 |
| Roll or choose what fits |
Forest
You follow a path which _______. On either side there are trees which ______ and ______.
- Sinks between two ancient embankments
- Runs above the canopy, with a cliff on one side
- Follows close to a clear stream
- Is occasionally demarcated by archways engineered in a way you can't quite understand
- Is rather disused, growing over with moss and grass
- Bounces up and down over gentle hills
- Grow solitarily, with little underbrush
- Spread their roots across many and varied boulders
- Hang short and low, like orchard trees
- Are clearly coppiced in some areas
- Bloom heavily with sweet smelling flowers
- Shed a soft, green shadow, like stained glass
- Are dead or dying in their far branches
- Are clearly very old
- Are covered in ivy and moss
- Hardly sway in the wind
- Occasionally shake, sprinkling droplets of dew all about
- Seem kindly, being cool in the day and warm at night
Plains
You travel along _____. The fields here are ______, and it seems _____.
- A well worn wagon path
- A way paved with stones from a previous era
- A riverside way, with frequent houses on the side furthest the bank and boats tied up on the other
- A rather trackless expanse, making your way by sight from hamlet to hamlet
- A path marked by ancient boundary stones
- A path with many smaller branching lanes
- Laden with grain and fieldworkers
- Rather soggy and dew carrying
- Mostly heather and herds of sheep
- Beautiful green pastures
- Filled with ancient ruined structures
- Rolling and hilly
- Very warm under the gaze of the sun
- Very mysterious, especially in the drifting fog
- Like the sky is twice as big as normal
- Peaceful and pastoral
- So nice that less adventuresome men would pound their swords into plowshares
- Sleepy and sedate
Swamp
You pick your way through a waterlogged land. The swamp _____ and _____.
- Is Full of tall grasses and dragonflies (surprisingly biting fly free)
- Is Made of peat, rippling as you walk upon it
- Slowly evaporates during the day, causing great fogs and dews
- Is mostly made of small islands in a system of rivers
- Bristles with rare flowers
- Sucks at your feet while you walk
- Pops with noxious gases which occasionally ignite with blue flame
- Certain areas are shored up with large pine trees
- Is shaded by willows and large shrubs
- Actually smells pretty good
- Is marred by large ruins emerging from the mire
- Smells rather strongly of saltwater
Hills
As you travel along, the hills ______, their crests topped with _____.
- Rise high into the sky
- Loll beside you
- Seem to hedge you in
- Direct myriad streams toward you
- Loom above you like giants
- Cradle you gently
- Small groves which strike you with religious awe
- What were once towers
- The occasional shrine
- Awful standing stones
- Bare rock cliffs
- Shallow, clear pools
Mountains
The mountains rise before you, _____, ______.
- Dark and forbidding
- A great edifice of cliff and terraces
- Parting the clouds themselves
- Going down almost as much as they go up
- Circular like a crown
- Lit like a crystal by sunlight
- Cleft in a pass right down the middle
- With switchbacks snaking upward
- Adorned with an enormous waterfall
- Clothed with a great forest
- Flattened on the top like a great altar
- Topped with snow and ice
Waters
You walk along the edge of the water. The shoreline is ______, and the water ______.
- Mostly pleasant, sandy beaches
- Marked by muck, driftwood and seaweed
- Watched by high rocks and cliffs
- Nicely vegetated, with bright dune-grass and the occasional crab
- Populated by docks and boats with multicolored sails
- Silty and soft, but smells of fish
- Shines deep and blue, as the sea should be
- Glows green like an emerald
- Flows with sweet waves
- Reflects the bright sun, and is almost blinding
- Erupts with islands
- Feels very cool and refreshing
[I tried include a good variety, but I'm a sucker for beauty. LungusFungus/Melancholies and Mirth original Here]
