The Next Map Piece at Cairn Ridge
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Cairn RidgeSlide SlopeGully Cut
Combat EncounterDND5E 2024Party L5 · 3 PCs
The Next Map Piece at Cairn Ridge
Read Aloud
Wind claws at the cairns and rattles the marker stones like teeth. Below the ridge, scavengers kneel in the shale while rats worry at their packs and the slope creaks with wet mud. One wrong step and the hill starts to move. Somewhere under the oldest slab, the survey cache waits with the next map piece.
Forces
4xGiant RatMINION
Keen Smell · Pack Tactics · Bite
CR1/8
AC12
HP7
2xBanditSKIRMISHER
Scimitar · Light Crossbow · Pack Tactics
CR1/8
AC12
HP11
1xCultistCONTROLLER
Dark Devotion · Sacred Flame · Club
CR1/4
AC12
HP11
Battlefield Zones
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Cairn Ridge
Wind-bitten cairn tops. Waist-high stone rings, broken marker posts, hard cover, and a drop to bare rock.
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Slide Slope
Loose shale and a mud-softened incline. Fast feet risk a slide; loud steps kick stones downhill.
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Gully Cut
Root-tangled gullies between old graves. Half cover, narrow footing, and a hidden survey cache under one marked slab.
Terrain Levers
- Kick loose shale to turn the slope slick and force a Dexterity save path.
- Scrape the boundary marks on the standing stones to reveal the cache stone pattern.
- Break open the old drain channel to wash mud off the slope, or send it downhill as a slide.
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