Dungeon #124 says the WC is within a day's ride from DL (2 days on foot, I presume), but the first installment of Wormfood says the Fant house (10 minutes from WC) is on the "outskirts" of DL.
Isn't a 2-day walk too far to be considered the outskirts? If DL teens were regularly visiting the WC, wouldn't that be a bit of a haul? And judging by the campaign journals of the playtest group, the WC is likely within a day's WALK.
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I had it in mind that it's half a day's travel from Diamond Lake on foot, roughly six miles. I was off in thinking the cairn was south of Diamond Lake though, accessed from the road that follows the Ery River. Only when I saw the Whispering Cairn ------> on the Diamond Lake map did I realize otherwise.
For some reason, I'm thinking it's about 70 minutes awy from town.
Rooster
Fant's Mine/Office is 1 hour Northeast from the center of Diamond Lake. I use the Emporium as the central reference point. Assuming a normal human at walk speed; that translates to roughly 2 miles (I break it down to 1.5 miles by hills-trail and 0.5 miles by hills-trackless).
The Whispering Cairn is 10 minutes East from Fant's Mine/Office. For a normal human at walk speed, that translates to roughly 1500' over hills-trackless.
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For perspective/comparison, the Boneyard (on the pull-out town map) is roughly 1500' Northeast of the Emporium by hills-road, a 5 minute walk for a normal human. The Old Observatory is roughly 1500' North of the Emporium by hills-road; also a 5 minute walk for a normal human.
The Anders' Land Farmstead is roughly 3000' East of the Emporium by hills-road; a 10 minute walk for a normal human.
Fant's Mine/Office is 1 hour Northeast from the center of Diamond Lake. I use the Emporium as the central reference point. Assuming a normal human at walk speed; that translates to roughly 2 miles (I break it down to 1.5 miles by hills-trail and 0.5 miles by hills-trackless).
This is your campaign, I assume, and not official?
Totally unofficial, but here's what I used: I told my players the mine office is about a 2-hour walk from Diamond Lake. The Cairn entrance is another 15 minutes or so away from the office, on the other side of a nearby hill.
I think it comes down to 'use what works for you', though I'll agree with Rob -- the Cairn needs to be close enough that the local kids can make it there and back within the same day.
I put the mine managers office about a 2 hours walk out of town, the cairn about 100 yards away, and the mine another 1/2 hour down the road
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... I told my players the mine office is about a 2-hour walk from Diamond Lake. The Cairn entrance is another 15 minutes or so away from the office, on the other side of a nearby hill... though I'll agree with Rob -- the Cairn needs to be close enough that the local kids can make it there and back within the same day.
This is exactly what I did. It is important for the cairn to be close enough to draw the local dare devils and curious children - yet far enough that it is not a perfunctory pedestrian thoroughfare. A couple of hours outside of town seems to work best.
Happy gaming.
Don Kenneth Brown
Salt Lake City, Utah
For some reason, I'm thinking it's about 70 minutes awy from town.
I've got it a brisk, 45 minute walk. They need it close to keep buying healing potions and crying towels.