Game Master / Underground Sites / Cavern
Cavern
What the chamber is (d20)
| d20 | Cavern |
|---|
| 1 | Great mouth open to the sky |
| 2 | Rubble cone under a roof-fall |
| 3 | Vaulted hall, roof lost in the dark |
| 4 | Forest of columns |
| 5 | Underground lake shore |
| 6 | River gorge with a natural bridge |
| 7 | Terraced floor stepping down |
| 8 | Hall of fallen blocks the size of wagons |
| 9 | Balcony ledge over a drop |
| 10 | Mushroom-grown flat |
| 11 | Cathedral chamber with a single great pillar |
| 12 | Sinkhole shaft letting in a shaft of light |
| 13 | Mud flats that hold footprints |
| 14 | Waterfall chamber, loud with spray |
| 15 | Island in a flooded hall |
| 16 | Gallery of hanging stone spears |
| 17 | Wind-tunnel throat |
| 18 | Glittering mineral hall |
| 19 | Abyssal edge: a drop with no bottom in sight |
| 20 | The great deep, a hall too wide for any lantern |
What is in it (d12)
| d12 | Contents |
|---|
| 1 | Only the sound of dripping |
| 2 | A rotted boat pulled up on the shore |
| 3 | A rope bridge, half its planks gone |
| 4 | Lantern hooks driven into the rock |
| 5 | A cairn of piled stones |
| 6 | Blind white fish in the shallows |
| 7 | A survey party's abandoned camp |
| 8 | Giant fungus, some of it cut |
| 9 | A fallen climber's gear |
| 10 | Drums or bones arranged in a ring |
| 11 | A stone stair, cut by hands |
| 12 | A wrecked wagon, how it got here unclear |
Who uses it (d8)
| d8 | Occupant | Build the encounter from |
|---|
| 1 | Empty: only echoes | — |
| 2 | Empty, though the mud holds tracks | — |
| 3 | A colony of cave vermin | Vermin |
| 4 | A territorial great beast | Magical Beast, Animal |
| 5 | Fungus that moves when unwatched | Plant |
| 6 | People who live down here | Humanoid |
| 7 | A thing of the deep water | Aberration, Ooze |
| 8 | A wyrm that sleeps on the heights | Dragon |
The heart of the site (d6)
| d6 | What is there |
|---|
| 1 | A sunken ruin older than the settlers |
| 2 | The great beast's roost |
| 3 | A lost expedition's last camp |
| 4 | A lake with something at the bottom |
| 5 | A hidden people's meeting ground |
| 6 | A road that leads further down than anyone has gone |