Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Chance of Getting lost

A handy table to determine the chance of party becoming lost in a standard high fantasy campaign while traveling in the wilderness.


Getting Lost

Party Guide

Terrain Type
Ranger
Barbarian
Nomad
Elf/Druid
Gnome
Local Guide
All
Others
Desert
16%
20%
10%
16%
20%
15%
16%
Forest, Light
15%
16%
20%
10%
12%
15%
16%
Grasslands
15%
15%
10%
15%
20%
12%
16%
Hills, Rolling
16%
16%
16%
16%
12%
12%
16%
Plains
16%
16%
10%
20%
25%
12%
16%
Scrublands
16%
16%
10%
16%
20%
12%
16%
Forest, Moderate
18%
20%
25%
15%
15%
15%
32%
Hills, Steep
25%
20%
25%
30%
20%
20%
30%
Mountains
25%
30%
33%
33%
25%
25%
33%
Snowy
30%
25%
35%
30%
35%
30%
33%
Desert, Dune Swept
50%
45%
30%
50%
50%
25%
60%
Forest,
Heavy
20%
25%
50%
20%
25%
25%
60%
Glacial/Icy
40%
40%
50%
50%
50%
35%
50%
Jungle
40%
40%
50%
45%
50%
35%
50%
Mushroom Forest
35%
45%
50%
35%
15%
25%
50%
Swamp
40%
45%
50%
50%
50%
25%
50%
Thorn Forest
40%
40%
45%
35%
35%
35%
50%
Broken
50%
50%
35%
50%
50%
25%
60%

Local Guides should of course be locals who have traveled the route in question before. Local guides will typically only be good for distance of 50 to 500 miles from place of origin.

If a paryt has one character with INT or WIS of 16 or higher subtract 5% from the chance of getting lost.

If a party has  3 or mor embers with INT or WIS of 16 or higher halve the chance of getting lost.

If a party is traveling quickly increase the chance of getting lost by 10%

If following trusted instructions or a map decrease chance of getting lost by10%

If a party is traveling at night and less than 1 in 3 characters has night vision or infravision double the chance of getting lost.

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  2. If following inaccurate instructions or map, increase the chance of getting lost by 10%.

    If following intentionally deceptive instructions or map, either increase chance of getting lost by 50%, (if deception is simply aimed at getting one lost), or roll at normal chance to arrive at false destination, (if deception points the party accurately to the wrong place).

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