Advanced Environments

Domains like the Bone Gardens' frost reaches or frozen portal zones.

Volcanic domains, forge districts, or reality-burning zones.

1. 1. Memory Rain: Causes flashbacks; -1 to new actions while affected
2. 2. Probability Fog: All dice explode on 5+ but botch on 1-2
3. 3. Echo Wind: Voices of the dead; may reveal secrets or confuse
4. 4. Rust Storm: Metal degrades; weapons lose 1 damage tier
5. 5. Time Drizzle: Age 1 year per hour spent in it
6. 6. Silence Snow: No sound possible; spell components fail
7. 7. Emotion Haze: Amplifies feelings; +1 to empathy, -1 to logic
8. 8. Reality Hail: Falling fragments of other domains; 1 Wound/hour
9. 9. Gravity Shift: Direction changes randomly each hour
10. 10. Threshold Thunder: Portals flicker open briefly with each crack
11. 11. Ink Clouds: Visibility 10 feet; stains everything black
12. 12. The Watching: Paranoia sets in; The Count's attention increases

• • Shifting Ground: Floors rearrange; +1 difficulty to navigation
• • Crystalline Paths: Beautiful but slippery; fall on any fumble
• • Organic Corridors: Living walls; may close or react to touch
• • Rubble Fields: Half movement speed; ankle injuries possible
• • Flooded Passages: Swimming required; combat at -2
• • Gravity Inversions: Ceiling becomes floor randomly

• • Breath Holding: CON rounds before drowning begins
• • Drowning: 1 Wound per round without air
• • Combat: Slashing weapons at -2; piercing at -1
• • Speech: Impossible without magic
• • Fire: Does not work (most magic does)
• • Pressure: 1 Wound per 100 feet of depth without protection

In the Drowned Quarter, special rules apply:

• • Air Pockets: Random throughout; roll d6 each area—on 6, breathable
• • Current Dangers: Currents may drag travelers between zones
• • Pressure Zones: Some areas crush without the Siren's blessing
• • Light: Bioluminescence provides dim light; darkness beyond

Some domains feature darkness that resists light:

• • Hungry Dark: Consumes light sources 2x faster
• • Solid Shadow: Darkness is tangible; can be touched, climbed
• • Living Absence: Darkness moves; light follows you grudgingly
• • Memory Dark: You forget what you see when light returns

• • Crumbling Floors: 1-in-6 chance to collapse under weight
• • Falling Debris: 1d6 damage; DEX save to dodge
• • Sealed Doors: May require strength, puzzle, or key
• • Living Architecture: Walls move; rooms rearrange
• • Reality Cracks: Touching may transport or damage

When a structure collapses:

1. 1. Warning: Rumbling, cracks, dust—1 round to react
2. 2. Collapse: 2d6 damage to anyone caught; half if DEX save
3. 3. Aftermath: Buried characters: 1 Wound per minute; STR to dig out
4. 4. Dust: Visibility zero for 1d6 rounds

1. 1. Minor Glitches: Cosmetic anomalies only
2. 2. Temporal Hiccups: Lose/gain 1d6 minutes randomly
3. 3. Spatial Drift: End up somewhere slightly different than intended
4. 4. Memory Corruption: Remember things differently than they happened
5. 5. Physical Alteration: Minor temporary changes to appearance
6. 6. Full Cascade: Major reality shift; Trickster determines effects

Some domains are literally alive:

• • Pulse: The domain has a heartbeat; follows a rhythm
• • Immune Response: Foreign travelers trigger "antibodies"
• • Digestion: Areas may slowly dissolve organic matter
• • Growth: Paths seal behind; new routes open
• • Communication: The domain can be spoken to (if you know how)

Living domains react to traveler actions: