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From this [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=453831 thread], creating a 16 by 12 hex sandbox campaign setting. This wikipage collects the entries and the map: | From this [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=453831 thread], creating a 16 by 12 hex sandbox campaign setting. This wikipage collects the entries and the map: | ||
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==Siren Tower== | ==Siren Tower== | ||
− | Siren Tower was home of the mermaids until Serina | + | Siren Tower was home of the mermaids until Serina did from a back-stabbing air-creature. It's five floors above water and five floors below water--not counting the sea-level floor. |
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The air-creature is a Harpy named Khersa. She's been using the tower has home while looking for treasures. Khersa was the one that killed Serina. | The air-creature is a Harpy named Khersa. She's been using the tower has home while looking for treasures. Khersa was the one that killed Serina. | ||
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==Andaur bay== | ==Andaur bay== | ||
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These wetlands are eerily quiet. Periodically the foolishly adventurous try to uncover ruins or other items of value from it. Most come away with disease one expects from digging about in muck and nothing more. | These wetlands are eerily quiet. Periodically the foolishly adventurous try to uncover ruins or other items of value from it. Most come away with disease one expects from digging about in muck and nothing more. | ||
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==Desert== | ==Desert== | ||
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While the skinning focuses on conventional animals in the area, the town is well aware of how to skin and tan far more exotic creatures. | While the skinning focuses on conventional animals in the area, the town is well aware of how to skin and tan far more exotic creatures. | ||
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==Whitewater Junction== | ==Whitewater Junction== | ||
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==Old King's Road Follows River== | ==Old King's Road Follows River== | ||
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A stone tower called Arun Tor rises on a hill overlooking the village, formerly the residence of the local lord. He died a generation ago without an heir, and the tower has been abandoned since. | A stone tower called Arun Tor rises on a hill overlooking the village, formerly the residence of the local lord. He died a generation ago without an heir, and the tower has been abandoned since. | ||
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==Driving trail and Grazing Lands== | ==Driving trail and Grazing Lands== | ||
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Running through the middle of this large open plain is a major driving trail for the ranchers of Bachmaur. In the middle is a spring-fed lake where the herds are left to winter. This is a peaceful place, but also a prime target for outlaws looking to steal a herd. | Running through the middle of this large open plain is a major driving trail for the ranchers of Bachmaur. In the middle is a spring-fed lake where the herds are left to winter. This is a peaceful place, but also a prime target for outlaws looking to steal a herd. | ||
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==Old Road Diminishes== | ==Old Road Diminishes== | ||
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South of the river is fertile grassland with scattered groups of ranchers and herders being the major occupants. North is the deep ominous forest. | South of the river is fertile grassland with scattered groups of ranchers and herders being the major occupants. North is the deep ominous forest. | ||
− | Between the river and the Skittering Dark, however, is a line of imposingly large stone menhirs whose origin is unknown. They are hewn from granite which is obviously not local to the area, and each one | + | Between the river and the Skittering Dark, however, is a line of imposingly large stone menhirs whose origin is unknown. They are hewn from granite which is obviously not local to the area, and each one ways several tons, so whoever originally placed them went to a lot of trouble to do so. |
Magical runes glow on the menhirs in unpredictable patterns that change as the weather shifts. The monuments otherwise don't appear to actually do anything. | Magical runes glow on the menhirs in unpredictable patterns that change as the weather shifts. The monuments otherwise don't appear to actually do anything. | ||
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Theories abound as to what they are, who originally placed them, and what purpose they have. Popular stories include: they keep the Delnar river from shifting its course South, they prevent evil things in the Skittering Dark from moving south across the river, and they predict the weather in advance, if only someone knew how to read them. | Theories abound as to what they are, who originally placed them, and what purpose they have. Popular stories include: they keep the Delnar river from shifting its course South, they prevent evil things in the Skittering Dark from moving south across the river, and they predict the weather in advance, if only someone knew how to read them. | ||
− | This part of the forest was never cleared, | + | This part of the forest was never cleared, and approaches close to the north of Wheatsea. People often hunt wild animals up to the riverbank, but are superstitious about crossing to the north. Hunters tell tall tales of spiders the size of rats north of the river, but few people believe them in the taverns of Wheatsea. |
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Recently, however, the unrest has come here. Not in the form of outright rebellion from the citizens, but in mysterious acts of vandalism and petty violence that has set the city on edge against outsiders. | Recently, however, the unrest has come here. Not in the form of outright rebellion from the citizens, but in mysterious acts of vandalism and petty violence that has set the city on edge against outsiders. | ||
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An unnamed empty meadow. It's lovely, and there are wildflowers. | An unnamed empty meadow. It's lovely, and there are wildflowers. | ||
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In the foothills, the Delnar river spills into a valley lake. The forests reach the north shore, but to the south is open hillside where halfling shepherds can often be seen leading their flocks. The lake itself it flat and calm, almost having a mirror surface except when whipped up by an autumn wind. Near the centre of the lake, a cracked stone spire breaks the surface. The druid Aedelraed knows its history, but is rarely seen these days. | In the foothills, the Delnar river spills into a valley lake. The forests reach the north shore, but to the south is open hillside where halfling shepherds can often be seen leading their flocks. The lake itself it flat and calm, almost having a mirror surface except when whipped up by an autumn wind. Near the centre of the lake, a cracked stone spire breaks the surface. The druid Aedelraed knows its history, but is rarely seen these days. | ||
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==Broken Cart Tavern== | ==Broken Cart Tavern== | ||
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The city itself is built on the highest hill, with a few satellite towns and villages that aid in supporting it. | The city itself is built on the highest hill, with a few satellite towns and villages that aid in supporting it. | ||
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but perilous as the Gullet is, the depradations of the Orange horde have awoken Algrim The Strong, A dwarven Death Knight. Algrim considers himself the undisputed warlord of the Gullet, and from the volcanic hall that was once his tomb, has begun to assemble an army of his own, bolstered by the walking dead, with wich he shall support his ally, Shan-Yur | but perilous as the Gullet is, the depradations of the Orange horde have awoken Algrim The Strong, A dwarven Death Knight. Algrim considers himself the undisputed warlord of the Gullet, and from the volcanic hall that was once his tomb, has begun to assemble an army of his own, bolstered by the walking dead, with wich he shall support his ally, Shan-Yur | ||
− | + | it is the hope of interested parties that somebody disrupt this alliance, and turn the two warlords against each other | |
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