calamity ridge, bestiary updates

deadsands/content/bestiary/blink-bird.md

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+---
+# bestiary/blink-bird.md
+
+title: Blink Bird
+author: evilchili
+tags: monster
+date: 2023-09-15 19:43:16.708199
+template: monster
+show_dm_content: True
+status: published
+monster:
+  name: "Blink Bird"
+  size: large
+  type: beast
+  alignment: unaligned
+  AC: 15
+  HP: 75 (10d10 + 20)
+  speed: 10ft,(60ft Fly)
+  STR: 14,+2
+  DEX: 18,+4
+  CON: 12,+1
+  INT: 5,-3
+  WIS: 10,0
+  CHA: 1,-5
+  skills: Stealth +7 while flying, Advantage on Perception checks while flying
+  saving_throws: DEX+7, CON+4
+  resistances: 
+  damage_immunities:
+  condition_immunities: 
+  senses: Passive Perception 15
+  languages: None
+  cr:
+  attributes:
+    "Death From Above": If the Blink Bird moves 120ft in a straight line while flying, it can teleport up to 180ft in the same direction towards a creature it can see. It can make a melee attack with its talons against the creature; on a hit the target is grappled (DC 13).
+    "Bone Cracker": If the Blink Bird is at least 60 feet above a surface and grappling a creature, it will drop the creature.
+  traits:
+    Actions:
+      attributes:
+        "multiattack": The Blink Bird makes two talon attacks or 1 bite attack.
+      options:
+        "Bite": "+4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8+3) piercing damage."
+        "Talon": "+7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6+3) slashing damage."
+    Reactions:
+      attributes:
+      options:
+        "Opportunity Attack": The Blink Bird can use its reaction to make one talon attack.
+---
+
+A monstrous beast of the Sahwat wastes, a Blink Bird circles its prey from high above before surprising it with a teleport-assisted dive.

deadsands/content/bestiary/sand-bear.md

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+---
+# bestiary/sand-bear.md
+
+title: Sand Bear
+author: evilchili
+tags: monster
+date: 2023-09-15 19:56:47.512004
+template: monster
+show_dm_content: True
+status: published
+monster:
+  name: "Sand Bear"
+  size: large
+  type: monstrosity
+  alignment: unaligned
+  AC: 16
+  HP: 59 (7d10 + 21)
+  speed: 40ft, 20ft burrowing
+  STR: 20,+5
+  DEX: 12,+1
+  CON: 17,+3
+  INT: 3,-4
+  WIS: 12,+1
+  CHA: 7,-2
+  skills: Perception +3,
+  saving_throws:
+  resistances:
+  damage_immunities:
+  condition_immunities: 
+  senses: Passive Perception 10, Tremor Sense 20
+  languages: None
+  cr:
+  attributes:
+    "Keen Sight and Smell": The Sand Bear has advantage on Wisdom (Perception  checks that rely on sight or smell.
+    "Hard Plate": The Sand Bear is covered in chitinous plate armour.
+  traits:
+    Actions:
+      attributes:
+        "Multiattack": "The Sand Bear makes two attacks: one with is beak and one with its claws."
+      options:
+        "Beak": "+7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10+5) piercing damage."
+        "Claws": "+7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8+5) slashing damage."
+        "Mighty Roar (recharge 5/6)": The Sand Bear rears and bellows; any creature that can hear it within 300ft must succeed a DC 15 WIS saving throw or be frightened for one minute. The 
+    Reactions:
+      attributes:
+      options:
+        "Opportunity Attack": The Sand Bear makes one attack with its claws.
+    Legendary Actions:
+      attributes:
+        "count": 3
+      options:
+        "name1": description
+        "name2": description
+    Legendary Reactions:
+      options:
+        "name1": description
+        "name2": description
+    Lair and Actions:
+      attributes:
+        "name1": description
+      options:
+        "name1": description
+        "name2": description
+---
+
+Flavour text goes here.

deadsands/content/locations/calamity-ridge.md

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 tags: region
 date: 2022-08-07 13:59:35.261130
 template: region
-show_dm_content: False
+show_dm_content: True
 thumbnail: /images/overland_calamity_ridge.png
 description:
 region:
@@ -67,6 +67,27 @@ region:
       Rarity: Uncommon
   regional_effects:
       - When a spell attack misses, it hits a random creature within 5 feet instead
+  forage_table:
+    d1:
+      Name: Blackfruit Palm
+      Description: A short palm tree with fruit similar to mangos that turn black when ripe.
+      Rarity: Rare
+      Value: 3 GP
+    d2:
+      Name: Blade Poppy
+      Description: A pale red flower with black pistils. Razor-sharp leaves grow vertically around the blossom (1pt slashing).
+      Rarity:  Rare
+      Value: 3 GP
+    d3:
+      Name: Sand Orchid
+      Description: A flowering cactus up to 36" tall, its long fingers curling like an orchid's stalks. The flower is white and bell-shaped.
+      Rarity: Uncommon
+      Value: 2 GP
+    d4:
+      Name: Black Sand Mushroom
+      Description: A jet black conical mushroom. The soil around it turns jet black. Said to grant visions when ingested.
+      Rarity: Weird
+      Value: 5 GP
 ---
 
 Southwest of the Blooming Wastes lies an empty stretch of hard-packed stone, from which rises Calamity Ridge -- a sprawling mesa 15 miles long and 200 feet high. Sheltering at the base of the ridge is advised, as the otherwise empty land provides no cover from stalking predators. Legend has it that a tribe of lizardfolk once claimed the mesa but were wiped out by faction miners who descended on the region following rumours of veins of precious metals. Whether the rumours proved false or the veins were exhausted isn't clear, but the region is uninhabited today.

deadsands/content/lore/languages.md

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 #### Lizardfolk
 Strangest of all are the Lizardfolk, whose language is not verbal but olfactory: highly specialized scent glands on the neck emit a startling array of pheremones that carry a telepathic bond. For this reason, Lizardfolk are rarely encountered in major settlements and any who are typically learn to speak a smattering of either Draconic or Street Dwarvish.
 
+| Scent         | Meaning    |
+|---------------|------------|
+| Ham           | Happy      |
+| Lemons        | Sad        |
+| Onions        | Angry      |
+| Rotten Eggs   | Scared     |
+| Bacon         | Impressed  |
+| Cabbage       | Irritated  |
+| Jasmine       | Serious    |
+| Dirt          | Bored      |
+| Burnt Toast   | Alarmed    |
+| Cookies       | Proud      |
+| Old Socks     | Ashamed    |
+| Grass         | Curious    |
+| Garlic        | Cheery     |
+| Cloves        | Contented  |
+| Mint          | Disgusted  |
+
+Subtle variations in odour provides nuances and specific meaning; intensity conveys depth of intensity of emotion. "A robust fragrance of roast ham, glazed in honey and studded with cloves" describes a feeling of joyous content.
+
 #### The New Blood Tongues
 
 Many of the New Blood have developed their own languages based on their unique physiologies which may be heard in ethnically-concentrated areas, including Loxodan and Harengon.