2-3 Sviftmont - Travelling through the mountains

 The following day, Broneslav climbed the cliffs down and began the arduous trek into the mountains. It was heavy going. He was exhausted by the end of the day and slumped into a deep sleep in the sheltered spot he had chosen for his camp. His sleep was disturbed several times by the hunting cries of a raptor in the distance, but when morning dawned, he had not been eaten, so he set out again.

As he travelled, he filled his water flask from mountain tarns and marvelled at the giant lizard that was wading in one of them. It was even bigger than the triceratops he had seen, with a long snake-like neck and head, but it was also intent on eating the vegetation around it, so he presumed it would not want to eat him. It's booming call when it saw him indicated its displeasure, so he made haste to finish filling the flask and move away.

By the end of the second day, he had reached the foothills beyond the mountains and breathed a sigh of relief. He would be able to travel faster tomorrow.

That night he slept well until suddenly a triceratops invaded his camp. He rolled out of his bedroll to his feet, stunned by this close encounter with the enormous beast. Fortunately, it did not seem aggressive! Instead it seemed more curious. The greatest danger was clearly going to be getting trampled because it was snuffling at him and his gear. Was it looking to see if he or his gear were an edible plant?

Without warning, the creature lay down in Broneslav's camp and promptly began to snort and snore. It was hard fast asleep! Seeing nothing else he could do, Broneslav found a spot where he figured he would probably not get crushed if it rolled over in its sleep and did the same.

The description for triceratops in the D&D Cyclopedia says they are aggressive and will attack on sight. I chose to roll its reaction instead and got a natural 12, so it was friendly! It clearly did not recognise the puny human as a threat. Maybe it is a young and inexperienced dinosaur. Maybe it could adopt the young human as a pet. I wonder if you could train a triceratops to be a riding beast.