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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hand of Evil" data-source="post: 6667936" data-attributes="member: 371"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Map out the rapids - not just the river but the currents/channels that the water flows down.  Each channel can have a different base challenge rating.  Channels can be crossed at obstacles just by going right or left.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Place obstacles in the path, these become dangers and increase the challenge rating being faced.  Think of them as traps.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Think about all the things that could go wrong.  Boat spins, boat catapults, rope breaks, oar breaks.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Think about exciting words to use. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Now have the player live role play the event.  All they have to do is follow our commands.  </li> </ul>Example: DM: You hear the rush of white water and you see it ahead; what side of the river to you go to or do you stay in the center?  Players: We stay in the center.  DM: You enter the rapids, the cold water is splash in your faces, your vision is reduced.  Who is doing what? Players: Ranger Bob, I am trying to steer, Mage Jane: I am just hanging on, Cleric Pope: paddling hard DM: You see a Rock sharp and jutting from the water in front of you...Right or Left?  1...2...3...BANG!  The boat straps along the side of the rock, little damage but the boards weakened.  You are now in the left side channel, the water is rougher...You see a dip in the river before you...Right or Hard Right or stay the course? 1...2...3...the boat splashes down hard into the dip, the back lifting and Ranger Bob roll save or be catapulted (roll for random direction)...</blockquote>

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