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Day 177 #dungeon25 Blighted wilderness: The trees are dead or dying, leaves curled and brittle, though still green. The soil is black powdery dust, like black ash, water beads on its surface rather than soaking in. It's like a flashfire raged across the land, leaving only desiccated shapes of trees.
July 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Day 177 #dungeon25 Blighted wilderness: The trees are dead or dying, leaves curled and brittle, though still green. The soil is black powdery dust, like black ash, water beads on its surface rather than soaking in. It's like a flashfire raged across the land, leaving only desiccated shapes of trees.
Day 176 #dungeon25 Mischievous dryads: You come across a glade of seven shapely oak trees. Seven dryads giggle and play among the trees. They won't speak to you, using body language to express their curiosity, and throwing acorns and twigs at you, then melting back into their trees.
July 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Day 176 #dungeon25 Mischievous dryads: You come across a glade of seven shapely oak trees. Seven dryads giggle and play among the trees. They won't speak to you, using body language to express their curiosity, and throwing acorns and twigs at you, then melting back into their trees.
Day 175 #dungeon25 Stegosaurus: An enormous beast with a spiked tail and colourful bony plates along its spine, rumbles through the wild undergrowth, pushing its way past springy saplings and trampling bushes. It moves slowly and eats as it goes.
June 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Day 175 #dungeon25 Stegosaurus: An enormous beast with a spiked tail and colourful bony plates along its spine, rumbles through the wild undergrowth, pushing its way past springy saplings and trampling bushes. It moves slowly and eats as it goes.
Day 174 #dungeon25 Banshee: A still standing but crumbling tower of elvish design rises among trees, their roots crack its foundations, threatening to topple it. Wistful singing can be heard from the top of the tower. It stops if you call out, or make your presence known while outside the tower.
June 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Day 174 #dungeon25 Banshee: A still standing but crumbling tower of elvish design rises among trees, their roots crack its foundations, threatening to topple it. Wistful singing can be heard from the top of the tower. It stops if you call out, or make your presence known while outside the tower.
Day 173 #dungeon25 Fruit Tree: The tree towers above the rest of the canopy, it's trunk like a cliff face, it is so wide. Surely a child of the mythical world tree. High amongst its branches, sparkling red fruits twinkle in the sunlight. The fruits are like enormous edible rubies, sweet as honey.
June 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Day 173 #dungeon25 Fruit Tree: The tree towers above the rest of the canopy, it's trunk like a cliff face, it is so wide. Surely a child of the mythical world tree. High amongst its branches, sparkling red fruits twinkle in the sunlight. The fruits are like enormous edible rubies, sweet as honey.
Day 172 #dungeon25 Earth Elemental: The rough humanoid figure, 10 feet tall of clumped earth and stones, could easily be mistaken for a sculpture standing in the woods by the collapsed ruin of a once grand archway. The elemental is unresponsive, unless someone tries to cross the archway's threshold.
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Day 172 #dungeon25 Earth Elemental: The rough humanoid figure, 10 feet tall of clumped earth and stones, could easily be mistaken for a sculpture standing in the woods by the collapsed ruin of a once grand archway. The elemental is unresponsive, unless someone tries to cross the archway's threshold.
I caught up with #dungeon25 and then immediately fell behind again, but it is still happening, so I'm patting myself on the back.
June 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I caught up with #dungeon25 and then immediately fell behind again, but it is still happening, so I'm patting myself on the back.
Day 171 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Idol to the Wild Goddess: A giant idol, shaped as a woman crouched and ready to pounce, grown of stone, wood, and moss, rises among the trees, almost 30 feet tall, its face obscured by tree branches which lean in close as if in intimate worship.
June 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Day 171 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Idol to the Wild Goddess: A giant idol, shaped as a woman crouched and ready to pounce, grown of stone, wood, and moss, rises among the trees, almost 30 feet tall, its face obscured by tree branches which lean in close as if in intimate worship.
Day 170 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Overgrown settlement: A ruined temple to the God of Creation is smothered by encroaching vines, tree roots shatter stone flagstones, and a few surrounding buildings sink into the verdant undergrowth, almost completely subsumed.
June 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Day 170 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Overgrown settlement: A ruined temple to the God of Creation is smothered by encroaching vines, tree roots shatter stone flagstones, and a few surrounding buildings sink into the verdant undergrowth, almost completely subsumed.
Day 169 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Roving ranger: The aloof ranger Tarra and her giant owl companion are seeking a rare lichen that grows only where the water is elementally pure. Several places it once grew have become spoiled by a sickness of the trees.
June 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Day 169 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Roving ranger: The aloof ranger Tarra and her giant owl companion are seeking a rare lichen that grows only where the water is elementally pure. Several places it once grew have become spoiled by a sickness of the trees.
