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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2374770" data-attributes="member: 63">The first thing to do is emphasize how difficult the journey will be on a physical level.  Spelunking is fun, but it's not a good way to travel quickly. Don't require tons of checks, but have them maybe find the bodies of some dead cavers who already came this way and didn't have a sturdy enough rope.Do a smidgen of researching into spelunking. Have them descend down a chute that has water running down it, requiring a bit of cautious preparation to avoid falling to their deaths. After that, only occasionally call for checks. They'll at least understand how hard to get around the place can be. I mean, the key thing is that the Underdark is a foreign place. It should always be a foreign place for surface-dwellers, so you should probably avoid things like, "You travel for a day, going 8 miles."  Make the journey itself hazardous.But not too hazardous. Don't kill them with rocks. Use drow for that.Maybe, instead of the standard "drow raiding party," you could ramp up the evil coolness of the drow by having one outcast drow druid stalk them like a hunter.</blockquote>