Environments

Underroot Tunnels

Underroot Tunnels

Underroot Tunnels

Description: Fortified and well-kept tunnels leading to underborne communities within the great forest.

Tone & Feel: Musty yet breathable, alternatingly winding and steep.

Tier: 1

Type: Traversal

Difficulty: 10

Potential Adversaries:

Acid Burrower, Stonewraith, Jagged Knife Bandits

Features

Hidden Entrance - Passive

The first challenge of the Underrot Tunnels is finding them. PCs must complete a Progress Countdown (3) to find a viable entrance to the tunnels (Instinct and Knowledge are most applicable, though Finesse could be used to search manually for a seam or switch and Presence could be used to gain information from a denizen of the Sablewood).

A Series of Passageways, All Alike - Passive

Navigating to a particular location in the tunnels requires a Progress Countdown (4 for most known settlements, 6 for less-known or more-remote destinations).

Potential challenges:

  • Identical passageways.
  • Damaged stairwells leading to a lower level.
  • Root blockage (see below).
  • Flooded tunnel.

Root Blockage - Action

Reveal that the path ahead has been blocked by the shifting of a great Sablewood tree. The party can dig around the root (Finesse), try to cut through it (Strength), or double back to find another path (Instinct).

Toll-Keepers - Action

Spend a Fear to introduce a number of Jagged Knife Lackeys equal to the size of the party plus two Jagged Knife Bandits and a Jagged Knife Lieutenant seeking a ‘toll’ of two handfuls of gold per character for passing through their “protected territory”.

Fortified and well-kept tunnels leading to underborne communities within the great forest.