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Orphanmaker River

Environments Designed by Saga
Tier
1
Type
Traversal
Difficulty
13
Impulses
Drown

Environment overview

The water here is so turbulent that it looks like a horizontal waterfall.

Potential adversaries

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Features

Passives

passive
  • Countdown (3)

    If the countdown reaches zero, the party succesfully crosses the river. It cannot reach zero if a PC is *Drowning.*
    PCs can make action rolls to cross the river. On a failure, take the Drown action.

  • Details

    The river features several elements that might help players traverse part of the river with a successful action roll, on top of the ones they names:
    - broken rope bridge
    - shallow part
    - a small island
    - hanging vines

    Questions
    • What do you see protruding from the water?
  • Sunken Treasures

    A *Drowning* PC can make a Strength Roll to try to retrieve one item that has sunk at the bottom of the river.
    - Lakestrider Boots (you can walk on water like it was soft ground)
    - Glamour Stone (spend 1 Hope to magically disguise yourself as someone you've seen before)
    - Suspended Rod (while activated, it cannot be moved, and doesn't abide by the laws of gravity)

Actions

action
  • Drown

    One PC must make an Agility Reaction Roll, or start temporarily *Drowning.* Whenever a PC makes an action roll, all *Drowning* PCs mark 1 Stress.

  • Undertow
    Fear 1

    Spend a Fear to have a *Drowning* PC hit a rock underwater. Roll 1d4 for the consequence:
    1. Mark 1 Stress. 2. Take 2d6+3 phy dmg. 3. Vault one Domain card (reroll if none). 4. An item becomes a Sunken Treasure.

Reactions

reaction
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About this environment

A temporary condition, like the Drowned condition inflicted by the Orphanmaker River, is a condition that can be cleared by making an action roll.

Orphanmaker River

Tier 1 Traversal

The water here is so turbulent that it looks like a horizontal waterfall.

Impulses: Drown

Difficulty: 13

Potential Adversaries: —

Features

Countdown (3) - Passive: If the countdown reaches zero, the party succesfully crosses the river. It cannot reach zero if a PC is *Drowning.* PCs can make action rolls to cross the river. On a failure, take the Drown action.
Details - Passive: The river features several elements that might help players traverse part of the river with a successful action roll, on top of the ones they names: - broken rope bridge - shallow part - a small island - hanging vines
  • What do you see protruding from the water?
Sunken Treasures - Passive: A *Drowning* PC can make a Strength Roll to try to retrieve one item that has sunk at the bottom of the river. - Lakestrider Boots (you can walk on water like it was soft ground) - Glamour Stone (spend 1 Hope to magically disguise yourself as someone you've seen before) - Suspended Rod (while activated, it cannot be moved, and doesn't abide by the laws of gravity)
Drown - Action: One PC must make an Agility Reaction Roll, or start temporarily *Drowning.* Whenever a PC makes an action roll, all *Drowning* PCs mark 1 Stress.
Undertow - Action: Spend a Fear to have a *Drowning* PC hit a rock underwater. Roll 1d4 for the consequence: 1. Mark 1 Stress. 2. Take 2d6+3 phy dmg. 3. Vault one Domain card (reroll if none). 4. An item becomes a Sunken Treasure.

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