Wilderness survival

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====== Wilderness Survival ======
=== skill (intelligence)===
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You are skilled at surviving in the wild and at navigating in the wilderness. You also excel at following trails and tracks left by others

**Special**: If you are trained in Survival, you can automatically determine where true north lies in relation to yourself

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===== Tracking =====
To find tracks or to follow them for 1 mile requires a successful Survival check. You must make another Survival check every time the tracks become difficult to follow. Alternatively, you can use the Perception skill to find a footprint or similar sign of a creature's passage using the same DCs, but you can't use Perception to follow tracks, even if someone else has already found them

You move at half your normal speed while following tracks (or at your normal speed with a –5 penalty on the check, or at up to twice your normal speed with a –20 penalty on the check). The DC depends on the surface and the prevailing conditions, as given on the table.

^Survival DC^Surface^Examples^
|Trivial|Very soft ground|Fresh snow, thick dust, wet mud, sand| 
|Easy|Soft ground|Moist earth|
|Hard|Firm ground|Fields, scree| 
|Very Difficult|Hard ground|Bare stone|

^Condition^Survival DC Modifier^
|Every three creatures in the group being tracked|–1|
|Every 24 hours since the trail was made|+2|  
|Every hour of rain since the trail was made|+2| 
|Fresh snow since the trail was made|+10| 
|Poor visibility (Overcast, lowlight)|+5|  
|Tracked party hides trail (and moves at half speed)|Based on quarry's Wilderness Survival Check| 
|Size of creature or creatures being tracked (largest creature):||  
|Fine|+8| 
|Diminutive|+4| 
|Tiny|+2| 
|Small|+1| 
|Medium|+0|
|Large|–1| 
|Huge|–2| 
|Gargantuan|–4| 
|Colossal|–8| 

For a group of mixed sizes, apply only the modifier for the largest size category

**Action**: Varies. A single Survival check may represent activity over the course of hours or a full day. A Survival check made to find tracks is at least a Standard action\\
**Try Again** Only if circumstances have changed

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===== Hiding Tracks =====
As a trained tracker, you learn how to hide your tracks with great skill, and you can even hide the tracks of others in your group or even those of a complete stranger. If you wish to hide the tracks of another creature over distances, you must be able to follow their tracks

You roll your wilderness survival check taking into account the modifiers below. Your result is added to the DC of anyone trying to track you

When covering tracks you move at half speed, or you may move at full speed with [[combat#advantage|disadvantage]]

**Action**: Always a part of a move action\\
**Try Again**: No

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===== Foraging and Hunting ===== 
This skill applies to general hunting and foraging to provide food and water in the wilderness for yourself and others. If you are making camp, this action requires 1-2 hours depending on how plentiful your surroundings are. If doing so while travelling long distances, you move at half your speed

You provide food and water for yourself with a DC of 10. For each 2 points that the check exceeds 10, you find food and water for one additional person

Try Again: Yes

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===== Trapping ===== 
Trapping represents a more industrial approach to gathering food or capturing a target creature alive. You make and set traps in an area, and then return the next day to check the traps. For each hour you spend preparing and checking traps, make a check

The DC is 10. A successful check provides enough food for one person for one day, and one extra person for every two points your check exceeds the DC

You may also make a trap intended for catching larger creatures, intelligent creatures, or a specific creature, provided you have the material and location required to do so. The DC of detecting or disabling the trap is equal to your Survival roll

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===== Detecting Traps ===== 
If your character suspects the presence of traps, they can make a search for traps, which takes 1 round for every ten foot square of area searched. This is a contested skill against the skill of the person creating the trap. A successful check means that you find the trap without springing it

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=====Rope Work===== 
Ropes are quite useful for a wide range of tasks in the wilderness, including use for building shelters and setting snares. You can also use rope for climbing, binding creatures, securing items and many other tasks.

^Rope Use^DC^
|Easy Task|10|
|Moderate Task|15|
|Hard task|20|

**Easy Task**: This includes tasks such as fixing rope securely with a favorable anchoring item, such as a tree or properly shaped rock. Or securing a bundle to a cart or a horse, or fastening a door or hinge shut. Or undoing a tough knot that was poorly tied

**Moderate Task**: This includes fixing rope securely in bad conditions, where there is no good place to anchor the rope and/or surfaces are slippery. It could also be using rope as a part of a machine to accomplish a complicated task. It also includes successfully making specialty knots that behave as intended when in use

**Hard Task**: Using rope in situations where the tolerances for error are minimal, or some skill is required in the moment, such as making and using a lasso, or the creation of a makeshift trebuchet, or casting rope and hitting a small target

You may also use rope to bind a creature as a contested skill. The creature must make an [[wiki:acrobatics#Escape Bindings|Escape Bindings]] check against your Use Rope roll. You gain [[combat#advantage]] on your roll when using Rope Work in this way

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===== Create Shelter =====
You are able to create a makeshift shelter to keep the elements and wildlife at bay. This is necessary as characters will suffer poor [[conditions#morale]] if they sleep outdoors without cover during poor weather

^Shelter^Duration^Creation Time^DC^
|Immediate|2-3 days|1 hour|Easy|
|Temporary|1-2 months|4 hours|Moderate|
|Cabin|Several years|5 days|Hard|
|Hasty construction|-|Half creation time|Increase difficulty one level|
|Scarce materials|[[Combat#advantage|Disadvantage]]|

A cozy fire and a good shelter on a night with bad weather grants high [[conditions#morale]]

Try Again: Yes

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===== Knowledge Nature =====
You have knowledge of the natural world and its workings. Answering a question regarding the natural world or its history requires a check correlating to the difficulty of the question (Trivial, Easy, Moderate, Hard, Very Difficult, Near Impossible)

===== Knowledge Geography =====
You have knowledge of the shape of the world and can easily identify your location and are familiar with prominent cities and landmarks. Identifying your location requires a check correlating to the amount of information you have (Trivial, Easy, Moderate, Hard, Very Difficult, Near Impossible) Knowledge of a geographical formation depends on the obscurity of the formation
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