Les Tunnels Noueux

Geography

The eastern path leads into a damp, dim tunnel through the earth. Over time the trees on the cliffs above have worked their roots through the rock and soil here, and centuries of dripping water and slow growth hollowed out a misshapen cavern between the tangled roots. The passage is forty metres long. It is short enough that light enters dimly from both sides of the passage, but long and dark enough to make the Battle-Brothers keenly aware of the absence of their helmets and their autosenses. As the Battle-Brothers work their way through the tightly packed roots, they occasionally have to push or cut one aside. Approximately thirty metres in, they push through a particularly large cluster of the wooden tendrils, and thin trails of dirt begin to stream from the ceiling. Roots begin dropping and swaying as the tunnel destabilises. Have each character make a Challenging (+0) Climb, Contortionist or Survival Test to force their way through the remaining woody stems before the passage collapses around them. Anyone who fails the Test takes 1d10+6 Impact Damage as they are caught in the cave-in; their comrades must also dig them out. The tunnel leads out of a cliff face at the edge of the Deadlands. (The collapse may happen on the way in or out of the canyons. If the Battle-Brothers collapse the tunnel on their way in, they need to exit via the sky plateau.)

Type

Underground / Subterranean