Skull Gorge Bridge (Patreon)

"The ground has been rising for the last few miles, and finally the forest itself peters out. Ahead is a stretch of barren ground, about sixty feet wide, ending in a gorge. Roughly a hundred feet wide at its narrowest point, the gorge drops away precipitously to a fast-rushing stream far below. The ancient Dawn Way crosses the cleft on a bridge of stone. Anchored at both ends to large stone towers with pentagonal roofs, the bridge seems sturdy despite its obvious age. It is, clearly, the only easy way to cross, since the gorge continues as far as the eye can see to the east and west. The four stone towers that anchor the bridge are each forty feet high. A narrow wooden stairway winds around each, leading up to an open-air watchpost at the top.

A small encampment of a half-dozen tents clusters near the northern side of the bridge. Curls of smoke from campfires attest to some sort of activity. A single humanoid figure stands at the watchpost on the top of each of the four watchtowers, longbow in hand. A powerfully built hound with glowing red eyes and short ruddy fur sits watchfully near either end of the bridge. Yet the most impressive creature present is certainly the sleek and menacing green dragon that perches on the roof of the northwestern watchtower on the far side of the gorge. It lies basking in the sun, but its bright yellow eyes are fixed on the bridge." (The Red hand of Doom, pg, 34)

Next week: Marauder Attack in the woods

• Free: no grid map! with three phases, one from each season
• Map Seeker: Gridded, no grid, three phases in Summer.
• Map Mercenary: Gridded/no grid, all three phases, Summer, Winter, and Fall
• Map Adventurer part 1 , part 2, Foundry: All of the above with the Prepared Foundry Files, Dungeondraft, and dd2vtt files

Happy Adventuring!