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Add another piece of paper and make the map bigger.

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Make a map of the chasm.

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Something else (specify in-thread).

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[poketwo]

PTW

[ShadowHammer]

You come across a dark volcano, flows of frozen lava running down the sides. The skies are filled with flying, calling wyverns, fiery serpents of the air. You find an entrance to the ancient cities of the magma folk, and enter it to explore their deep strongholds.

You record your findings in a well worn traveler's journal.

Spoiler: The South Eastern Volcano (click to show/hide)

A volcano full of fire-breathing wyverns.

Long ago this place was the home of a race of magma people, and many of their cities are still semi-intact.

Furthermore, this race was wiped out by mysterious circumstances many centuries ago, but many of the relics of their civilization still remain.  Despite the aggression of the wyverns, our hero manages to acquire a powerful sword made out of solid flame that, oddly, does not harm the wielder.  He also sees pictures of a great cataclysm, but cannot decipher the text due to the language differences.

The fire-breathing wyverns appear to have some degree of sentience, but still act brutish and aggressive towards everything that is not one of their kind (and some things that are).  They feed upon the various herbivores that scrounge the mountainside for edible plants, but also seem to be able to subsist upon basalt and other lava rocks.

Once active, the volcano now appears to be dormant, its top crusted over with cooled lava long ago.  However, the entire land seems to have barely recovered in all the time it has had, leading our hero to wonder if the magma people cast some spell to keep the land from recovering.  If so, why is it failing now?  Some trees and other plants are beginning to grow, so their magic must be waning on the area.

Spoiler: Author's Note (click to show/hide)

How should I do the journal entries? Would you like me to keep the descriptions in their respective quotations so as to credit whoever wrote them, or just copy/paste them from the post?

Where do you go now, and what do happen upon there?

[Parsely]

There is a gigantic chasm in the center to unknown depths that nearly splits the map in two(Start and end point do not reach the top and bottom of map, but are very close.) There is a Land Bridge crossing the center of the chasm that houses a giant city in the Middle.

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[Andres]

Spoiler: Author's Note (click to show/hide)

How should I do the journal entries? Would you like me to keep the descriptions in their respective quotations so as to credit whoever wrote them, or just copy/paste them from the post?

Credit them.

There is a gigantic chasm in the center to unknown depths that nearly splits the map in two(Start and end point do not reach the top and bottom of map, but are very close.) There is a Land Bridge crossing the center of the chasm that houses a giant city in the Middle.

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[poketwo]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

[Urist Arrhenius]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

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[Tawa]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

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[poketwo]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

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BADFIC ELEMENTS?

[Cheesecake]

There is a gigantic chasm in the center to unknown depths that nearly splits the map in two(Start and end point do not reach the top and bottom of map, but are very close.) There is a Land Bridge crossing the center of the chasm that houses a giant city in the Middle.

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[Andres]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

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There is a gigantic chasm in the center to unknown depths that nearly splits the map in two(Start and end point do not reach the top and bottom of map, but are very close.) There is a Land Bridge crossing the center of the chasm that houses a giant city in the Middle.

The chasm has a few scarce trees growing on its sides which seem to bloom flowers of blue and yellow. The chasm itself looks to be a full kilometre deep at least and covered in a thick fog.

[ShadowHammer]

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

Credit them.

Alright, will do.

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

Sorry, but it looks like there shall not be any scythers in this one.

You strike out North-Westerly, soon finding a massive chasm. The shear edges fall away far deeper than the light reaches, but you cannot tell if it is merely the depth that defeats the sun, or if there is some dark and baleful fog filling the abyss. You follow it far to the North, and find a huge city in the center, built almost as if for giants. Wandering through the mighty stone halls, your bootsteps echo across streets and giants' courtyards.

Spoiler: The Giants' Canyon (click to show/hide)

There is a gigantic chasm in the center to unknown depths that nearly splits the map in two(Start and end point do not reach the top and bottom of map, but are very close.) There is a Land Bridge crossing the center of the chasm that houses a giant city in the Middle.

The chasm has a few scarce trees growing on its sides which seem to bloom flowers of blue and yellow. The chasm itself looks to be a full kilometre deep at least and covered in a thick fog.

What next is found?

[Andres]

Two large stubs of stone arching inwards at each of the entrances to the city of giants. There seems to be the remains of a dirt road but it is overgrown with plant life.

[Parsely]

THERE IS ALSO THE SCYTHIAN JUNGLES, HOME OF THE SENTIENT INSECTIOD-REPTILLIAN SCYTHER. THE SCYTHER ONLY HAVE THE MOST BASIC OF BRONZE AGE TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS ALSO LITTLE METALS IN THE JUNGLES. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THEIR SCYTHE-LIKE APPENDAGES THEY ARE NAMED AFTER, AND SO ONLY TOOLS LIKE LEVERS CAN BE USED BY THEM BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY RELY ON SLAVERY. BUT THEY ARE ON STAGNATION DUE TO ONLY A FEW VILLAGES NEAR THEIR CLAN-FORTS. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO WAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY SOMEHOW ALSO HAVE SOME SENSE IN THEM, THEY ONLY FIGHT AMONST(bad grammar) THEMSELVES. THEY FARM AMONST(also bad grammar) THE REMAINS OF AN ADVANCED FOR OUR ERA IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LEADING TO BELIEVE THAT AN ANCIENT ADVANCE MAGICAL CIVILIZATION CREATED THEM TO BE EITHER LIGHT INFANTRY OR FARMERS.

many other secrets await in the jungle, since it is barley explored

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-1 It's not cute, poketwo, or whatever you think you're doing. So just quit it please.

[Salsacookies]

There lives a hermit within the old volcano settlement. He is an old giant, standing 10 feet even when arched, and half blind, but with good hearing and tremor sense. He has set up an architect hut, and can sometimes spend days wandering the halls, but always returning with various valuable things from within. He is wary of others, and aloof when he discovers a stranger in his midst, but is generally non-hostile, and willing to barter, if you have something of interest to him.

[Cheesecake]

There lives a hermit within the old volcano settlement. He is an old giant, standing 10 feet even when arched, and half blind, but with good hearing and tremor sense. He has set up an architect hut, and can sometimes spend days wandering the halls, but always returning with various valuable things from within. He is wary of others, and aloof when he discovers a stranger in his midst, but is generally non-hostile, and willing to barter, if you have something of interest to him.

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His name is Crag Oldskin, once an archaeologist studying the halls of the magma men, now he permanently dwells there, trying to unearth some secret he will share with no one. His hut is stationed directly outside.