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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9046283" data-attributes="member: 20323">Well, I'm not predefining ALL roles exhaustively - cause it depends on what is important to everyone, and you may come up with stuff that I never thought of - but here are some examples.If you're fulfilling a special role you're NOT remaining alert to potential dangers (i.e. you don't get passive Perception, i.e. automatically surprised during ambush). A ranger with <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/ranger#NaturalExplorer-295" target="_blank">Natural Explorer: Mountain</a> (pretty sure Corse doesn't have this cause selected a replacement feature) would be an exception.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dog Tender - keep close to Boy, make Animal Handling check (or auto-success with speak with animals) to figure out what he's indicating and keep him from rushing off into harm's way</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lookout - make an active Perception check to alert some of the party to potential threats, implying the PC is scouting ahead a bit from the party so is maybe 100-200 feet ahead/apart</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Navigator - watching for landslides/avalanches, potential caves, avoiding especially strenuous climbing sections, etc. using Nature or Survival (in overland travel – not this scenario – navigator would also be avoiding getting lost)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tracker - focusing on Garret/sled tracks as well as keeping eye for monster tracks, Survival check</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spellcasting - if you're casting a ritual repeatedly or concentrating on a spell</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Investigator - constructing a narrative of what happened to Garret, based on observations (no check, just what GM narrates), what other PCs learn, and potentially Investigation or Insight checks, this one wouldn't be rolled immediately but after a bit of exploration and other player's actions</li> </ul>This isn't exhaustive. For example, Cartographer or Note-taker/Chronicler or Forager are potential roles that don't quite fit this scene but could be useful in overland travel. And for out of the box ideas, I may very well need to roll with your ideas to make up a new "role".Edit: Speak with Animals is kind of an outlier in that it's bridging "Spellcasting" and "Dog Tender" roles, assuming that's how Arik wants to use it.Edit: Also added mood music <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden.697783/page-12#post-9046141" target="_blank">to my post</a> [MEDIA=youtube]Bn4iSswGvVM[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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