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WILDERNESS AREA OUTSIDE OF QUASQUETON The wilderness around Quasqueton is dangerous but in a more natural way than the dungeon. There are no human settlements now closer than 30 miles and no roads or even large trails leading to the hill. There are animal trails and a small stream about two...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 12). The Dark Rider Bilibin is a throwback among the tribes of the Rus who live on the edge of the Kimmerian steppes in small cities and...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 21). The Smoke from their Wings The priestesses of Neith, the Immortal Water Queen of Titan, summon her as an apparition of smoke with the...

Hyperborean Laboratories and Cave System By Benoist Poire What strikes me first is the map. It's color and the AFS zine is black and white so naturally it is striking in contrast, but then you see this intricate multi-color map and think, "Damn... that is one great map." But Benoist's...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 11). The Pale Magician They say, in Hyperborea, that if you want to find a necromancer you look in a graveyard but if you want to find a...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 10). The Crowned Beast of Stone In the depths of a boreal forest west of the immortal city of Khromarium and north of the Hellinic...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 9). The Witch-Queen of Yithorium Long ago the Witch-Queen and her band of mercenary followers reclaimed the ruined city of Yithorium and...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 8). The Pool of the Beregyna The Kimmerian people are said to have come to Hyperborea in two great waves. The greater part were horsemen...

NOTE: These are adventure seeds and setting work for my own Hyperborea campaign inspired by the Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerors of Hyperborea Gazetteer. 19). The Hanged Man The roadsides of Hyperborea are dotted with hanging trees, gallows or gibbets, rarely unoccupied. These are often...

You should check out Gygax's New Infinities novels. There are several great descriptions of his Abyssal planes especially in Dance of Demons and Come Endless Darkness, if I remember correctly. And his short story 'Odd Alley' in the anthology 'Night Arrant' seems to be the seed for Planescape...