{"id":1645,"date":"2013-06-19T17:39:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-02-20T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:47:42","slug":"adventure-the-dragon-of-krom-frykt-wilderness-encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"Adventure: The Dragon of Krom Frykt \u2013 Wilderness Encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the second in Claw Claw Bite\u2019s series of weekly adventure posts! Today we present the overland travel portion of our serial adventure. Having taken up the quest to rescue the dragon\u2019s treasure from the goblins who hold it hostage, the players must now travel north to the dragon\u2019s lair in the Smoking Valley. For the adventure&#8217;s introduction, <a title=\"Adventure \u2013 The Dragon of Krom Frykt \u2013 Introduction\" href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1647\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Encounters<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2525\" title=\"Sera and Smoking Valleys\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130924214831im_\/http:\/\/clawclawbite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Sera-and-Smoking-Valleys-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>Over Hill and Dale<\/strong> \u2013 The players will face minor hardships while traveling to the dragon\u2019s lair.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hazard <\/strong>&#8211; CR 1\/2 \u2013 50 XP per player \u2013 First they must make three DC 7 acrobatics checks as they traverse the rocky mountain slopes on their way to the dragon\u2019s valley \u2013 failing a check results in a fall for 1d6 points of damage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Creatures <\/strong>&#8211; CR 4 \u2013 1200 XP \u2013 During the journey a pair of lynxes will stalk the party. If they can they will sneak up (Stealth +10) and attack stragglers or pounce during a moment of confusion such as after a party member falls.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hazard <\/strong>&#8211; CR 1 \u2013 100 XP per player \u2013 Two different geothermal vents present a hazard as the party approaches the lair\u2019s entrance, and unless players make a successful DC 17 Dungeoneering or Survival skill check they will have to make DC 13 Reflex saves to avoid blasts of hot poison gasses that deal 1d8 points of damage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Dragon\u2019s Cave<\/strong> \u2013 Once the players reach the entrance read or paraphrase the following:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>The rocky hillside, cracked and smoking from various vents, descends to the valley floor here where a wide, low cavern lies. A natural stone awning canopies an open space of small scattered rocks. Within, a dark passage emits heat and haze.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One goblin hides among the rocks in at the entrance (DC 20 perception to spot) and watches the approach (perception +0). If he sees the party approaching the cave he will alert the goblins in area 1 (see below).<\/p>\n<p>An alternate entrance can be discovered through investigating the vents on the hillside above and succeeding on a DC 20 nature, survival or dungeoneering skill check. Success means they discover a fissure on the hillside above the cave, which leads to a corridor behind the entrance guards (area 2 on map).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2526\" title=\"dragons lair 1\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130924214831im_\/http:\/\/clawclawbite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dragons-lair-1-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To continue into the dragon&#8217;s lair, <a title=\"Adventure: The Dragon of Krom Frykt \u2013 The Dragon\u2019s Lair\" href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1352\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the second in Claw Claw Bite\u2019s series of weekly adventure posts! Today we present the overland travel portion of our serial adventure. Having taken up the quest to rescue the dragon\u2019s treasure from the goblins who hold it hostage, the players must now travel north to the dragon\u2019s lair in the Smoking Valley. For the adventure&#8217;s introduction, click here. Encounters Over Hill and Dale \u2013 The players will face minor hardships while traveling to the dragon\u2019s lair. Hazard &#8211; CR 1\/2 \u2013 50 XP per player \u2013 First they must make three DC 7 acrobatics checks as they traverse the rocky mountain slopes on their way to the dragon\u2019s valley \u2013 failing a check results in a fall for 1d6 points of damage. Creatures &#8211; CR 4 \u2013 1200 XP \u2013 During the journey a pair of lynxes will stalk the party. If they can they will sneak up (Stealth +10) and attack stragglers or pounce during a moment of confusion such as after a party member falls. Hazard &#8211; CR 1 \u2013 100 XP per player \u2013 Two different geothermal vents present a hazard as the party approaches the lair\u2019s entrance, and unless players make a successful DC 17 Dungeoneering or Survival skill check they will have to make DC 13 Reflex saves to avoid blasts of hot poison gasses that deal 1d8 points of damage. The Dragon\u2019s Cave \u2013 Once the players reach the entrance read or paraphrase the following: The rocky hillside, cracked and smoking <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1645\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[662,656,184],"tags":[692],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3rd-edition-dungeons-dragons-d20-fantasy-pathfinder","category-adventure","category-encounter","tag-dragon-of-krom-frykt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}