Encounter with shambling mounds
Scent-based description
Although it has been a while that you are on firm land, the mangrove channels and muddy terrain long behind you to the east, the smell of rotting leaves and freshly turned mud are back. The fresh eucalyptus scents are being replaced by a sour smell that lingers in the air, proving the undertones for the rest of the forest smells.
View-based description
The canopy is no longer composed of eucalyptuses; instead, slender trees with needle-like branches hang overhead, creating a diffuse light throughout the area, lines of light and shadow creating puzzles in the floor. The dusk has yet to arrive, and at first, it is hard to notice, but there are definite flashes of light, scurrying along the branches.
The PCs are going after shambling mounds to help the people of Gongon and to demonstrate that they are good people and were indeed sent by the Deft fingers clan.
The descriptions in the side will let the players know they are approaching the area with the shambling mounds.
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