Duos Greanleef
2009-12-23, 10:04 AM
I don't think that this issue concerns editions, so ignore the fact that it's 4E.
My party wants to travel from Korranberg, Zilargo to Passage, Aundair.
By my measurements, it's approximately 1800 miles along the Orien trade routes. If they were just riding horses, they could make 40 miles a day (assuming no trouble i.e. bad weather, side quests, and random encounters) putting them there in 45 days.
Getting better horses is probably out of the question. One of our characters is a member of House Vadalis, but not one intimately involved in the magebreeding processes. So magebred horses are out of the question given Vadalis' weak presence in this part of Zilargo. Valenar Riding horses would also be unattainable (given the Valenar peoples' natural distrust for House Vadalis and their lack of proximity to Zilargo).
Reading the description in the Travel section of ECG, it says that someone with the Mark of Passage can perform a ritual to speed the process along on the Trade Routes. We're just hitching a ride with a caravan, so someone has probably already cast that on our party.
"But Duos! Why don't you let them hop on the lightning rail?"
There was a zombie/succubus attack on the lightning rail when they used it to get from Sharn to Zolanberg. They simply don't trust House Deneith to protect it in Zilargo. Even if they hopped on the next station outside of ZIlargo, they have to go as far as Wroat, which is still 815 miles (20 days) away. so my travel question still applies.
So here is my question:
1) How much faster per day should the Mark of Passage ritual make a caravan go?
Thanks playground.
--Duos
My party wants to travel from Korranberg, Zilargo to Passage, Aundair.
By my measurements, it's approximately 1800 miles along the Orien trade routes. If they were just riding horses, they could make 40 miles a day (assuming no trouble i.e. bad weather, side quests, and random encounters) putting them there in 45 days.
Getting better horses is probably out of the question. One of our characters is a member of House Vadalis, but not one intimately involved in the magebreeding processes. So magebred horses are out of the question given Vadalis' weak presence in this part of Zilargo. Valenar Riding horses would also be unattainable (given the Valenar peoples' natural distrust for House Vadalis and their lack of proximity to Zilargo).
Reading the description in the Travel section of ECG, it says that someone with the Mark of Passage can perform a ritual to speed the process along on the Trade Routes. We're just hitching a ride with a caravan, so someone has probably already cast that on our party.
"But Duos! Why don't you let them hop on the lightning rail?"
There was a zombie/succubus attack on the lightning rail when they used it to get from Sharn to Zolanberg. They simply don't trust House Deneith to protect it in Zilargo. Even if they hopped on the next station outside of ZIlargo, they have to go as far as Wroat, which is still 815 miles (20 days) away. so my travel question still applies.
So here is my question:
1) How much faster per day should the Mark of Passage ritual make a caravan go?
Thanks playground.
--Duos