Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Karst caverns

K is for karst, where dissolution and erosion takes place, and caverns are formed.

Because I proselytize about geology, and I have discovered isometric graph paper...

The flagstoned walls and floors of the Alphabet Dungeon merge with a limestone cavern, formed over eons.

Moist walls glisten in the lamplight, and our party steps into the musty dark.  What denizens occupy these maze-like caverns, filled with interconnecting passages and dead ends? Myconids, undead, troglodytes...
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The tunnels vary in width from 3 to 10 feet, and similarly, in height.  Stalactites, stalagmites, and other karst features make for challenging passage.  Deep within the caverns, an underground stream connects three caverns, and inundates a fourth. Characters lost in one stream may emerge in another cavern, but if they are unconscious or weakened, they may disappear into the abyssal depths, never to be seen again.


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