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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7133788" data-attributes="member: 20323"><img src="https://gfx.gexe.pl/gallery/423/03420.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The slow-flowing Arel River is deep enough for canoes and longboats with a shallow draft to maneuver, though the further west it flows the more the river becomes overgrown with weeping willows, alders, oaks, and shrubs. As you reach the bridge at the northern trail into town, you are faced with a dilemma – search upriver (east) toward the hamlet of Upper Posada and ultimately Dol Blathanna, or search downriver (west) toward the dark forest known as the Czernhurst? Upriver would put you closer to elven lands, and possibly would make finding a rare elven herb more likely. While downriver would also allow you to skirt some fallow fields and harvest ergot seeds given a few extra hours.[GM]Whoever rolls will need to decide which direction to go in, or you can decide collectively.                [MENTION=6798581]Azurewraith[/MENTION] assuming Tamaran is taking point, make a DC 18 Survival check or Investigation check to search for Feainnewedd. You have advantage because Elora (and probably other PCs) is Helping you. Friendship. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> If you search upriver, you also get a +1 bonus to your check.On a success, you must spend 10 hours searching, minus a number of hours equal to the difference between DC 18 and your check result. I'll be making random encounter checks as you search, and the timing may also effect how things unfold with the sorceress Margarita.On a great success of 23+, same as a success (min. 5 hour search), plus you may choose one of the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">you avoid all random encounters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went upriver) you discover a grove of Feainnewedd, allowing you to harvest six times more than what's strictly needed to fill the mortar-and-pestle.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went upriver) you stumble upon an interesting site of exploration, likely something druidic or elven.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went downriver) you harvest ergot seeds on a short side trek as part of your search - no additional time required.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went downriver) you receive a sign from the sorceress Margarita or her white raven familiar.</li> </ul>On a failure, you spend 10 hours searching to no avail and can't find Feainnewedd. Random encounters still may happen, however. To try again you'll need to consult with a local herbalist, elves, druid, wise woman, or herbarium book and get a better idea of where to search.On a great failure of 13 or less, you spend 10 hours searching to no avail (same as a failure), and everyone must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or suffer a level of exhaustion, and you must choose one of the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">while your party is spread out wide searching, some of you stumble into a deadly encounter with a monster!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">you are stalked or ambushed by the elven renegade Tamelore, who is after Odvara!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went upriver) locals notice you searching and react negatively, assuming the worst about an elf scouting near the village!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(if you went downriver) you and Elora confuse purple-colored beggartick blossoms - a poisonous hallucinogen - for Feainnewedd by mistake!</li> </ul>[/GM]</blockquote>

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