D&D General Things to Find in a Large River?
Tony Vargas
Legend
Jimmy Hoffa.
not-so-newguy
I'm the Straw Man in your argument
River obstacles: waterfalls, whirlpools, rocky rapids. Rapids might not work for Nile type river though.
Druids. Sorry, they’re on my mind of late.
Bandits with poisoned missles and rafts. Or, river pirates with better boats and a skilled crew.
Druids. Sorry, they’re on my mind of late.
Bandits with poisoned missles and rafts. Or, river pirates with better boats and a skilled crew.
Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
A floating Village of Tortles, who are currently at odds with a Madrid. The Madrid believes the village is damming up the river.
Don Durito
Hero
River dolphins.
People in the Amazon region regard river dolphins as a bit like faeries. They can turn into people and they seduce humans and take them away to live in their cities beneath the water.
People in the Amazon region regard river dolphins as a bit like faeries. They can turn into people and they seduce humans and take them away to live in their cities beneath the water.
The Old Crow
Explorer
A sunken boat
A burning barge beset by bandits
A giant herd of hippos that refuses to move
fishing nets (with various things caught in them, or set by various things that might be trying to catch you)
A river "god" that claims to own the place and demands tribute
A sarcophagus washed from somewhere upriver, floating along like a canoe, that may contain a very damp and irate mummy.
A burning barge beset by bandits
A giant herd of hippos that refuses to move
fishing nets (with various things caught in them, or set by various things that might be trying to catch you)
A river "god" that claims to own the place and demands tribute
A sarcophagus washed from somewhere upriver, floating along like a canoe, that may contain a very damp and irate mummy.
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DWChancellor
Kobold Enthusiast
Another stranger river that comes and goes with the phases of the Moon. It leads to a place where the Pantheon's ancient secrets are held close.
Gilladian
Adventurer
Elder crocodile god
Nobles traveling on a barge, forcing everyone to yeild right-of-way
Wedding procession, either on the river, or on the bank. Funeral/holy day, etc... can easily replace.
Cataracts with fey/lesser deity guardians - the Nile had several sets of cataracts that divided Egypt into upper, middle, and lower sections, so they were very important.
Depending on your geography, where a lesser river joins your "nile" you could have a fortress where passers-by must present documentation/pay bribes/sneak past
Nobles traveling on a barge, forcing everyone to yeild right-of-way
Wedding procession, either on the river, or on the bank. Funeral/holy day, etc... can easily replace.
Cataracts with fey/lesser deity guardians - the Nile had several sets of cataracts that divided Egypt into upper, middle, and lower sections, so they were very important.
Depending on your geography, where a lesser river joins your "nile" you could have a fortress where passers-by must present documentation/pay bribes/sneak past
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