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<blockquote data-quote="FunkBGR" data-source="post: 4654827" data-attributes="member: 3895">I don't recall all the details, but I ran one recently that went something like this:The party meets at the Golden Cockatrice and is hired by a woman named Eudora Desne. She wants to visit these ancient ruins up in the Cairn Hills, where supposedly some orcs have been hanging out. She has a crude map. She previously hired another group, but they never came back. (If this sounds familiar to anyone, it should be - straight rip / combination from a boxed set)Anyway, the PC's start heading off, and I started a Skill Challenge to represent their wilderness travel.Questions came up like, &quot;Are there any landmarks on the map that we can follow or see?&quot; - Perception check: Success - My response, &quot;You can see off in the distance a river snakes it's down from the hills.&quot; Unfortunately I don't remember a lot of the details, but by creative use of skills, the PC's were able to navigate the wilderness, and learn some things about the ruins ahead of time. Things like History - &quot;What sort of ruins could these be? Were they known for building in specific spots?&quot; I dunno, maybe RefinedBean will pop in and explain more of how it worked out. It might have sucked from a player end of things, as far as I know.---Also, I found this while reading some of the EnWorld blogs - looks like it might be helpful: <a href="http://dungeonsmaster.com/" target="_blank">Dungeon's Master — A D&amp;D Resource Blog For DMs &amp; Players</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="FunkBGR, post: 4654827, member: 3895"] I don't recall all the details, but I ran one recently that went something like this: The party meets at the Golden Cockatrice and is hired by a woman named Eudora Desne. She wants to visit these ancient ruins up in the Cairn Hills, where supposedly some orcs have been hanging out. She has a crude map. She previously hired another group, but they never came back. (If this sounds familiar to anyone, it should be - straight rip / combination from a boxed set) Anyway, the PC's start heading off, and I started a Skill Challenge to represent their wilderness travel. Questions came up like, "Are there any landmarks on the map that we can follow or see?" - Perception check: Success - My response, "You can see off in the distance a river snakes it's down from the hills." Unfortunately I don't remember a lot of the details, but by creative use of skills, the PC's were able to navigate the wilderness, and learn some things about the ruins ahead of time. Things like History - "What sort of ruins could these be? Were they known for building in specific spots?" I dunno, maybe RefinedBean will pop in and explain more of how it worked out. It might have sucked from a player end of things, as far as I know. --- Also, I found this while reading some of the EnWorld blogs - looks like it might be helpful: [url=http://dungeonsmaster.com/]Dungeon's Master — A D&D Resource Blog For DMs & Players[/url] [/QUOTE]

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