Iadrune is not Faerun. The average person can walk from Seawatch to Chancery and back without encountering anything you might consider a "monster" (insert man was the real monster joke here). The dangers of the road in this more civilized world have less to do with knashing teeth and claws, and much more to do with rumbling stomaches and engine malfunctions.

That being said, monsters do exist - see the "Nightmares" section of the world primer. Banditry, while not as common as it seems to be in Faerun, is known to happen, especially in the less settled parts of the continent.

The elements must also be overcome. There is a reason why the land north of Ironhold and south of Katash are populated only by nomadic tribes. Intense heat and cold can kill an Iadrunian just as surely as a sword or spell. However, you are playing as supposedly capable adventurers.

Make good use of the following rules, and the odds of your headstone reading "Ran out of water like an idiot." will be overtaken by the slightly more heroic epitaph: "Straight up took a bullet to the dome, nothing we could do."

Iadrune is a large place. The road from Chancery to Katash is almost 1500 miles, a journey of months by foot. These rules describe how long such a journey might take.

Travel Speed

Though somewhat industrialized, Iadrune has not developed any sort of inter-city transit system for the masses. As such, the fastest method of travel over land is still generally a single individual on horseback or machine equivalent. However, various methods offer various advantages.

The primary difference between methods of transport is their movement speed, which is based on the creature or vehicles Speed value on their stat sheet. This value is simply converted from Feet per Round to its Travel Speed in miles per day.

This speed value can be divided by 10 and rounded down to find its Travel Speed in miles per hour.

Forced Marches and Traveling Unseen

At the beginning of each day of travel, the party may choose to engage in a Fast, Normal, or Slow Pace. These each have advantages and disadvantages.

A Fast Pace increases the party's Travel Speed by 50% for that day of the journey. However, every member of the party must consume twice the normal rations for the day or suffer a level of exhaustion. Additionally, the party's Passive Perception suffers a -5 penalty, and any skill checks made during the day's travel have disadvantage. Note that this does not apply to skill checks made during encounters, only those made while moving. A Fast Pace may not be chosen if any member of the group is over encumbered.

A Normal Pace has no particular advantage or disadvantage. This is the default method of travel if nothing else is declared, or if the party cannot agree.

A Slow Pace is useful for moving stealthily in hostile territory, or when undue attention is undesirable. A party moving at this pace moves at only half speed, but is able to make a group Stealth Check for the day's journey, potentially passing by dangers or taking would-be ambushers by surprise. When making this check, penalties to stealth checks from armor are not applied, though any members of the group using a machine or war engine for transport make the check at disadvantage. A Slow Pace cannot be chosen if traveling by aircraft.

Campsites

Campsites are basically what you'd imagine - a ring of tents, a campfire, sleeping on bedrolls and seeing the open sky. A campsite is the most basic form of travel shelter, and provides the fewest benefits. However, the ubiquity of the necessary supplies and the ability to set up just about anywhere more than make up for the discomfort.

In order to set up a campsite, the party must have enough camping supplies for each member. These supplies consist of tents, bedrolls, light sources and other miscellaneous outdoor tools, and can be acquired inexpensively from most settlements. In a pinch, extra camping supplies can even be crafted from materials gathered in the wild, perhaps using Leatherworking Tools or other artisan's tools.

Using a campsite to rest for the night during a journey provides the benefits of a short rest and prevents any buildup of exhaustion for that day, as though you had instead taken a long rest.

Setting up a campsite and remaining in place for 3 days while performing only simple activities (such as crafting, reading, or gathering nearby materials) grants the benefits of a long rest. When using this method to take a long rest, you do not recover any hit dice as you normally would.

Natural Shelter

Natural Shelters usually consist of caves, abandoned animal dens, rocky outcroppings that block the wind, or other such naturally occurring protection from the elements. They can be difficult to find (especially unoccupied), but provide ample security if you can locate one.

Finding a natural shelter requires a the party to be traveling at a normal or slow pace. At the end of each travel period, the Dungeon Master will roll a check against the group's Passive Wisdom (Survival). On a success, the party stumbles across an unoccupied natural shelter. Once a natural shelter has been discovered, it will become a Point of Interest on the world map for your party to revisit at another time without having to search for it.

Occupying a natural shelter to rest for the night provides the benefits of a short rest and prevents any buildup of exhaustion for that day, as though you had instead taken a long rest. Occupying a natural shelter and remaining in place for 3 days while performing only simple activities (such as crafting, reading, or gathering nearby materials) grants the benefits of a long rest.

Roadside Inns & Outposts

Roadside Inns & Outposts are small fragments of civilization where weary travelers can rest and recuperate, if they're willing to cough up the coin. Securing room and board at one of these establishments is enough to get any unfortunate adventurer back up to peak condition.