Day 168 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Troll hunters: A pair of trolls, Edgrek and Boag, are hunting giant elk. Edgrek has a giant bone bow. They're hostile towards humans, elves, dwarves, halflings and gnomes, and neutral towards other ancestries.
June 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Day 168 #dungeon25 Wilderness encounter - Troll hunters: A pair of trolls, Edgrek and Boag, are hunting giant elk. Edgrek has a giant bone bow. They're hostile towards humans, elves, dwarves, halflings and gnomes, and neutral towards other ancestries.
Day 167 #dungeon25 Into the wilds: The path forwards leads into the southern wilds. Food and water are plentiful, but these lands actively resist human order. Objects of civilisation age and decay at an accelerated rate. You find your gear beginning to rust, moulder, or gnawed at by vermin.
June 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Day 167 #dungeon25 Into the wilds: The path forwards leads into the southern wilds. Food and water are plentiful, but these lands actively resist human order. Objects of civilisation age and decay at an accelerated rate. You find your gear beginning to rust, moulder, or gnawed at by vermin.
Day 166 #dungeon25 Funeral rites: During the Riverwall battle soldiers died, and possibly some of the Riverwall leaders as well.
Funeral rites are simple, led by Lady Amelia (or a faithful ranger if Amelia died in the battle!). The bodies are taken into the catacombs beneath the Wild Temple.
Funeral rites are simple, led by Lady Amelia (or a faithful ranger if Amelia died in the battle!). The bodies are taken into the catacombs beneath the Wild Temple.
June 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Day 166 #dungeon25 Funeral rites: During the Riverwall battle soldiers died, and possibly some of the Riverwall leaders as well.
Funeral rites are simple, led by Lady Amelia (or a faithful ranger if Amelia died in the battle!). The bodies are taken into the catacombs beneath the Wild Temple.
Funeral rites are simple, led by Lady Amelia (or a faithful ranger if Amelia died in the battle!). The bodies are taken into the catacombs beneath the Wild Temple.
Day 165 #dungeon25 Post-battle clues.
- track the trolls: although tracks don't last long in the southern wilds, you get a sense of which direction the trolls travelled from
- spirit troll: a rare creature created with necrotic energy, suggests a place where death magic is overwhelming
- track the trolls: although tracks don't last long in the southern wilds, you get a sense of which direction the trolls travelled from
- spirit troll: a rare creature created with necrotic energy, suggests a place where death magic is overwhelming
June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Day 165 #dungeon25 Post-battle clues.
- track the trolls: although tracks don't last long in the southern wilds, you get a sense of which direction the trolls travelled from
- spirit troll: a rare creature created with necrotic energy, suggests a place where death magic is overwhelming
- track the trolls: although tracks don't last long in the southern wilds, you get a sense of which direction the trolls travelled from
- spirit troll: a rare creature created with necrotic energy, suggests a place where death magic is overwhelming
Day 164 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! With bloodcurdling screams new foes join the field of battle! The brutish shapes of trolls charge across the field towards the gate, carrying battering rams to breach the gate!
Then another brute, shining with a sickly inner light! A ghostly spirit troll!
Then another brute, shining with a sickly inner light! A ghostly spirit troll!
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Day 164 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! With bloodcurdling screams new foes join the field of battle! The brutish shapes of trolls charge across the field towards the gate, carrying battering rams to breach the gate!
Then another brute, shining with a sickly inner light! A ghostly spirit troll!
Then another brute, shining with a sickly inner light! A ghostly spirit troll!
Day 163 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! As the blights and wood woads continue to assault the keep's gate, a scout calls out a warning, "there's something in the water!"
Swarms of venomous snakes slither from the river onto the bridge, starting to attack soldiers that are barricading the gate.
Swarms of venomous snakes slither from the river onto the bridge, starting to attack soldiers that are barricading the gate.
June 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Day 163 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! As the blights and wood woads continue to assault the keep's gate, a scout calls out a warning, "there's something in the water!"
Swarms of venomous snakes slither from the river onto the bridge, starting to attack soldiers that are barricading the gate.
Swarms of venomous snakes slither from the river onto the bridge, starting to attack soldiers that are barricading the gate.
Day 162 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! During the night, the bells of Riverwall toll an alarm! An attack is imminent. Soon soldiers line the wall, bows ready to repel whatever monsters are approaching. The soldiers are confident. Syr Kathryn walks among them, offering hopeful words, as they wait.
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Day 162 #dungeon25 Riverwall attacked! During the night, the bells of Riverwall toll an alarm! An attack is imminent. Soon soldiers line the wall, bows ready to repel whatever monsters are approaching. The soldiers are confident. Syr Kathryn walks among them, offering hopeful words, as they wait.
Day 161 #dungeon25 The Wild Temple: A ruin with ample grounds allowed to grow wild, the old stone building is completely overgrown. Many birds and small beasts make their homes in its nooks and crannies.
