1006 The Witch Glade
HexDolmenwood Campaign Book · p.301
Open source p.301Paths navigate a series of granite outcroppings, with choked ravines below.
Paths navigate a series of granite outcroppings, with choked ravines below.
- Terrain: Craggy forest (4), Aldweald
- Lost/encounters: 3-in. Encounters are 2-in likely to be with witches (eyes of Limwdd— DMB) making their way to the sacred glade.
- Ley line Ywyr (p18): Arcane spell-casters perceive the distant moaning of the dead.
- Foraging: Successful foraging yields portions of
Lambent Stinkhorn (p428), in addition to the normal results.
Where Men Dare Not Tread
The paths that lead to the centre of this hex are enchanted such that only women may follow them to the end.
Men who come this way: Experience a feeling of unease, as if being watched from the trees, growing to a palpable dread accompanied by an uncomfortable itching upon the face. Male holy spell-casters also hear laughter that grows from a titter to a contemptuous cackle as they proceed.
Women who come this way: Perceive a deep thrum which, after some time, may be intuited as the actual sound of the growth of trees and plants.
The Sacred Glade
Close to the centre of this hex, along the path of the ley line Ywyr, lies a peaceful glade surrounded by silvery-leafed sycamores. The glade is sacred to the witches of Dolmenwood.
At the glade’s edge: The sense of dread among male party members culminates in a wave of abject terror—they must Save Versus Hold or flee for Turns.
Entering: Men who set foot in the glade must Save Versus Hold or be permanently transformed into a limbless, misshapen worm-like creature of animalistic intelligence. Even if the save is successful, the man’s flesh agonisingly wells up into great lumps, causing a permanent disfiguration on the face. Witches or powerful holy magic (e.g. Remove Curse) can reverse these afflictions.
The Locus of Limwdd: The Gwyrigon Limwdd the Quiet Brother (p38) resides here, its giant body lying a mile beneath the earth, like a seed awaiting the spring.
Contacting the Gwyrigon: The witches, upon occasion, commune with the Gwyrigon here. A PC versed in the rites of the witches—or other magicks of invocation or communion—may be able to do the same.
Limwdd’s gift: Upon departing the glade, the female PC with the highest Wisdom finds that any scars or blemishes on her body have vanished.