Encounters happen on the 1d12 hours into that timeframe. So, when the characters force march for a total of 12 hours, its easy. I take rest to mean after the characters have stopped moving. As weвЂ™ve proceeded, I need to refine when the encounter happens. Here are the first 7 days (in which my players have already engaged) and how I wrote the information in Google Sheets. Some of the random encounters are straight forward and require one page in the monster manual, but others require referencing numerous pages. I spent a few hours this afternoon, rolling the random encounters for the next 30 travel days.

I also made sure to make a small character sheet for the вЂњfriendly Non-Player Characters ( NPCs рџ”Ќ)вЂќ There are four NPCs per side. I made the following resource to help keep track of the day-to-day movements of the party. Scarce: DC 20 Wisdom (Survival) for foraging Limited: DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) for foraging This table assumes that on a roll of 1 for illumination, using the original mechanics, there is a 50% chance that the illumination is from faerzress. Out of the AbyssДЄnd that is all you get for using Faerzress in encounters. On a roll of 4-6, the area is dark except for whatever light sources the characters might have. On a roll of 1-3, the area is dimly lit by the phosphorescent moss and lichen common in the Underdark, or by faerzress (see вЂњFaerzressвЂќ). Roll a d6 to determine how an encounter area is illuminated. The following rules build from my observations of the missing specificity in Out of the Abyss. IвЂ™m not satisfied with Dungeons and Dragons: Fifth Edition ( 5E рџ”Ќ)вЂ™s morale ratings, but they are an acceptable approximation. Morale (DMG p273): Because combat is more lethal, I want morale to help adjudicate monsterвЂ™s.Injuries (DMG p272-273): If you get knocked out of the fight, bad things can happen.Massive Damage (DMG p273): Too much damage and you might be out of the fight.Slow Natural Healing ( Dungeon Master's Guide ( DMG рџ”Ќ) p267): CharacterвЂ™s do not recover hit points after a long rest.I had mulled over a long rest being 7 days and a short rest being 8 hours, but opted not to use that given the nature of the adventure. What follows are the pieces that IвЂ™ve adopted to help me adjudicate the game. My guess is that not a single play tester ran this game from the published book The information is too spread out for easy access. There are plenty of random tables to help move things along, but the book had disorganized core information.

First, if you intend to run Out of the Abyss straight out of the вЂњboxвЂќ, good luck It is a toolkit, some set pieces, and a lot of narrative prose. IвЂ™ve decided to take the framework for Out of the Abyss and mold it to my liking. Early Experience running Out of the Abyss // Take on Rules Skip to Main Content Take on Rules About Д®arly Experience running Out of the AbyssД®arly Experience running Out of the Abyss Jeremy Friesen wrote

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