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Abandoned Caravan

Environments Designed by Evelyn Evans

At a glance

Tier
1
Type
Exploration
Difficulty
11
Impulses
Lay the trap Reveal information

Environment overview

A Caravan abandoned on the side of the road.

Potential adversaries

Jagged Knife Lieutenant Jagged Knife Bandit

Features

Passives

passive
  • Ambush Site

    The caravan has been ambushed. PCs can make an Instinct Roll to identify evidence of that ambush.

    On a Success with Hope, learn all three pieces of information below. On a success with Fear, learn two. On a failure, a PC can mark a Stress to learn one and gain advantage on the next action roll to investigate this environment.

    A PC with an appropriate background or Experience can learn an additional detail and ask a follow-up question about the scene and get a truthful (if not always complete) answer.

    - Traces of a battle (broken weapons, footprints,).
    - An object that acts as a clue to a larger plot.
    - Traces of thievery (empty chests, empty carriages).

Actions

action
  • Growing Interest

    A Jagged Knife Lieutenant and Jagged Knife Bandits equal to the number of PCs appear to confront the party and claim any loot for themselves.

    Questions
    • Are these the original ambushers, or just opportunists?

Reactions

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About this environment

I use this when I want to give my players hints to story elements they’re currently looking into 🙂

Abandoned Caravan

Tier 1 Exploration

A Caravan abandoned on the side of the road.

Impulses: Lay the trap, Reveal information

Difficulty: 11

Potential Adversaries: Jagged Knife Lieutenant, Jagged Knife Bandit

Features

Ambush Site - Passive: The caravan has been ambushed. PCs can make an Instinct Roll to identify evidence of that ambush.

On a Success with Hope, learn all three pieces of information below. On a success with Fear, learn two. On a failure, a PC can mark a Stress to learn one and gain advantage on the next action roll to investigate this environment.

A PC with an appropriate background or Experience can learn an additional detail and ask a follow-up question about the scene and get a truthful (if not always complete) answer.

- Traces of a battle (broken weapons, footprints,).
- An object that acts as a clue to a larger plot.
- Traces of thievery (empty chests, empty carriages).

Growing Interest - Action: A Jagged Knife Lieutenant and Jagged Knife Bandits equal to the number of PCs appear to confront the party and claim any loot for themselves.

  1. Are these the original ambushers, or just opportunists?

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