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Unhallowed Ground

Environments Designed by Calvin Patten Jr.
Tier
1
Type
Exploration
Difficulty
11
Impulses
Sense of dread, Sense of loss

Environment overview

An area with a dark past that can still rise up to challenge the living.

Potential adversaries

Skeletons, Wailing Wraith

Features

Passives

passive
  • Overgrown Battlefield

    There has been a battle here. A PC can make an Instinct Roll to identify evidence of that fight. On a success with Hope, learn all three pieces of information below. On a success with Fear, learn two. On a failure, a PC can mark a Stress to learn one and gain advantage on the next action roll to investigate this environment. A PC with an appropriate background or Experience can learn an additional detail and ask a follow-up question about the scene and get a truthful (if not always complete) answer.
    * Traces of an ancient battle, broken weapons and armor buried just below the surface of the ground.
    *A moss-covered tree trunk actually has part of a skeleton grown into it, as the body was pinned to the tree with a spear.
    * Some of the trees are twisted as if the ground has corrupted them as they grew.

Actions

action
  • Grasping Dead

    Pick a point within the ground. All targets within Very Close range of that point must succeed on an Agility Reaction Roll or take 1d8+3 physical damage and become Restrained by the hands of the dead reaching out from the ground. Restrained creatures until they’re freed with a successful Finesse or Strength roll or by dealing at least 6 damage to the hands.

  • Defiler

    Spend a Fear to summon a Wailing Wraith drawn to the echoes of violence and discord. They appear within Far range of a chosen PC and immediately take the spotlight.

Reactions

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About this environment

The small shoots of grass and the trees seem leached of all life as the wraith passes by.

Unhallowed Ground

Tier 1 Exploration

An area with a dark past that can still rise up to challenge the living.

Impulses: Sense of dread, Sense of loss

Difficulty: 11

Potential Adversaries: Skeletons, Wailing Wraith

Features

Overgrown Battlefield - Passive: There has been a battle here. A PC can make an Instinct Roll to identify evidence of that fight. On a success with Hope, learn all three pieces of information below. On a success with Fear, learn two. On a failure, a PC can mark a Stress to learn one and gain advantage on the next action roll to investigate this environment. A PC with an appropriate background or Experience can learn an additional detail and ask a follow-up question about the scene and get a truthful (if not always complete) answer. * Traces of an ancient battle, broken weapons and armor buried just below the surface of the ground. *A moss-covered tree trunk actually has part of a skeleton grown into it, as the body was pinned to the tree with a spear. * Some of the trees are twisted as if the ground has corrupted them as they grew.
Grasping Dead - Action: Pick a point within the ground. All targets within Very Close range of that point must succeed on an Agility Reaction Roll or take 1d8+3 physical damage and become Restrained by the hands of the dead reaching out from the ground. Restrained creatures until they’re freed with a successful Finesse or Strength roll or by dealing at least 6 damage to the hands.
Defiler - Action: Spend a Fear to summon a Wailing Wraith drawn to the echoes of violence and discord. They appear within Far range of a chosen PC and immediately take the spotlight.

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