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# locations/gopher-gulch.md

title: Gopher Gulch
status: published
author: evilchili
tags: region
date: 2022-08-07 13:38:52.296672
template: region
show_dm_content: True
thumbnail: /images/overland/gopher_gulch_thumb.png
description:
region:
  name: Gopher Gulch
  size: 30
  terrain: difficult
  dm_notes: |
    DC 17 perception check to notice the rolling cacti are attracted to the party. 
  skills:
    Travel:
        DC: 15
        Notes:
    Forage:
        DC: 18
        Notes:
    Track:
        DC: 19
        Notes: no shelter
    Evade:
        DC: 19
        Notes:
    Survey:
        DC: 14
        Notes:
  cr: 4
  encounters:
    d1-d2:
      Difficulty: Dangerous
    d3-d10:
      Difficulty: Deadly
    d11-d15:
      Difficulty: Easy
    d15-d20:
      Difficulty: None
  weather:
    d1-d2:
      Description: Clear Skies
      Effect: No effect
      Rarity: Common
    d3:
      Description: Ghostly Wailing
      Effect: Disadvantage on CON checks for concentration checks
      Rarity: Uncommon
    d4:
      Description: Glowing Dust Storm
      Effect: Disadvantge on WIS checks and saves
      Rarity: Uncommon
    d5:
      Description: Oppressive Quiet
      Effect: Silence beyond 20ft; disadvantage on WIS checks involving sound
      Rarity: Uncommon
    d6-d7:
      Description: Sand Storm
      Effect: Heavily obscured; visibility 5ft, disadvantage on WIS (Perception) checks and INT (Investigation) checks
      Rarity: Uncommon
    d8:
      Description: Inverted Bubble Rain
      Effect: No effect
      Rarity: Weird
  regional_effects:
      - Nightvision not functional
      - Rolling Cacti attracted to movement 
  forage_table:
    d1-d3:
      Name: Gulch Thistle
      Description: A thistle with pink globular flowers. Commonly found in dried riverbeds.
      Rarity: Common
      Value: 1 GP
    d4:
      Name: Badberry Plant
      Description: A flowering shrub with bright red, poisonous berries. 1pt poison damage if ingested.
      Rarity: Common
      Value: 1 GP
    d5-d8:
      Name:  Globe Cactus
      Description: A globular cactus. 1 gallon of water can be harvested from 10 cacti.
      Rarity: Common
      Value: 5 GP
---

Gopher Gulch emerges from the southern edge of Dust River Canyon and turns east towards the rocky foothills at the base of the eastern range of Hoard's Vault. Heavy irregular stone cover the shallow riverbed which traverses a barren plain of cracked, broken ground. Shrub and small plants dot the area, but the most prominent flora is the Rolling Catci -- an odd species of globular cactus that rolls and bounces freely, pushed about by the desert winds.


**Leads to <a href='/locations/dust-river-canyon/'>Dust River Canyon</a>.**