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Inheritors of an ancient curse, lamias lurk in the desert's ruined and decayed forsaken places. Hate fills these fast and powerful predators. They work toward the destruction of good-aligned shrines and temples. Many lamias have mystical powers.
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Read MoreAlong with their extreme strength, iron constitution and low intelligence, the primary difference between trolls and more civilised humanoids is their fearless attitude to combat; furiously attacking any sizeable living creature they trust to their regenerative abilities to see them through any battle.
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Read MoreHome to myths and legends, the ancient, primal forests of the world hold many strange sites, otherworldly civilisations and overgrown ruins. Such places are ripe for adventure.
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Read MoreOwlbears are a staple of low-level adventures. There is little as frightening for neophyte adventurers than facing down this mad mixture of bear and owl.
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Read MoreA mining town is a busy place full of sights and sounds both mundane and exciting. Here can be experienced the harsh reality of a borderland town.
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Read MoreScions of the night, vampires live among the prey they feed on; the presence of a vampire often causes chaos and panic. A vampire’s lair is not for the weak-hearted.
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Read MoreSometimes the thief finds the trap, picks the lock or fits the hidden treasure. Sometimes they fail, and when they do it is fun to describe the failure; “You find nothing” is a pretty boring result.
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Read MoreA port town is a busy place full of sights and sounds both exotic and mundane. Here can be sampled the delights of many different lands.
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Read MoreOgres are generally stupid and brutish creatures. When encountered in their lairs, ogres react violently to the intrusion.
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Read MoreHidden in plain sight amongst the houses and shops of local neighbourhoods, cultists worship ancient beings and profane gods. Hidden cellars and secret rooms are the locales for their foul dens of worship and sacrifice.
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Read MoreThe crooked alleyways and seedy taverns of the slums are frequent destinations for urban adventurers.
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Read MoreThe ghoul is a creature of nightmare. From the packs of mindless, carrion-eating undead to the ancient civilisations deep underground, screaming adulation to their sheep-headed god Orcus, all ghouls have one thing in common: an eternal, gnawing hunger that no amount of flesh can sate.
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Read MoreMany secrets and dangers lurk in the world’s noisome, fetid swamps. Sunken civilisations, primitive lizard folk tribes and more all await adventurers brave enough to dare the sucking mire.
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Read MoreAdventurers are drawn to marshland towns like flies to dung. Opportunities for wealth and glory lurk in deep, remote swamps and such towns are welcome places to rest, recuperate and resupply.
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Read MoreCrypts, catacombs and sepulchres are common adventuring locales. Therein lurk the undead and glimmering treasures long lost to the world.
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Read MoreEvery village, town or city has its own laws, traditions and customs. Others have notable buildings and features. Some are normal. Some are decidedly odd.
Read MoreThe most ferocious of all the chromatic dragons, red dragons are terrifying enemies. Their lairs are unique places full of danger.
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Read MoreWoodlands are ripe locales for adventure. Under their boughs old ruins moulder, bandits lair and evil humanoids plot their next raids. Almost every adventurer will one day sally forth into a woodland in search of gold and glory.
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Read MoreCivilisations rise and fall. Peoples come and go. Whether it be crumbling walls, moss-wreathed burial cairns or sunken lanes these earlier people leave their mark upon the landscape.
Read MoreSaare’s Pit has another, more lurid, name—and for good reason. The Pit of Unquiet Souls squats at the centre of a nest of macabre tales of madness, horror and death. It is said, those who spend too much time in the abandoned mine often go mad or disappear entirely, and old miners’ tales tell of the pit’s very rocks whispering horrible secrets to those toiling in its bowels. Still, there are those who think treasure yet lurks in the mine and will brave its terrors to retrieve them.
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