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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7180724" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Okay, gotcha....I wasn't sure if you were actually running Out of the Abyss or just referencing the rules from it for another Underdark adventure.for that module (which I have read, but not yet run), I think the earlier section where the PCs escape the Drow fort and flee into the Underdark is worth playing out. The PCs are sufficiently low level to make such a trek dangerous regardless of how much they rest, and they're very likely limited on supplies on top of that. Plus, they probably have a bunch of whacky NPCs tagging along, and interacting with those NPCs can help make the "uneventful" parts of the journey less boring. The PCs can learn a lot from those NPCs. Later, when they return to the Underdark, I think it needs to be played differently. I agree that simply narrating the situation....a journey through the Underdark while it's infested with rampaging demons...is probably a boring way to handle it. You can of course come up with some more involved encounters, but I get your stated desire to avoid having to create a lot of content. So then what I would say to do is simply tweak what's there. There are hordes of demons rampaging through the Underdark....that's a pretty cool set up. So why only check twice per day for encounters? Check more often. Or simply decide on a few a day. If you think some of the standard random encounters provided are bland, then add a few monsters to them, or just come up with a few new ones. Use the Demon section of the MM and just throw some of them at the PCs. Mix and match a few to create a cool encounter. Or take a random encounter from the list, and then in the middle of running that encounter, have a swarm of Chasmes show up and attack both sides. I think the more important thing, even for players with a more gamist mindset, is to make the encounters memorable. The best way to do that is to really try and evoke the situation given in the book. For all intents and purposes, the PCs may as well be wandering through a layer of the Abyss. No need to stick to the encounter rules as described if that's not working for you. Or, if the Rest Mechanic is the big factor here, then simply say that Gromph's spell has interacted with the Faeress in such a way that it weakens mortals the longer they are exposed to it, and then say that the longer the PCs are in the Underdark, the less often they can utilize a full rest. Or say that they do not regain all HP with a long rest, but must instead rely only on Hit Dice. I think you can achieve what you're going for without a whole lot of extra work. But I think you will definitely need to deviate from what's provided in the book.</blockquote>

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