Episode 2 Scene 1 The Journey North

Understanding it is costly and Shump can not just do it all the time but would using his Primeval Awareness aid. Giving Shump one to six miles of coverage.

Okay so did the group want to travel slowly to the Marsh and forage along the way -- or travel at normal speed and get there by mid-day and camp for that time period?

Yes GeneCortess you can of course use your ability currently up to 6 times in a day (4 1st level slots and 2 2nd level slots) but you do use a spell slot every time you do that. For 1 minute per level of the spell slot expended, can sense whether the following types of creatures are present within 1 mile.

However I am looking at that and going unless you happen to be luckily enough to guess when to use it, it will be a next to useless ability if you trust me I can tweak this by nerfing it down but making it much more viable. Basically I would reduce the range (as that would be less of a headache for me), making it require slower movement for a good range, very short range for normal movement, and cannot be used moving at a fast pace. If you are comfortable with this I will look into figuring out what would be an appropriate reduction in range to make it a viable ability that does not require a spell slot to use (thus basically I would reduce it to work more like a cantrip and function at that power level if that helps any). This would play very well into that old ability that Rangers had that made them very hard to surprise when they travel in the wilderness since unless your moving fast you would be aware of these kind of creatures in your near vicinity again it does not tell you what direction or how far away but you would know whether to be on watch or not for aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead.

Okay then GeneCortess -- I will look into making it more of a Cantrip level power that you can thus use at will without using a spell slot -- which means it will no longer be a slot-able power -- you get one or the other not both ;) --- still yes it appears the power expands in range when in areas of that you are an expert in -- which is not a Marsh ;) which is okay because...

@DM that's what I was about to ask lol. Anyway, a straight nature check? I tend to use survival. Anyway, I'll roll a straight D20 and post Lex's modifiers here. Use whichever you feel is appropriate. Also, if Feliani is helping me, could I get advantage. I'll roll two D20s. If I have advantage then great, if not please take the first roll as my roll.

Survival +0
Nature +2

Okay current status was -- day 3 -- having done day 1 and 2 already however some folks have back posted their actions which is fine but that still leaves the question for day 3

Day 1 Normal Movement Speed
Day 2 Normal Movement Speed
Day 3 ??? Movement Speed -- Go Normal and arrive at Marsh's edge by mid-day -- or Go Slow and lower the DC for foraging and arrive at the Marsh's edge by evening (plenty of time to set up a campsite)

I get the decision and actions for day 3 and I will post a full recap of the last 3 day's events

Okay will be posting the summation of things here shortly once I have collected and adjusted all the various elements -- if you have not read the House Rules yet you might want to it does cover the guidelines for Traveling -- where it talks about how the speeds affect your daily actions

Necessary Rolls To Summarize

We are now entering day 4 -- while Shump is an excellent navigator +10 to his checks the Marsh is very difficult to navigate within. While the River will give Advantage Shump would already have that so the question is a Normal pace or a Slower pace through the Marsh? Shump will also let you know that foraging within the Marsh is difficult but both food and water can be found just in smaller quantities

Normal Pace : Forage with Disadvantage (except Shump has Advantage)
Slower Pace : Forage with Advantage (except Shump who auto-succeeds due to his Primal Awareness)

Keep also in mind that you do not know how far into the Marsh you are going to need to go as you are now stepping into the unkown