Dragon Pass is hemmed in with ranges of mountains that are generally considered as impassible. (somehow I get the feeling that they were labelled this way in the original board games, and have been described the same way ever since).
BUT Assuming that most of them don't have an extensive array of defenses, it would seem that many heroes should be able to fly over, or climb over, or somehow bypass with magic, most of these mountains.
Which raises the question of just how high and hard to climb are the Rockwood and Stormwalk mountains, and what sort of magical resistance might they have to being bypassed (obviously they are pretty mundanely resistant).
The Stormwalk Mountains have widely spaced peaks carefully noted,
which does suggest high peaks with somewhat lower areas between them
( as opposed to long ridges that are all roughly the same height).
For some reason I tend to envision the Rockwoods as more of the high
ridge without such distinct peaks type of mountain, but that is not
based on anything.
I know that Wind Children inhabit certain peaks, and may discourage flyers. Are there other general reasons not to fly over? Territorial wind daimones? Flying magic facing particular penalties at extreme heights? (I suppose one issue is that most of the mountains have inhospitable populations on at least one side of them).
Any feedback would be helpful. My original reason for asking had to do with the Stormwalk mountains, but others may have similar reasons to cross the Rockwoods.
Regards;
Bryan
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