Quagmash

quagmash

A region thick with mud, drooping trees, slimy water passages, and gloomy hollows. For hundreds of years, people of the Mucklands have avoided the labyrinth of swamps known as the Quagmash. It is the subject of countless rumors and legends, and largely considered a primordial, cursed place that the ancient boggarts of Bogswain abandoned long ago. Teeming with ORCHES, GATORS, MUCKMEN, and all manner of dangerous beasts and natural deathtraps, no one has ever fully mapped the place, nor survived the attempt. However, with the coming of the Dungeon Era also came a newfound passion for exploration, and so the Quagmash became a new frontier for adventurers and explorers alike.

Home to an enormous menagerie of animal life, rich in natural resources, and no small number of lost and undocumented ruins, guilds like the Puddlejumpers Association and the Big Fame Hunters have exploded onto the scene to explore (or exploit) the mysteries of the Quagmash.

central conflicts

• Explorers and hunters clash over whether to preserve or conquer the wilderness.
• ORCHES roam the region in droves, constantly assaulting travelers and each other.
• Small communities like Sinkhole and Mushmash struggle to survive against the harsh conditions of the swamp, not to mention BANDITS and THIEVES.
• A powerful WITCH named Shadewand gains more and more influence by the day, spreading a terrible blight upon the land.

SETTLEMENTS

• Mushmash (p138)
• Bugbear Holler (p141)
• Sinkhole (p142)
• Skiff (p146)

SITES

• Camp Mudbank (p149)
• The Lily Court (p153)
• Puddle Point (p154)

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Quagspire (p158)
• Vok's Folly (p160)

ZONES

• Croaking Bog (p162)
• The Gatormaze (p163)
• The Lost Willows (p165)
• Nackadonkee Bayou (p167)
• Orchmire (p168)
• The Prickle (p170)
• Puddlejump (p172)
• Tarmurk (p173)
• Thoadstool Thicket (p174)

LAIRS

• Darkshroom Tower (p176)
• Hookfin Hideaway (p177)
• Harn's Hideout (p178)
• Orch Sty (p180)
• Shadewand's Domain (p182)