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That map is huge And there are quite a few empty spots along the way (one of the reasons why Im switching to the 3e map actually, but I digress).

Overland travel can be a tricky thing to navigate through when youre a new DM, and the DMG sort of tells you to hand wave it and make it a quick, but evocative couple of lines and move on to the destination.

Older version of the game asked for tons of random encounter rolls, something that can be interesting if used sporadically, but ultimately work as filler to do something while you travel.

Thats to say, its not very rewarding, but it will give you necessary XP.

Thats not to say that they all have to be this way, you can come up with a list of interesting and useful things the players learn or find in these random encounters, but that requires a bit more planning.

Page 106 of the 5e DMG talks about the Travel-Montage approach of exploring the wilderness, and basically it boils down to describing and hand-waving the trek quickly to get to the desired destination.

The fantastic DD variant 13th Age, takes this approach one step further in its organized play adventures, putting the task of narrating the montage in the hands of the players.

I like that i want to play with that and maybe add a bit of 5e mechanics along the way.

Then that player picks another player to determine how and what his or her character did to defeat the obstacle, and hopefully that player will make his or her character look like a complete badass in the process.

Its a neat reprieve from having to roll charts for wandering monsters and other random encounters, and allows players to get their creative juices flowing.

Ahkek, what obstacles did you and your companions come across the first few days of your journey.

You guys went head to head with a giant scorpion and got stung in the process while trekking through a harsh environment and I want to see what happens.

You can also award loot if it went well for them, so maybe had they faced bandits they could have found some coin, but if they would have failed the STR check to represent the fight, their weapons may have gotten damaged instead, or they might have lost some gold.

There is something there that could likely be formalized and polished into a repeatable technique.

That said, in its initial form I worry that for many players it can be a bit abstract and seem to lack importance.

An easy example: If your goal is to make it to a certain place by x days, then each event can set that goal back or advance it.

Another example is how, on the way to a large city, the PCs could learn various important pieces of information, maybe one for each event.

Imagine a merchant campaign, where each event might grant them information on a tradeable resource, hinder their equipmentwagons, provide allies, etc.

Weaving that in together might give it more teeth so that most players would really care about these events even if they get a strong hand in shaping them.

For many players, getting to shape them makes it even more interesting.).

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