Local gardeners are unimpressed by the pasts and weeds that are protected on the temple grounds.
Local gardeners are unimpressed by the pasts and weeds that are protected on the temple grounds.
June 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Day 161 #dungeon25 The Wild Temple: A ruin with ample grounds allowed to grow wild, the old stone building is completely overgrown. Many birds and small beasts make their homes in its nooks and crannies.
Local gardeners are unimpressed by the pasts and weeds that are protected on the temple grounds.
Local gardeners are unimpressed by the pasts and weeds that are protected on the temple grounds.
Day 160 #dungeon25 The Ranger's Lodge: Rangers of Riverwall venture into the southern wilds to find and gather rare reagents, materials and herbs, which they sell to merchants or directly to clients. They are protective of their contracts, rarely employing outsiders' help.
June 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Day 160 #dungeon25 The Ranger's Lodge: Rangers of Riverwall venture into the southern wilds to find and gather rare reagents, materials and herbs, which they sell to merchants or directly to clients. They are protective of their contracts, rarely employing outsiders' help.
Day 159 #dungeon25 Riverwall is ruled by the knight Syr Kathryn Blades. An older muscular woman, Syr Kathryn, refused to marry and has no children. She cuts her grey hair short. She is a stern woman who prefers her own company, and she takes her duty seriously, defending the Riverwall keep bridge.
June 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Day 159 #dungeon25 Riverwall is ruled by the knight Syr Kathryn Blades. An older muscular woman, Syr Kathryn, refused to marry and has no children. She cuts her grey hair short. She is a stern woman who prefers her own company, and she takes her duty seriously, defending the Riverwall keep bridge.
Day 158 #dungeon25 The Two Plenties Inn: An ancient stone building that has been a drinking establishment for hundreds of years, recently expanded with wooden extensions and refurbished. It is a lively and colourful place, run by identical twins, Sammy and Jess Plentie.
June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 158 #dungeon25 The Two Plenties Inn: An ancient stone building that has been a drinking establishment for hundreds of years, recently expanded with wooden extensions and refurbished. It is a lively and colourful place, run by identical twins, Sammy and Jess Plentie.
Day 157 #dungeon25 Riverwall is an old town, with the only bridge that crosses the river to the southern wildlands. The bridge is a military keep and barracks. Soldiers guard the walls and keep watching day and night. Monstrous creatures often attack, seeking to undo this bastion of civilisation.
June 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Day 157 #dungeon25 Riverwall is an old town, with the only bridge that crosses the river to the southern wildlands. The bridge is a military keep and barracks. Soldiers guard the walls and keep watching day and night. Monstrous creatures often attack, seeking to undo this bastion of civilisation.
Day 156 #dungeon25 Upset Treant, a side quest near Angelwakes and Riverwall: Weepy, a willow Treant living on the banks of the river is screaming a constant pained wail, disturbing the people and animals in the area. Weepy seems unable to communicate the source of its suffering.
June 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Day 156 #dungeon25 Upset Treant, a side quest near Angelwakes and Riverwall: Weepy, a willow Treant living on the banks of the river is screaming a constant pained wail, disturbing the people and animals in the area. Weepy seems unable to communicate the source of its suffering.
Day 155 #dungeon25 Merrow raiders, side quest between Prosperaton and Goodvale: Farmers and river merchants are being harassed by aquatic raiders, large demonic merfolk terrorising people and destroying crops. They have established a lair in sunken ruins near Goodvale.
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Day 155 #dungeon25 Merrow raiders, side quest between Prosperaton and Goodvale: Farmers and river merchants are being harassed by aquatic raiders, large demonic merfolk terrorising people and destroying crops. They have established a lair in sunken ruins near Goodvale.
Day 154 #dungeon25 Burrowing pests, a side quest around Winden and Suthelds:
Ray's vineyards have become infested with ankhegs! Ray, an ambitious, frizzy haired halfling woman, bought fertiliser from a new supplier in Suthelds, and suddenly her land is overrun by murderous giant insects!
Ray's vineyards have become infested with ankhegs! Ray, an ambitious, frizzy haired halfling woman, bought fertiliser from a new supplier in Suthelds, and suddenly her land is overrun by murderous giant insects!
June 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Day 154 #dungeon25 Burrowing pests, a side quest around Winden and Suthelds:
Ray's vineyards have become infested with ankhegs! Ray, an ambitious, frizzy haired halfling woman, bought fertiliser from a new supplier in Suthelds, and suddenly her land is overrun by murderous giant insects!
Ray's vineyards have become infested with ankhegs! Ray, an ambitious, frizzy haired halfling woman, bought fertiliser from a new supplier in Suthelds, and suddenly her land is overrun by murderous giant insects!