 3555"] Do we have a ranger/barbarian etc who can hunt for/provide food and or find a suitible campsite? Check Do we have druid/ranger/bard(?) who can cast goodberry? Check (food issues gone right there) Do we have someone who can cast purify food & drink? Check Do we have a Leomund's Tiny hut to sleep in? Check Do we need more detailed camping rules than that in this edition? I love old school resource management but IMO you are fighting against the stream of intentions in 5E with that approach. The game seriously glosses over lots of the stuff that in earlier editions that made them fun for some of us. Do you go through the process of rolls for the sake of rolls each and every night on the trail? ("My cleric gives you guidance on your check" ad naseum). Or do you hand wave it and assume everyone is doing their particular role as that is what they are assumed to be trained/experienced in doing? Me, apart from rolling wandering monster checks and hitting them with the odd bit of bad weather I assume they know what they are doing in the wilderness. I often ask what kind of place they want to camp and may have one of them make a roll to see if they find somewhere suitable/that matches their description then leave it at that. If they rolled well and we do have a random encounter at night I get the player who found the camp site draw it out on a map though may modify it slightly. I do like Isereth's group check idea but it can be easily negated once pcs get to certain levels- my own ToA game my guys were 6-9th level hitting the jungle so had plenty of options to minimise the threats of the wilderness so handwaved many of them as being irrelevant. Stormdale [/QUOTE]

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