I need a cool idea. my group is in the desert and while I was looking for various desert pics I came across this. I need a cool idea how to use this. Is it a giant living tree? Should I have it be like a web for the Phaerim? Any ideas would be great. They will waste an hour trying to investigate it. To see image, right click open image in new tab. Appreciate any help. thanks. FYI, party is about 13th level so it can be bad, very bad.
The pic looks like a massive root system that covers the ground for miles. It is on top of the ground. I am not sure what it is. Looks to be some kind of mineral deposit laid out in like a web form or a giant net.
If using this in session, I'd be tempted to reskin Remorhaz or the great worms (Purple, Frost or, Core Spawn) and have this 'webbing' as the marking of the weakening of the ground above a Worm nest. Alternatively, it looks similar to termite surface tunnels so could be the evidence of a Kruthik Hive.
If using them as tree roots, based on the desert setting, either the tree has sapped the life from the desert or has been killed and was supporting the life of the whole region. In the first case, I'd look at maybe having it be a Yuan-Ti Temple, and they're working on some ritual to restore part of their kingdom (if something dies near one of the bits of webbing, it glows faintly and spreads towards the middle, fading slightly as it goes). In the second case, I'd go for something like an Adult Blue Dracolich making it's lair at the base of the tree and killing it then spreading it's influence through the root system.
Thanks. I like the tree of life aspect and it has been broken thus a desert has been created from its death. I actually already threw out an old saying how the desert 'will blossom once more'. And what they are going to do is world changing, so this will work great. Thanks again. I just needed a little nudge. Actually the final destination will be against a Lich so this is great.
The pic looks like a massive root system that covers the ground for miles. It is on top of the ground. I am not sure what it is. Looks to be some kind of mineral deposit laid out in like a web form or a giant net.
With regards to what it is, it looks like salt flats: https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/salt-flats.htm
If using this in session, I'd be tempted to reskin Remorhaz or the great worms (Purple, Frost or, Core Spawn) and have this 'webbing' as the marking of the weakening of the ground above a Worm nest. Alternatively, it looks similar to termite surface tunnels so could be the evidence of a Kruthik Hive.
If using them as tree roots, based on the desert setting, either the tree has sapped the life from the desert or has been killed and was supporting the life of the whole region. In the first case, I'd look at maybe having it be a Yuan-Ti Temple, and they're working on some ritual to restore part of their kingdom (if something dies near one of the bits of webbing, it glows faintly and spreads towards the middle, fading slightly as it goes). In the second case, I'd go for something like an Adult Blue Dracolich making it's lair at the base of the tree and killing it then spreading it's influence through the root system.
Thanks. I like the tree of life aspect and it has been broken thus a desert has been created from its death. I actually already threw out an old saying how the desert 'will blossom once more'. And what they are going to do is world changing, so this will work great. Thanks again. I just needed a little nudge. Actually the final destination will be against a Lich so this is great.