While Roadside Inns simply offer warm food and warm beds, Outposts are strategic spots in Iadrune where traders, mercenaries, farmers, and all other sorts have established a kind of "temporary but permanent" village out of circumstance. Whether situated at a vital crossroads or before a major river crossing, you can often find eccentric individuals and exotic goods up for barter.

There is only one rule universally recognized by all Outposts in Iadrune: no fighting in the camp. Doing so will see you removed immediately, likely absent a decent sum of money (or even a finger).

Paying for room & board at any roadside inn or outpost grants the party the benefits of a long rest so long as they meet the other requirements for resting.

Rations

A ration consists of enough preserved food and stored water (or water purification equipment) for one average human to sustain themselves for one day of travel. Rations can be purchased in settlements, scavenged on the road or foraged in the wilds.

At the beginning of each day of travel, each member of the party must consume one ration. Any party member that fails to do so automatically suffers one level of exhaustion.

If the party finds themselves on the road with no rations available, they can attempt to forage for food and water for the day. To do so, the party must travel at a slow pace for the day as they spend a large amount of time searching the surroundings. Each member of the party can make a Wisdom (Survival) check at the start of the day, comparing the result to the table below.

Foraging Check

Climate	DC (1 Ration)	DC (2 Rations)
Temperate	15	20
Forest	15	20
Lake or River	12	18
Desert	20	N/A
Frozen	20	N/A

Machines & Fuel

From horse equivalents to the long centipede trawlers used to haul etherstone, many Iadrunians choose machines as their method of transport. However, this choice comes with both advantages and disadvantages.

At the beginning of each day of travel when the party consumes rations, the party must also expend one Etherfuel Canister for each machine they are traveling with. Some machines might require more fuel - this will be noted in the machine's stats if applicable.

Lost or Abandoned Machines

Any machine that cannot be fueled for the day must be abandoned if the party wishes to continue traveling. However, there is the potential to recover the machine at a later time. Each abandoned vehicle creates a Point of Interest on the world map at the point where you left it.

If the party returns to the created point of interest, roll a D100. If the result is equal to or greater than the number of days since the vehicle was abandoned, the vehicle is still present.

Be aware that others may have also found your abandoned machine, and they may not be pleasant individuals. Depending on where you left the machine and for how long, you might find your machine in various states. Perhaps a group of bandits have commandeered the machine or looted it for parts.

In some parts of Iadrune, the elements alone might have done enough damage to disable the machine. It may require repair or even recovery of the missing parts in order to function. The Dungeon Master will determine what event, if any, has occurred.

Common Properties

All firearms have the Loud property unless otherwise stated.

• Loud: An attack with this weapon makes a loud noise that can be heard up to 900ft. away.
• Ammunition (X): Making an attack with this weapon requires the user to expend a piece of X ammunition, typically Powder Charges or Cartridges.
• Misfire (X): If the d20 roll for the weapon is equal to or lower than the misfire value, the attack misses automatically and the weapon jams, requiring an action to un-jam the weapon before it can be used again.
• Rapid Fire (X/Y): When you take the attack action with this weapon, you can replace all attacks that would be made with X number of shots from this weapon. The shots must all be at the same target, or a target within 5ft. of the original target. Some weapons will have a second (Y) value – you can make this number of shots instead, but at disadvantage.
• Loading (X): You can only make X attacks with the weapon on your turn regardless of any abilities granting you additional attacks, and you must spend an action or bonus action reloading the weapon before it can be used again.
• Blast (X ft./DC Y): When attacking with a weapon with this property, you may choose either a creature or location you can see within range as a target. All creatures within X ft. of the target must make a DC Y Dexterity Saving Throw or suffer the weapon's damage, taking no damage on a success.
• Suppression: A creature hit by an attack made with this weapon must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw, the DC equal to 10 or half the damage taken, whichever is higher. On failure, the creature immediately drops prone, if able.
• Single Use: A weapon with this property can be used for only one attack, and is then destroyed.
• Powered: A powered weapon must be connected to a power source in order to function. Examples of power sources include powered armor, war machines and certain static emplacements.
• Mounted: This weapon is designed to be mounted on a suit of powered armor with the Mounting Point property, war machines, or some other static mount. A character can only wield it outside of those conditions if they have a strength score of 20 or higher; if they do so, all attacks with the weapon have disadvantage.

Example Weapons

Name	Damage	Properties
Clockwork Bomb	4d6 Bludgeoning	Ranged (15/30), Blast (5 ft./DC 13), Single Use
Mk. II Gatling Gun	1d6 Piercing	Ranged (40/120), Heavy, Two-Handed, Powered, Rapid Fire (4/6), Suppression
Scoped Jezail	1d12 Piercing	Misfire (2), Loading (1), Heavy, Two-Handed