How is the Great Games’ Running Event Even Supposed to Work?
So my Players are at The Great Games and just finished Day 3, but had Opinions about Day 2 (The 1000 Ft Run). Everyone who participated was unable to pass the qualifying round, including the NPCs. They pointed out that Six Consecutive Checks/Saves which start at DC 15 (and the checks only increase each round) is simply ridiculous, especially since they gain up to 2 levels of exhaustion from failing the event, the only event to penalize in such a manner.
We all then had a good laugh at the fact that, going by the rules of the event, not even the competitors in the final match would’ve been able to make it (I ran through their qualifying rounds and all of them failed via exhaustion)
It’s now canon that either Goatlings or Kyrah changed the distance from 1000 ft (a fairly reasonable distance anyone can do easily) to 1,000,000 ft (almost 200 miles).
How did you handle it in your games? And are there any changes I should implement for the other Games?