D&D General Things to Find in a Large River?

Zardnaar

Legend
As the title says. By large river think Nile as I'm running a not Egypt game.

Along with RL stuff and fantasy versions of them I have thought up.

Dinosaurs
Bronze Dragon
Stuff in Tome of Beasts.
 

log in or register to remove this ad





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.
 

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.
 



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
 

Remove ads

Top