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Bennettj: /* Making & Breaking Camp */

2026-07-07T18:53:32Z

Making & Breaking Camp

Bennettj at 18:50, 2 June 2026

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Tao alexis at 19:09, 25 April 2026

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Tao alexis: /* Encounters */

2025-02-13T23:02:04Z

Encounters

Tao alexis at 21:46, 1 November 2023

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Tao alexis at 19:21, 15 December 2022

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Tao alexis at 02:59, 6 June 2022

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Tao alexis at 23:06, 16 April 2022

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Tao alexis: /* Boat Docks for Transshipment */

2022-03-27T20:40:14Z

Boat Docks for Transshipment

Tao alexis at 00:24, 21 December 2021

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 All preparation for awaking and getting started in the outdoors begins with making camp the night before.  The first concern is [[Cooking (sage ability)|cooking]].  This must be done over a fire, which takes time to build.  Wood needs to be gathered before it can be burnt.  Failing to build a fire or eat hot food could mean illness from cold weather as well as parasites that are found in uncooked food.
-Water needs to be gathered and animals tended.  The characters will be busy with airing out their sweaty clothes, banging the dents out of their armour, sharpening their weapons, attending to repairs in equipment that wear and tear demands.  Someone will need to take a walk around the camp to ensure the safety of the sight, to ensure the party hasn't settled near some large beastie's nest.  Spellcasters will need time to study.  Additionally, since my [[Sage Ability|sage abilities]] are presumed to increase when a [[Experience Level|level]] is gained due to practice and meditation, this is also a part of settling down for the night.
+Water needs to be gathered and animals tended.  The characters will be busy with airing out their sweaty clothes, banging the dents out of their [[Armour List|armour]], sharpening their weapons, attending to repairs in equipment that wear and tear demands.  Someone will need to take a walk around the camp to ensure the safety of the sight, to ensure the party hasn't settled near some large beastie's nest.  Spellcasters will need time to study.  Additionally, since my [[Sage Ability|sage abilities]] are presumed to increase when a [[Experience Level|level]] is gained due to practice and meditation, this is also a part of settling down for the night.
 Additionally, the characters will be ''tired''.  They are not machines. They will want to rest and enjoy themselves, tell stories, discuss events of the day and make plans for the morrow.

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 [[File:Travel.jpg|right|560px|thumb|Distant lands await]]
-Much of the time, [[Player Characters|player characters]] will be troubled with the effort to go from one place to another, typically over distances that take many days.  Travel creates problems that must be solved: [[Equipment|gear]] must be taken along [[Shelter|enabling sleep]], prepared [[Food|food]] and survival; mounts expedite travel but asks for skill in managing and feeding the animals; vehicles enable the transport of much material as well as opportunities for trade, but these too need care and maintenance.  Water is sometimes an obstacle, so that ship travel must sometimes be tried.  Weather is a constant hazard.  This page makes some attempt to address many issues involved with journeying from place to place, but there are so many particulars to be discussed that for a time, the content below will need occasional updating — much of it during an actual campaign, when an unforseen issue requires an on-the-spot judgment.
+Much of the time, [[Player Characters|player characters]] will be troubled with the effort to go from one place to another, typically over distances that take many days.  Travel creates problems that must be solved: [[Equipment|gear]] must be taken along [[Shelter|enabling sleep]], prepared [[Food|food]] and survival; mounts expedite travel but asks for skill in managing and feeding the [[Animal|animals]]; vehicles enable the transport of much material as well as opportunities for trade, but these too need care and maintenance.  Water is sometimes an obstacle, so that ship travel must sometimes be tried.  Weather is a constant hazard.  This page makes some attempt to address many issues involved with journeying from place to place, but there are so many particulars to be discussed that for a time, the content below will need occasional updating — much of it during an actual campaign, when an unforseen issue requires an on-the-spot judgment.
 Until such incarnations take place, then, this page should be treated as an outline, enabling details to be added in a constructive, organized manner.

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 === Wind ===
-:''Main Article:'' [[Wind Conditions]]
+:''Main Article:'' [[Wind Force]]
 [[File:beaufortscale.png|right|490px|thumb|Perhaps the best graphic I've ever encountered]]

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		+	[[Innkeeper (vendor)]]<br>
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 Parties should expect to wait at a town gate for 3 minutes per silver piece (s.p.) paid; this calculates the line-up waiting outside, with occasional searches to make sure persons aren't being smuggled in, as well as other contraband, plus [[Tariff|tariffs]] that have to be paid (not covered here).  In former times, fees were paid per foot and per wheel, but in recent years these rules have been suspended (in most places).  Player characters may attempt to smuggle, but should realize that getting caught doing so is typically a heavy fine and up to six months in a city gaol.
-City gates are used to display notifications for the public, including tax increases, auction sales, requested supply needs from the local lord and coming festivals.  Commonly, the walls around the gate are ornamented with heraldic shields, sculpture or inscriptions, used as warnings or for intimidation.  Likewise, the heads of beheaded criminals can be found on spikes, where visitors can see, with written notices describing the crimes they committed.
+City gates are used to display notifications for the public, including tax increases, auction sales, requested supply needs from the local lord and coming festivals.  Commonly, the walls around the gate are ornamented with heraldic shields, sculpture or inscriptions, used as warnings or for intimidation.  Likewise, the heads of beheaded criminals can be found on spikes, where visitors can see, with written [[Advertising|notices]] describing the crimes they committed.
 === Tollhouse ===

