meta:geographic_features
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Geographic Features
This page is a list of interesting features which can be incorporated into terrain, for when players wish to explore an environment.
General
- Large rock formations, jutting out from the ground
- Large, smooth sandstone
- Archways, enterable underneath
- Battery, Mesa, Plateau
- Bog
- Spongy ground made of plant matter
- Claypan, flats, salt lakes
- Valley, Vale
- Dens/Lairs
- Downland, Headland
- Fell/Moor - Bare, rocky ground, coarse grass, some alpine trees
- Field, Meadow
- Rocky/badlands
- Tall grass, savannah
- Sell it by describing other plants/objects sprinkled within
- Gardens
Inland Water Bodies
- Shore/Beach
- Can easily apply to rivers, lakes, ponds, you name it.
- Blowhole
- Basin
- Dried river bed
- River, creek,
- Tight bends vs straight (usually based on land hardness)
- Billabong/Oxbow lake, Lagoon
- Waterfalls, cascades
- Ford, Crossing - particularly shallow/slow running sections of water
- Dam
- Eddy, whirlpool
- Rapids
- Emergent rocks, reefs
- Shoal
- Islands
Underground
- Caverns
- Chasms, fissures
- Grotto
- Pit-cave/hole
- Sinkhole
Coastlines
- Capes, Penninsulas
- Cove, Bay
- Delta, river mouth, estuary
- Neck/Isthmus
Forest
- Scrubland/Bush, Heath
- Grove
- Glade
- Hollow
- Thicket
Wetlands
- Bog
- Marsh
- Swamp
Mountainous
- Large stone archways between mountainous bodies
- Saddle/Pass - Deep gap between two mountains
- Crag
- Dome/Knoll - particularly rounded hills (esp. isolated)
- Glen - steep valley, often with water feature at bottom
- Gorge, Canyon
- Lookout
- Massif - tightly connected/ridgelike mountains from seismic activity
- Point, Cape
Generic Terrain Properties
- Wet, muddy ground
- Rocky outcrops, boulders
- Slopes/elevation changes
- Loose ground, including leaf/debris coverage
- Fire-prone conditions
- Manmade structures to assist traversal e.g. bridge, paths
- Frost/sleet
- Insects
Other Terrain Resources
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Forest_Terrain Rules for forest terrain https://www.d20srd.org/srd/wilderness.htm
meta/geographic_features.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/06 04:57 by admin