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===Marsh Terrain===

Two categories of marsh exist: relatively dry moors and watery swamps. Both are often bordered by lakes (described in Aquatic Terrain, below), which effectively are a third category of terrain found in marshes.

The table below describes terrain features found in marshes.

{| class="d20"
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=====Marsh Terrain Features=====
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! rowspan="2" | || COLSPAN="2"| Marsh Category
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!Moor !!Swamp
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| align="left" | Shallow bog ||20% ||40%
|-class="even"
| align="left" | Deep bog ||5% ||20%
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| align="left" | Light undergrowth ||30% ||20%
|-class="even"
| align="left" | Heavy undergrowth ||10% ||20%
|}

=====Bogs=====

If a square is part of a shallow bog, it has deep mud or standing water of about 1 foot in depth. It costs 2 squares of movement to move into a square with a shallow bog, and the [[SRD:DC|DC]] of [[SRD:Tumble Skill|Tumble]] checks in such a square increases by 2.

A square that is part of a deep bog has roughly 4 feet of standing water. It costs Medium or larger creatures 4 squares of movement to move into a square with a deep bog, or characters can swim if they wish. Small or smaller creatures must swim to move through a deep bog. Tumbling is impossible in a deep bog.

The water in a deep bog provides [[SRD:Cover|cover]] for Medium or larger creatures. Smaller creatures gain improved [[SRD:Cover|cover]] (+8 bonus to [[SRD:AC|AC]], +4 bonus on [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] saves). Medium or larger creatures can crouch as a [[SRD:Move Actions|move action]] to gain this improved [[SRD:Cover|cover]]. Creatures with this improved [[SRD:Cover|cover]] take a –10 penalty on attacks against creatures that aren’t underwater.

Deep bog squares are usually clustered together and surrounded by an irregular ring of shallow bog squares.

Both shallow and deep bogs increase the [[SRD:DC|DC]] of [[SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently]] checks by 2.

=====Undergrowth=====

The bushes, rushes, and other tall grasses in marshes function as undergrowth does in a forest (see above). A square that is part of a bog does not also have undergrowth.

=====Quicksand=====

Patches of quicksand present a deceptively solid appearance (appearing as undergrowth or open land) that may trap careless characters. A character approaching a patch of quicksand at a normal pace is entitled to a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 8 [[SRD:Survival Skill|Survival]] check to spot the danger before stepping in, but charging or running characters don’t have a chance to detect a hidden bog before blundering in. A typical patch of quicksand is 20 feet in diameter; the momentum of a charging or running character carries him or her 1d2×5 feet into the quicksand.

======Effects of Quicksand======

Characters in quicksand must make a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 10 [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check every [[SRD:Round|round]] to simply tread water in place, or a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15 [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check to move 5 feet in whatever direction is desired. If a trapped character fails this check by 5 or more, he sinks below the surface and begins to drown whenever he can no longer hold his breath (see the [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] skill description).

Characters below the surface of a bog may swim back to the surface with a successful [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 15, +1 per consecutive [[SRD:Round|round]] of being under the surface).

======Rescue======

Pulling out a character trapped in quicksand can be difficult. A rescuer needs a branch, spear haft, rope, or similar tool that enables him to reach the victim with one end of it. Then he must make a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15 [[SRD:Strength Check|Strength check]] to successfully pull the victim, and the victim must make a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 10 [[SRD:Strength Check|Strength check]] to hold onto the branch, pole, or rope. If the victim fails to hold on, he must make a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15 [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check immediately to stay above the surface. If both checks succeed, the victim is pulled 5 feet closer to safety.

=====Hedgerows=====

Common in moors, hedgerows are tangles of stones, soil, and thorny bushes. Narrow hedgerows function as low walls, and it takes 15 feet of movement to cross them. Wide hedgerows are more than 5 feet tall and take up entire squares. They provide total [[SRD:Cover|cover]], just as a wall does. It takes 4 squares of movement to move through a square with a wide hedgerow; creatures that succeed on a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 10 [[SRD:Climb Skill|Climb]] check need only 2 squares of movement to move through the square.

=====Other Marsh Terrain Elements=====

Some marshes, particularly swamps, have trees just as forests do, usually clustered in small stands. Paths lead across many marshes, winding to avoid bog areas. As in forests, paths allow normal movement and don’t provide the [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] that undergrowth does.

=====Stealth and Detection in a Marsh=====

In a moor, the maximum distance at which a [[SRD:Spot Skill|Spot]] check for detecting the nearby presence of others can succeed is 6d6×10 feet. In a swamp, this distance is 2d8×10 feet.

Undergrowth and deep bogs provide plentiful [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]], so it’s easy to hide in a marsh.

A marsh imposes no penalties on [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] checks, and using the [[SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently]] skill is more difficult in both undergrowth and bogs.

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