Survival

Timekeeping

A day is divided into six 4-hour Periods:

Day	Night
Dawnrise (4 AM - 8 AM)	Gloaming (4 PM - 8 PM)
Morning (8 AM - 12 PM)	Nightfall (8 PM - 12 AM)
Mid-Day (12 PM - 4 PM)	Midnight (12 AM - 4 AM)

Resource Management

• Your supply of food, water, arrows, and torches are each tracked using a Resource Die (D6 to D12). Every time you use one of these items, roll. On a 1 or 2, decrease the Resource Die one step (D10 to D8, etc). When you roll a D6 and get a 1 or 2, that item’s supply is depleted.
• Resources can be replenished by foraging or crafting, as described under Rest Activities
• Each day, every PC must roll Resource Dice for both food and water. Without food and water, a character gains Hunger or Thirst Exhaustion (see below). Some features allow characters to ignore food and water requirements (for example, Deathless Nature or Constructed Resilience).

Exhaustion

• Exhaustion Track: Ranges from 0 to 10, applying -1 to all d20 tests per level.
• If a character fails an exhaustion check while they have 10 levels of exhaustion, the character dies.
• Travel Exhaustion: Constitution saving throws.
  • Normal or Slow pace: No check required.
  • Fast pace: DC 13 (+ 3 per previous fast travel period), failure causes 1 level of exhaustion.
  • Traveling Overtime: DC 10 + 3 per extra period, failure causes 2 levels of exhaustion.
• Hunger & Thirst: Without food, a character becomes Hungry. Without water, they become Thirsty. No save. Levels of exhaustion do not recover normally.
  • Hunger: 1 level each day without 1 pound (½ kilogram) of non-magical food.
  • Thirst: 3 levels each day without one quart (1 litre) of non-magical water.
  • Magical Food and Water can prevent further exhaustion, but does not allow recovery from Hunger Exhaustion or Thirst Exhaustion.
  • Lesser Restoration recovers one level of Exhaustion from Thirst or Hunger.
• Recovery: Short and long rests do not normally recover exhaustion.
  • A Period (4 hours) spent resting or sleeping restores 1 level of exhaustion. Thus, sleeping for 2 periods restores 2 levels.
  • An Established Camp recovers 1 bonus level of exhaustion per Long Rest.
  • Comfortable lodging (as from an Inn) recovers 2 bonus levels of exhaustion per long rest.

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Travel

Terrain & Travel Pace per Period

Terrain	Slow Pace	Normal Pace	Fast Pace
Plains / Roads	1 hex (6 miles)	2 hex (12 miles)	3 hex (18 miles)
Forest / Hills	0.5 hex (3 miles)	1 hex (6 miles)	2 (12 miles)
Mountains / Swamps	0.3 hex (2 miles)	0.5 hex (3 miles)	1 (6 miles)

Encounter Checks

Travel is measured by entering hexes. Each time the party enters a hex, roll a d20:

• Roads: Encounter on a 1-4
• Wilderness: Encounter on a 1-5 The DM rolls and determines the encounter.

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Travel and Rest Limits:

• Maximum travel: 2 periods per day without exhaustion.
• Required sleep: 2 periods per day (typically consecutive).
• Remaining periods: Open for foraging, crafting, or other downtime activities.

Conditional Travel Rules

• Night Travel: Navigate and Scout checks are made at disadvantage unless 4 light resources are consumed.
• Harsh Conditions (extreme weather, heat, cold): Disadvantage on Constitution saving throws against Travel Exhaustion.

Travel Activities

During travel periods, characters may assume roles:

• Pathfinding: Lead the Way. One Character rolls Survival (DC 13) in unexplored hexes (non-roads/rivers). Helping is allowed. Failure by 5 or more triggers a mishap.
  • Disadvantage in inclement weather, advantage with a detailed map or Navigator’s tools.
• Scout: Keep Watch. One character rolls Perception or Stealth (Dex or Wis). Scouting DC is encounter-dependent. Disadvantage in inclement weather. Helping is allowed.
  • Success exceeds DC by 10+: Party gains Surprise in encounter.
  • Failure: Party is Surprised by encounter.

Rest Activities

• Establish Shelter: Survival (DC 13) to establish a camp: While in an Established Shelter, suffer no penalties from Harsh Conditions, recover 3 levels of exhaustion per Long Rest. Failure by 5 or more causes mishap.
• Gathering Raw Food: Raw Food can be used in place of a food resource die, but will rot in 2 days if not consumed or preserved. Failure by 5 or more causes mishap.
• Hunt: Survival DC 13 (Varies +/- by environment). Success: you find a random beast and must succeed on an attack roll vs its AC.
  • Success yields 1-5 Raw Food and possibly pelts.
• Forage: Survival or applicable tool proficiency. Foraging can yield food or water resources:
  • DC 13 (+/- by environment): One Raw Food; One extra for every additional 10 points scored.
  • The DM may waive foraging checks in abundant areas.
  • Special Foraging: (By DM discretion/depending on area)
    • Forests/Hills/Plains: Herbs (healing potions), leather
    • Mountains/Rivers/Swamps: Precious minerals, alchemical supplies
• Preserving Raw Food: Roll Survival DC 10 to preserve one Raw Food into a Food Resource Die. Chefs tools provide advantage. Preserve one extra unit for every five points scored. Failure by 5 or more means one Raw Food is spoiled.
• Craft: No test required, must have appropriate tools.
  • Weaver’s or Leatherworker’s Tools: Repair damaged clothes and bags:
  • Smith’s Tools: Repair damaged weapons or armor.
  • Woodcarver’s or Carpenter’s Tools: Craft arrows or torches (+1 resource die or +2 with proficiency.).
• Sleep: Each character requires two periods of sleep or total rest (some features modify this requirement to one period, for example Trance or Deathless Nature).

Damaged Equipment

• Damaged clothing does not protect from harsh conditions.
• A weapon that is damaged has -1 on attack and damage rolls.
• Armor that is damaged has -1 on AC.

Damaged equipment can be repaired by spending a rest activity with no skill check required. Damaged equipment that takes further damage becomes broken and cannot be used again until it is repaired with a DC 13 Strength(Smith’s Tools) skill check. Help is allowed.