100 Encounters for a Fantasy Desert (Barbaric!)

Deserts are mysterious and sometimes deadly places to traverse, with heat and lack of water combining to kill the unwary. This supplement has 100 different encounters designed for use with Barbaric!, the sword & sorcery game based on Cepheus Engine, that a GameMaster can use to liven up a desert journey, or perhaps make it even more dangerous. Some are interesting, some may lead to new places and some will be harmful to the unwary. The different encounters have been strongly influenced by Ancient Egypt, with lost pharaohs and hidden tombs, with an element of Arabia, but are suitable more most fantasy desert.

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Recently uncovered by the wind are a number of dried, desiccated human bodies, that appear to have been naturally mummified, presumably of travellers who got lost in the desert and died. At night, their spirits haunt the area (Ghosts).

Regular lines on the horizon are revealed to be from a large complex of buildings when they are approached. The complex is low-lying and completely empty of anything but wind-blown sand; even the furnishings have been taken. Markings and the general quality of construction suggest that this was once a palace, but has since been abandoned. There is a single dry well in a central courtyard; the well drying up could be why the palace is no longer used.

Rising up out of the desert is a sandstone mesa with sheer cliffs, roughly oval in shape. The cliffs look almost impossible to climb unless very skilled, but glimpses of green and flying birds at the top of the mesa suggest that there is water and plants on it. If the cliffs are ascended (throw Physical 10+, there is a small forested area, fed by an underground water source, and a small, ruined temple.

The PDF has 14 pages and one page is the front cover, one the front matter, of one is ads and one is the Open Game License.