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.