I'd have to say flight height is above ground level, otherwise every GM would be pulling their hair out calculating the difference from ground to sea level.

I any case we much lower than those mountains, and while our characters are pretty hardy flying at heights near the peaks would probably fairly uncomfortable.

Also a secondary objective in this would be to find a potential passage for the rest of the team back at camp.

AGL means... whatever the ground is below, you are above it at that height. So... 2000 ft AGL means... if the mountains are 12,000 ft high, you will be flying at 2,000 ft above them.... so 14,000 ft above MSL. AGL is flying height above the ground below you.

And yeah, this would make it easier for a GM because they don't have to take your flying height and subtract land elevation to calculate your actual height above the ground. You'll just always be flying above the ground at whatever your flight height is.

I'm not sure why there is an altitude max on magical flying anyways, not like it uses regular propulsion that may depend on air pressure, etc. I think the biggest concern would be cold and lack of oxygen.

As you say I think we would be able to fly over the mountains with little effort if needed, 2000ft above the top of the mountains.

Erik, do we see any valleys or passes from our current position?

With all of us having supernatural PE I doubt oxygen being an issue.

As a side note, the Ethiopia highlands are where coffee is from and the Kaffa kingdom in southern Ethiopia exported it to the middle east, which is where the name derives from. :D

Shall we follow the river valley? Seems to be heading in generally right direction and would likely be an ideal place to traverse the mountain range.

Sweet bit of coffee trivia!

Sure, let's scoot the valley.

I think this is a good idea. Gives us a chance to perhaps run into someone with more information that we need too.

So did you guys have a specific plan for traveling/scouting?  Or are we just zipping up the valley?

I suppose that may partially depend on how wide the valley is; whether it is better to fly abreast or in single formation.  I imagine we'd keep about the same altitude as before relative to the ground.

Otherwise I think we're just flying ahead to see a way through the mountain range.

Yeah, let the terrain dicate if we need to adjust our flight, but generally flying in the north-by-north-east'ish

The valley is 50km wide at the southern end.  It appears to go that way at least twice that distance in front of you.

OK, so plenty side for us to fly 3 abreast and a couple thousand feet up. I suppose we would centre our formation on the valley floor; guessing there's a river/steam/etc. that runs through it, or maybe the remnants of one?

A river that feeds into the lake you came from flows up the valley.

Cool, makes sense. I would suggest using that as the center line and flying up the valley 3 abreast to scan the area as we go.

Yep, easy reference point to follow.

I am in agreement.

Mika will use Land Navigation (even though she's flying) to ascertain an optimum route for the larger group to traverse. Rolled in the system; Mika's Land Nav is 69... because of course it is.
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Nice.

Did we notice any particularly dangerous looking creatures while travelling up the valley, or evidence of any natural hazards like floods/forest fires/rock slides/etc.?

From your high vantage point, you do see some evidence of occasional slides on the slopes, some looking newer than others.  You haven't really gotten a good look at creatures, you are very high up.  You probably spotted some things that look like predators and prey down below and some hawks from your height.

Keep this up until night fall, then break for camp? Provided we don't encounter anything needing our attention.

Yeah, that is a good plan.

Sorry, still trying to transfer some stuff from my old PC to my new PC, some of it is internet files for this game.

All good, dude.