We're in the middle of EaBK and my group is about to head into the Mistmarsh in search of Marzena - but they don't have a tracker. Since the terrain is shallow bog with a track DC of 5 modified further to a DC 2 for, what appears to be, 10 individuals being tracked (4 prisoners and a team of 6 lizardfolk)I was just going to wing it and let them make Survival checks to follow the obvious trail without much difficulty.
But then I noticed in the adventure it reads, "..and the PCs are trailing a group of lizardfolk with prisoners, so even a party without a tracker can find it under these circumstances, though it takes longer." This sounds like there are rules for tracking without someone having the Track feat. Can someone direct me to these rules - if there are any? I have a couple of rules-lawyers in my group and I want to make sure I've done my homework before getting into an argument.
Also....geesh, my guys are gonna get hosed on this trek to the lair. They are all a bunch of shorties and half of them are at medium encumbrance so they're moving at 15 and only traveling through the swamp at 6 miles per day (not counting any successful Survival rolls). If they had a tracker, they'd be at half speed, dropping them down to 3 miles per day and then the adventure says following the trail without a tracker will take even longer! It'll take them over a week to cover the 23 miles to get to the lair at that rate!