DESCRIPTION
The Water Maze is a great indoor ocean, a
magical place suitable to both salt and freshwater beings. The ceiling of the great cavern
casts a soft moonlight-bright glow. From
the central pool, one might imagine the
place to be a tropical atoll; but danger lurks
throughout.

The air is changeable, once a lilting warm
breeze and then suddenly a chilling draft.
Swirling eddies in both the water and the air
produce sudden changes in waves at any
time. Mists rise from the water, adding an
air of mystery and suspense to the visually
peaceful setting. But it is these oddly tinted
mists that poison the very air, causing the
given environmental damage to the unprotected.

The depth of the water varies widely but
averages about 50 feet. The dozens of
craggy islets reach 10 to 80 feet from the surface, stretching towards the cavern roof far
overhead (100-150 feet up) like pointing
skeletal fingers. Icebergs dot the coldest part
of the water, mostly to the northeast corner
of the map.

Newcomers to the Node land asplash in
the central pool area, which is only 10 feet
deep and protected from most of the sea
dwellers by a coral reef. Some few small
scavengers might be lurking therein, but
they will probably avoid a group of nervous
humans.