<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/de/80/99de80dd4fb18a5a2b5229f5fe73ae72.jpg)</div><strong>The First Day</strong><br/><br/><strong>Push!</strong><br/><br/>All right, everyone has either performed or waived their actions.  As such, I am pushing the action forth.  You have my permission and blessing to start side-threads where your characters might frolic in the bedsheets, but for now...<br/><br/>The night has come, and the first watch has started.<br/><br/>First, a few bureaucratic matters:<br/><br/>* Emerald managed to tether the horse to a tree;<br/><br/>* No one ever told me where the traps went, so I put them in the map;<br/><br/>* Serana's meal was excellent; everyone will have a +1 bonus to morale saves.  Sleeping rough is hard, but a hearty meal between party-members is also very pleasant.  You drink, you chat, and soon... you fall asleep.<br/><br/>The first watch is taken on by Ria and Iona, who are presently sitting by the fire.  Throughout the night, the howling of wolves has drawn nearer and nearer.<span class="bbc_u">There is a secret perception check here.</span>Ria, you think you see something in the bushes.  But when you went to investigate, there was nothing.<br/><br/>You return to the fire.<br/><br/>About a half hour later, you hear growling in the bush.  Three large wolves emerge from the thicket.<br/><br/><strong>Initiative Check</strong><br/><br/>The wolves have rolled a 15.<br/><br/>Those party members who are sleeping cannot act in this round.<br/><br/>Remember, party members who sleep with medium or heavy armor will be exhausted the next day.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/sjH1Owu.jpg)<br/><br/><br/>