Mine:
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Thanks
I've played three of the scenarios mentioned in the original post, and I think one out of three involved "weather [e]ffects, overland travel, and actually having to use rations" when I played it (and even then, in only the most cursory fashion).
All the things in your list are reasons I avoid a scenario.
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I was going to say something along the same lines, but reading the thread title literally, I don't have a problem with weather conditions (they can be fun sometimes) and I don't have a problem with overland travel (as long as you're fast-forwarding through the boring parts). I think keeping track of rations is lame, but I've never had a GM who bothered keeping track of them and I certainly wouldn't avoid a scenario just because it had something to do with rations.
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The things listed in the title of this thread were bigger deals back in 1st and 2nd Ed. There were actually Wilderness Survival Guides and such back then. I have fond memories of fleeing from a band of orcs that had captured my party, and surviving in the wilds while they tracked us down trying to make it back to civilization.
Now all you need to do is make a DC whatever Survival check and you're good. Kinda takes the fun out of it.
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True Chris, it rarely comes up. It is a good tool to discourage parties resting a lot during a scenario or module that has no time limit.
Example without giving away the adventure.
Party: We've already discovered the denizens of the dungeon don't move around, We'll just rest in this dungeon every time we secure a room and hit each encounter fresh.
GM: How many rations do you have?
Party: Oh, never mind
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I may be an aberration in this, but I don't believe any of my characters have *ever* had to keep track of rations in PFS. Not walking back from the heart of the Mwangi, not on several 3-month trips over the crown of the world to and from the Dragon Empires.
I've done it a handful of times, usually to stress a point.
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Sarkorian Prophecy
I enjoyed this one, too.
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I actually wish there were more scenarios that talk about the weather. Every scenario should talk about whether it's raining or windy or whatever - besides atmosphere, there's even a certain little spell called Call Lightning which depends on it!
Ask a GM what the weather is like when the scenario doesn't mention it, the most likely response you'll get: "umm, sunny?". Is it better to ask them to roll for what the weather is like if they don't know?
I've been waiting a long time for a scenario that has some serious implications if someone decides to use flight in the middle of a strong gale.
