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Silt in 4e

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#1
Band2
May 18, 2010 12:11:25
How do you think silt will be handled in 4e? I don't mean the deep silt, but shallow silt that can be waded through.

My suggestion, would be to have it as difficult terrain, but moving through silt causes a cloud of silt that then grants concealment. And at the end of the encounter everyone would have to make a saving throw or be infected with the disease the gray death.
#2
ascottbay
May 18, 2010 15:06:15 I see shallow silt as being more of a hazard when combined with another encounter, but as a skill challenge when traveling through silt is the encounter. Treating the gray death as a disease sounds good, though.
#3
603
May 18, 2010 16:44:43 There was talk that you still need a silt skimmer or friendly giant to navigate shallow silt, in a blog post. Its also mapped now.
#4
ascottbay
May 18, 2010 17:54:01 I think we're thinking more about silt that's less than waist-deep. Anything more than that on foot and you're at a huge risk of suffocation.

However, even on a silt skimmer the silt can be a hazard, since it ends up in the air when disturbed even just by a breeze (and probably especially by a vehicle).

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#1 Band2 May 18, 2010 12:11:25	How do you think silt will be handled in 4e? I don't mean the deep silt, but shallow silt that can be waded through. My suggestion, would be to have it as difficult terrain, but moving through silt causes a cloud of silt that then grants concealment. And at the end of the encounter everyone would have to make a saving throw or be infected with the disease the gray death.
#2 ascottbay May 18, 2010 15:06:15	I see shallow silt as being more of a hazard when combined with another encounter, but as a skill challenge when traveling through silt is the encounter. Treating the gray death as a disease sounds good, though.
#3 603 May 18, 2010 16:44:43	There was talk that you still need a silt skimmer or friendly giant to navigate shallow silt, in a blog post. Its also mapped now.
#4 ascottbay May 18, 2010 17:54:01	I think we're thinking more about silt that's less than waist-deep. Anything more than that on foot and you're at a huge risk of suffocation. However, even on a silt skimmer the silt can be a hazard, since it ends up in the air when disturbed even just by a breeze (and probably especially by a vehicle).