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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akr71" data-source="post: 7290719" data-attributes="member: 6801213">I liked @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6801286" target="_blank">Imaculata</a>'s volcanic environment ones so much, I thought I'd try my hand at some terrain based ones.  Here are some arid and rocky environment onesDry stream bedTravelling through an arid environment, this dry stream bed is easily the best way to make good time.  It is hard packed sand with a few small boulders and small ponds that are easily avoided.  The banks of the river and the surrounding area are rocky, rough terrain - perhaps the dry river is at the base of a gully leading into the foothills.  For every hour travelling, roll a d8 - on a 1 it starts to rain (or determine the weather however you normally would).  The rain is not a big deal at first - a stream starts to form, the adventurers get wet - DC 10 Athletics to stay on your feet.  If they continue to travel on the river bed, bad things are about to happen as the rain flows down the rocky landscape out of the foothills.  The stream becomes a river again before long - DC 20 Athletics to stay on your feet, or DC 15 to swim upstream.  1d6 bludgeoning on a fail and the character moves 10 feet downstream every turn (repeating swim check).  Not long after that, the river becomes a torrent, bringing rocks and mud with it.  DC 25 Athletics to stand, DC 20 to swim, 1d8 bludgeoning damage on a fail and washed 15 feet downstream every turn.Dust BowlThis ancient arid crater has filled with a deep layer of dust, sand and silt.  Its tricky travel, but a group of hardy adventurers such as yourselves is not too inconvenienced by it.  As you approach the center of the crater, the dust kicked up by your footsteps clings to the air more than you would expect.  You all instinctively cover your mouths to prevent breathing the chocking dust.  The dust starts to gain form in the air... solidifying and congealing into flying creatures around you.The party finds themselves surrounded by dust mephits - an appropriate number to make the party think, but difficult to overcome.  A successful Arcana DC 15 lets a character know that dust mephits are drawn to catacombs and find death fascinating - Detect Magic may reveal the mephits before they materialize too.The Convenient OasisIts feels like it has been days since you've seen any plant life.  It hasn't, but that's what it feels like.  You have passed scrubby, twisted shrubs and tough looking plants, but nothing even remotely edible.  You are not sure how anything survives in this blasted rocky terrain, but it does.  You've managed to stretch your rations with the odd lucky catch of a rabbits, lizards and some kind of small goat-like creature.  The water-skins you carried with you are getting perilously low.As you climb to the top of a low rise, you can't believe your eyes!  Green!  More than that - a spring!  Water!  Fruit trees!  As you make your way down the hill to the oasis, something starts to nag at the back of your mind.  It seems oddly convenient that you discovered an oasis right when you needed it.  Not so much discovered it as it was placed here - for you.  Why?  And by who?</blockquote>

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