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 == Town Gates & Tollhouse ==
-: ''Main Article'': [[Taxes]]
+: ''Main Article'': [[Taxation]]
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 === Moving as a Group ===
-Though players may wish to travel tightly together, to be ready should an [[Encounter|encounter]] happen, this isn't realistic where individuals are concerned.  Different persons travel at different speeds, while stopping to take a rock out of their shoe, visit the bushes, fix their gear, take a drink, follow up a thought by looking at some odd object or a book, and a hundred other distractions.  Arguments that arise will also break up a party for a mile or so.  We may reasonably expect a party to be in sight of one another, or at least within earshot ... and at the same time be strung out over a distance of 15 to 90 yards.  If an exact calculation is needed, roll 3d6 and multiply the result by 5: this will give the present distance between the frontrunner of the party and the last in line.  If the DM wishes, a modifier of -1 can be applied to the roll for the first hour in the day.
+Though players may wish to travel tightly together, to be ready should an [[Encounters|encounter]] happen, this isn't realistic where individuals are concerned.  Different persons travel at different speeds, while stopping to take a rock out of their shoe, visit the bushes, fix their gear, take a drink, follow up a thought by looking at some odd object or a book, and a hundred other distractions.  Arguments that arise will also break up a party for a mile or so.  We may reasonably expect a party to be in sight of one another, or at least within earshot ... and at the same time be strung out over a distance of 15 to 90 yards.  If an exact calculation is needed, roll 3d6 and multiply the result by 5: this will give the present distance between the frontrunner of the party and the last in line.  If the DM wishes, a modifier of -1 can be applied to the roll for the first hour in the day.
 Each character can then roll a d20, with the highest numbers at the front and the lowest at the rear.  Comparing the numbers against the total distance will show how relatively close each player character is to the next.  ''For example,'' Liam, Garner and Rena are stretched over a distance of 50 yards.  On a d20, Liam rolls a 2, Garner rolls a 15 and Rena rolls a 7.  Rena is closer to Liam, at the rear, than she is to Garner at the front.  Exact distances can be determined by dividing 50 by the largest roll minus the smallest: 50/(15-2) = 3.85.  Therefore, Rena is 19 yards ahead of Liam and 31 yards behind Garner.

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 [[File:Cobbled Road.jpg|right|350px|thumb|An old cobbled road]]
-Any intersection that includes at least one dirt road or better will have a road sign pointing the way to distant [[Village Centre|villages]], [[Town|towns]] and [[City|cities]].  There is little chance that these signs will go missing or lay broken at the side of the road, as there are locals who will check on their presence once per day.  Every five or ten miles along cobbled and stone roads, depending on the region, there will typically be a marker telling the distance to the next down or from the last, posted on the left hand-side of the road.
+Any intersection that includes at least one dirt road or better will have a road sign pointing the way to distant [[Village|villages]], [[Town|towns]] and [[City|cities]].  There is little chance that these signs will go missing or lay broken at the side of the road, as there are locals who will check on their presence once per day.  Every five or ten miles along cobbled and stone roads, depending on the region, there will typically be a marker telling the distance to the next down or from the last, posted on the left hand-side of the road.
 === Movement Pace ===

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 The cost for a ferry is set at 1½ c.p. per stream point per person or animal, regardless of how much is carried (fractions are rounded up).
-=== Boat Docks for Transshipment ===
+=== Docks for Transshipment ===
 When a river is too wide to be crossed any other way, on the most important roads there will be docks where boats or barges can be loaded.  The method is inconvenient and costs time, particularly when hauling goods or driving animals.  Because use of the watercraft is at a premium, they are competed for — and usually merchants who are part of a guild, and have crossed the river many times before, receive attention before strangers crossing for the first time.  Riverboats will work from first light until dusk.

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 '''Bridges''' are wooden or stone structures built to span a physical obstacle, most commonly a river or gorge.  They provide passage for roads where it is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross.  Wooden bridges outside of towns are usually private; inside towns, wooden bridges are preferred because of the number needed.  Bridges across rivers with 7 or more points on travel routes are built of stone 19 times out of 20, because they need to be reliable in times of war and once built allow for long periods between maintenance.  Bridges over streams (1-6 pts.) will be wooden 19 times out of 20.
-Where infrastructure is high there will be many free bridges where no toll is charged; these are maintained by the kingdom or republic and are free access because it promotes the movement of trade.  Bridges over larger river courses are more expensive and therefore charge tolls.  Tolls are also charged on in less infrastructured areas because less resources leave only this option to provide [[Coins|coin]] for maintenance.  A bridge toll is calculated as 1 [[Copper (metal)|copper]] piece (c.p.) per point of river or stream crossed, per person or animal.
+Where infrastructure is high there will be many free bridges where no toll is charged; these are maintained by the kingdom or republic and are free access because it promotes the movement of trade.  Bridges over larger river courses are more expensive and therefore charge tolls.  Tolls are also charged on in less infrastructured areas because less resources leave only this option to provide [[Coin (monetary unit)|coin]] for maintenance.  A bridge toll is calculated as 1 [[Copper (metal)|copper]] piece (c.p.) per point of river or stream crossed, per person or animal.
 Though occasionally bridges are obstructed by traffic, or closed for damage, or experience a broken vehicle which causes delays that may last hours, these things are rare enough they don't need checking.  Perhaps 1 in 100 if the DM feels compelled.