In the lands north of the Artonsamay, amidst the
rough and broken ground and jutting crags of the
badlands there, a deep canyon of tremendous extent is
found. This strange rift in the floor of the oerth is
over 180 miles in length and from 10 wide at its end
to about 30 in its midsection near the bandit town of
Riftcrag. Tales tell us that this rift is more than a mile
deep and pocked with caves and caverns. Much of its
length has been cleared of monsters, although they
still issue forth from the tunnels, it is said. The Plar
of the Rift, as the bandit lord lord styles himself, reportedly
uses humanoid troops and monsters to hold the
place against their kin, and rich loot is taken by such
action. The floor of the rift at its western end is
shunned, however, due to the particularly fierce
monsters dwelling there. Attempts to clear this area
have ended in disaster. Parties from the Shield Lands
taking punitive actions against the bandit kinglets
report that this state of affairs is indeed true, relating
that attempts to surprise the brigands by moving
through the Riftcanyon from its western end have
proven to be impossible.

Just south of the Riftcanyon is the lonely volcanic
cone of haunted White Plume Mountain, avoided by
both knights and bandits.


 
 

Dice Roll	Encounter
01-10	Humanoids (01-05 = Gnoll*, 06-10 = Goblin, 11-15 = Hobgoblin, 16-94 = Orc**, 95 = Qullan, 96-100 = Xvart)
11-15	Men, Bandits
26-30	Men, Brigands
31-32	Men, Characters
33-37	Men, Raiders (as knights)
38-40	Ogres
41-00	Use Standard Encounter Tables

* 10% of all gnoll encounters will include flinds.
** 5% of all orc encounters will include ogrillons.

TEMPERATE WILDERNESS Desert (d8+d12)

2	Giant, Fire
3	Dune Stalker
4	Lammasu
5	Purple Worm
6	Fly, Giant Horse-
7	Scorpion, Giant or Huge
8	Dustdigger
9	Camel, Bactrian <Wild Camel>
10	Spider, Large or Huge
11	Jackal
12	Vulture, Normal
13	Scorpion, Large
14	Ogre
15	Snake, Giant Poisonous
16	Ant Lion, Giant
17	Man, Dervish
18	Thunderherder
19	Lamia
20	Wind Walker