Weekly J3H Campaign Starts 26: Granite Springs
I'm making 3 hexes and a town every week of 2024 in the style of Chgowiz's Just 3 Hexes format. Check the J3H tag to see all entries in the series.
(Hex tiles used in the image are from Zeshio's Pixel Hex Tileset, the map was created using Hex Kit)
Homebase (2316): Granite Springs - A sleepy oasis town filled with frozen scenes of lifelike statues performing everyday tasks. The wizard-sculptor Paphos lives here as the mayor, he'll transmute any consenting being to a statue for a small fee. For a much larger fee, he'll transmute you back after a certain amount of time has passed, or on the say-so of a trusted confidante.
Location 1 (2315): Rainbow Mountain - So-named for the different colored striations of rock that form the outermost layer of the mountain. Cults to the winds often form here, goading themselves up to howling frenzies before hurling themselves off the top to join their beloved sky. There's a slot canyon near the top where the sun shines perfectly straight through at sunrise on the winter solstice.
Location 2 (2415): Snakebite Caves - Caves in the hills filled with snakes and dripping water. Many a gemstone miner has gone into one of these caves and never come out, having met their friend the venomous cobra on the way out. Dusty red flowers local to this mountain grow all over, providing plenty of groundcover to hide a coiled predator.
Location 3 (2416): Sunken Castle - There's the very top of a castle tower sticking out from the red sand east of Granite Springs. You can push the roof tiles aside and climb in, the inside is sandy, cold and dark but relatively clear of cave-ins. The king still lives at the very bottom in the lowest cell of the dungeons, in exile for crimes against his people.
Bonus! Also pictured:
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