Table 75:

Terrain Modifiers

Situation
Modifier
Chasm*
+3
Cliff*
+3
Duststorm, sandstorm
x3
Freezing cold**
+1
Gale-force winds
+2
Heavy fog
+1
Ice storm
+2
Mud
x2
Rain, heavy
x2
Rain, light
+1
Rain, torrential
x3
Ravine

Ridge
+1
River***
+1
Scorching heat**
+1
Snow, blizzard
x4
Snow, normal
x2
Stream***

*These assume the player characters find a route around the obstacle. Alternatively, the DM can require the characters to scale or span the obstacle, playing out this encounter.

**These extremes must be in excess of the norm expected of the character or creature. Thus, a camel is relatively unaffected by the scorching heat of a desert and a yak barely notices the cold of high mountains.

***This cost is negated by the presence of a bridge or ford.

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