Tangling vines and clawing branches. Roots that slither underfoot like serpents and knotted leaves above that keep the sun at bay.
Available actions[]
1.
Hack through in pursuit of your quarry The direct route is the quickest.
Difficulty: Derring-Do*6/5
Success: Parting the veil You emerge from the undergrowth with sweat on your back and notches in your blade, picking up your quarry's trail on the other side.
-1 Hour Remaining, +4 Closing In
Failure: Waging war The forest fights back. It sends thickets and brambles against you. Hidden branches turn your blade. The air, hot under the thick leaf-blanket, presses down on you. It saps your strength. An hour later, you pick up the trail beyond the thick underbrush.
-1 Hour Remaining, -10 Health, +1 Closing In
2.
Send in beaters
(Locked if Alone) Perhaps they can scare something out.
Difficulty: Rulership*2
Success: Revealed Your party spreads out into the undergrowth, whacking thickets and bellowing fearsomely. In the distance, you hear something fleeing the noise. Your quarry?
-1 Hour Remaining, +4 Closing In
Failure: A green labyrinth Your party spreads through the woods in an attempt to scare your quarry into the open. But the forest plays its tricks. It bends voices so they sound like they're coming from the wrong direction. It nudges people off-course with sudden gullies and impassable thickets. It takes hours to gather everyone back together, and in the meantime there has been no sign of your quarry.
-1 Hour Remaining
Failure (alternate): No response As loud as they shout, and as fiercely as they beat at the undergrowth, there is nothing there to scare from hiding.
- 1 Hour Remaining
3.
Turn back... ...and look for another way around.
Result: A concealed path You curse the time lost, but eventually you find your way around the tangles and press on
-1 Hour Remaining, +1 Closing In
