2 - Exploration

The Foglands Worldmap is used to track your progress when travelling between the known regions of the world, or when going off-path to delve into the Grey.

In a land where roads vanish and landscapes shift, sticking to estimations is often prudent. Much like the world it represents, your map makes no attempt to reason with distance or scale. Instead, it focuses on outlining key elements such as fog density, threat levels and travel times.

The location of Bastions and other less secure settlements are approximations at best, and their areas of influence are framed with rings of varying fog densities: The Near Grey, Far Grey and Wild Grey.

• The Near Grey lays just outside the Bastions’ direct area of influence. The Fog is thin and its currents are mostly slow and predictable. Fog Spawns are uncommon, settlements are semi-nomadic and large in scale, and the authority of the nearest Bastion is still somewhat recognized.
• The Far Grey is where civilization dies. With the massive increase in Fog density comes a slew of new dangers. Life here is brutal, such that even hardened tribal bands only cross into the Far Grey as a last resort. A few settlements exist, about which we know precious little. Elves are everywhere and Fog Spawns are Common. Most Bastions have replaced the dealth penalty with Far Grey combat duty.
• The Wild Grey covers most of the world. Here, the sun is a forgettable dot and warmth is a dream. The Fog density is absolute and finding your way is a matter of faith, intuition or sensitivity to the occult. Senses cannot be trusted, logic doesn’t exist, and the land will try to eat you before the countless Fog Spawns do. The old world’s deepest secrets and greatest treasures lay there, waiting for you.

You travel through the Fog by reading its flow and finding emerging routes in its clearings. These routes will lead you to floats and islands.

Floats are temporary holes in the Fog that allow for much needed rest. They can last anywhere from a day to a few weeks and, much like watering holes in a desert, will be highly sought after.

Islands are larger and more permanent clearings. Though the Fog will eventually claim them back, they will last anywhere from a few months to a few decades. Because new islands rarely emerge, news of an unsettled one is sure to cause major conflict. Generally, your destinations will be islands and your resting points between routes will be floats.

The length, difficulty and profitability of your travels is defined by the thoroughness of your planning, the number of routes you must clear until the next island, and the density of the fog you must pass through to do so.

Planning your Travel (in progress)

Generations of perilous wayfinding led to the discovery of travel charts. By disregarding logic or distance and reaching specific islands in a strict order, consistent and predictable travel times become possible. Thanks to this, you can know beforehand if you are heading out for days, months or years. During the planning phase, acquiring a chart - or parts of one - should be your priority.

The Party Leader is tasked with

The Fixer is tasked with repairs, equipment

The Wayfinder is tasked with 

The Routes

On top of the dangers encountered on the routes you choose, there are a number of danger points dispersed on the track.

- On an easy trip, you know if the boxes are safe or danger points.

- On a hard trip, you know where the points are but not their state.

- On a deadly trip,  you don’t know the number, state or location of the points. Only the number of routes to clear.

For every Route

The Leader

Roll Leadership. On a success, the party gets a bonus to rolls. On a failure, a penalty. The number is determined by your degree of success.

The Guide

Make a Fogdelving roll against the Fog’s DL. On a success, you choose the route from the table below. On a failure, the Fog (GM) chooses in your place. The choice of route is made from any route at or below the number the number on your degree of success roll.

The Sentry

Roll Detection to notice threats in time. The degree of success determines how much is detected about the threat and how easy it is to avoid it.

The Fixer

Roll to forage ressources or to use a ressource while traveling. On a failure, the ressource is destroyed.