{"id":89680,"date":"2024-09-24T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89680"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:11:54","slug":"a-dnd-adventure-in-the-bighorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=89680","title":{"rendered":"A DND Adventure in the Bighorns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the mountains stretched out in front of her, Penny Stricks heads out for another day of adventuring. The days have been long and arduous, but she is experienced now, and has the support of the Botanical Guild of Chicago and countless more, including her trusty companion Dalia, behind her. Many would balk at these wild forests and rural grasslands, but she\u2019s here on a mission: to collect seeds from crucial native plants so they can be used for conservation and revegetation. She understands the importance of her goals, and will do anything to fulfill them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sourdough Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Travel through the mountains is easy [20**]; Penny is more than familiar with mountainous terrains, and has her trusty carriage to help her move more quickly. But when the roads become too rough, she abandons her carriage and sets out on foot. Dalia heads off in a different direction so they can cover more ground, but they can always contact each other with their sending stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mountain views with a *modern* interpretation of Penny’s carriage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Penny moves along, getting closer to the area she hopes the plant she wants to find, Chamerion angustifolium<\/em>, is (based on the guidance of the closest town\u2019s apothecary owner), she sees what may be another species she\u2019s interested in, Erigeron speciosus<\/em> [10]. But, as she reaches down to check on it further, it comes alive. Rather than being the aspen fleabane she was hoping it would be, it\u2019s E. glabel<\/em>, a notoriously similar looking, but dangerous and animated plant. Penny is startled, but not surprised or unprepared; this sort of thing happens a lot, especially with the more difficult to distinguish plants (don\u2019t ask her how many times she\u2019s been attacked by something she thought was slender wheatgrass). Her preparation and familiarity means that she gets to attack this dangerous plant first [7 vs. 1], and she\u2019s able to take it down with one fell swoop of her sickle [17].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The terrifying Erigeron<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Penny recovers quickly, and keeps on her way. After walking for a ways more, with occasional stops to check out more cool plants or as her swarm of bumblebees pollinate some flowers, she believes she\u2019s approaching her desired location [17], so casts Locate Animals or Plants. The spell easily leads her to the large patch of fireweed, ready to be collected from (though whatever isn\u2019t can easily be readied with a use of druidcraft).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun finds along the way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the help of her bag of holding and a little bit of mage hand, Penny makes quick work of collecting from the population, and makes plans to meet back up with Dalia to rest and recuperate by the fire after a long day of adventuring. There\u2019s plenty more to be done in these mountains, though; many more plants to see and seeds to collect, and Penny can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collecting Adventures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[**numbers is square brackets are actual rolls I made that dictated Penny\u2019s adventures; for example, the first roll was to get through the mountains, I rolled a survival check with advantage because she was traveling on her favored terrain and she rolled a 14 and then added 6]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Penny’s character sheet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Penny’s spells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*DND Terms (much like science, the DND space is full of jargon, let me decode some things for you):<\/p>\n\n\n\n