D1 Random Desert Encounters
- A man is sitting on the side of the road, holding a wooden bowl and asking for food. If the party gives him some food, he will attack them with magic.
- You come across a group of merchants who have been stranded in the desert. If the players help them find their way, they will be rewarded with gold.
- The remains of a royal procession, weatherworn and bleached, reveal hints of an ancient and revered ruler who disappeared centuries ago.
- The party sees an old man sitting on top of a dune. The old man is wearing a black cloak and a black hood. The old man is sitting on a large wooden staff. The old man is singing a song about the Zan. The Zan heard him, and captured him. The Zan will return him to the party after they have been captured by the Zan.
- A merchant's corpse lies mummified by desert winds. On his body are maps leading to hidden oases and a warning of treacherous mirages that guard an uncharted passage through the dunes.
- An ethereal, cooling breeze consistently hints at a hiding ice jinni.
- A sandstorm that reveals the outline of a sleeping leviathan beneath the dunes.
- A mirage reveals what appears to be a distant fortress. Hearing that many explorers vanish seeking it, you must decide if it’s worth investigating.
- The remains of a trading caravan lie half-buried beneath the shifting sands, leading to an opportunity to scavenge or an unfortunate encounter with lurking sand creatures.
- A large, unnatural rock formation is suspected to be the scaled armor of a resting dragonite, unmoving and lifeless.
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