Next session will be the end of the Gathering Storm, but I had a question about the Comet ending.

Does it only do damage in close and medium range? How far off would the bank of the river be? I take it would be medium range.

So my players have six rounds to carry an unconscious adventurer from Schulmann's boat, carry him through the water into the other boat...Then they are ready to go to the shore with all the possible problems that go with it. (The athletics checks and the like.)

But where do you reckon that they should be safe?

Played this ending quite a lot of time ago...so i dont remember exaclty but more or less this is what i've done:

Just imagine the river is in some sort of eroded "canyon" bed. Now, when the comet hit, the only safe place is above the river's bed...and if they act foolish, for example rowing the boat downsteam, they suffer damages no matter how far they've gone, 'cos the following wave wil trow their boat in the flood.

If they are smarter they will probably attempt to reach one of the river's bank, leave the boat, and run like hell on the steep. let's says the boat is in the middle of the river, so medium range from the bank. when the comet hit, it will cause mayhem up to medium range from the bank. So it take 3 maneuvres for "engaging" the bank and leave the boat, and 3 maneuvres to reach a safe place. How steep the path is? u can easly calibrate the difficulty for your party's...

Since u already have the comet tracker in place, just add another counter to represent each player distance from the impact-point. when the comet finally struck, u can easly see how far they've gone...

hope this could help, ciao!