It is less than two miles between Hightown and the Leather Road, so unless the characters tarry considerably, they won’t have to worry about encounters north of the road. The goal at this part of the adventure is to reach the castle.
The walking path south to the Leather Road is shaded by massive trees of oak and maple, whose red, yellow, and brown leaves rustle lightly in the breeze. The well-worn path curves around low hills. The path is patched with grasses and ferns, and wild flowers of yellow and purple lace the edges.
- The Journey South: Encounters
- Remember that you can determine these encounters by chance, or choose encounters in response to player character actions, using these charts as a guide to what lives in the area. Also, these outdoor charts include possible encounters with creatures nearly impossible for first and second level characters to defeat head-on. While poor decisions on the characters’ parts might lead to their deaths, you should not personally place the characters in…
