Orcspire Upriver

World: Ǻrth
Continent: Auctorus
Region: Near North
Sub: Orcspire Upriver

Geography

The Upriver valley has an alpine climate, cool summers and cold winters with a good amount of precipitation throughout the year. The valley floor is considerably higher in elevation than the locations most peoples of Auctorus call home, thus for the first few weeks in the area characters may find themselves suffering from the effects of altitude, even when on the valley floor. Many of the passes and peaks around the edge of the valley are high enough to cause problems for even those characters who are used to all but the highest altitudes on the continents. This material assumes the party will begin their adventures in the region during the height of summer, but as game master, if you wish to change this, feel free to adjust that as you see fit—the freezing temperatures of winter can provide additional role playing and environmental hazards for the players to overcome.

The valley floor is mostly grassy meadow, with small outcroppings of trees, especially around the river banks. The river Dwarfwater is begins at the south of the valley, near Battlehold and runs north until it joins the Orcrun, which continues to the sea.

Settlements

Bailey on the Dwarfwater
Battlehold
Brierrock
South Orcspire

SubRegions

Place

Notable Locations

Dwarfwater River
Orcrun River
Ruins of Dwarfwater
Sitting Stones
Standing Stones
Weald of Woe

Environment

Climate [Zone] [Terrain] Altitude: [Low Mild High Extreme] Danger Level

Hazards

The local wildlife and humanoid invaders pose significant threats to the people of the region. In the summer the environment is quite pleasant in the valley floor, but the altitude of mountains surrounding the valley are full of environmental dangers, from the altitude itself, to year-round avalanche and rock slide danger. Arcane threats in the area include founder gnome ruins which still spill out strange gnomish inventions and a ruined human town which spontaneously produces undead for reasons unknown.

Wandering Monsters

Plains
*2d10 Roll*	Monster	Size/Type	CR	Alignment
2	Bear, Brown	Large Animal	4	Neutral
3	Orc Patrol (6)	Medium Humanoids	3	Chaotic Evil
4	Giant Ant, Soldier	Medium Vermin	2	Neutral
5	Bear, Black	Medium Animal	2	Neutral
6	Bison	Large Animal	2	Neutral
7	Giant Ant, Worker	Medium Vermin	1	Neutral
8	Wolf	Medium Animal	1	Neutral
9	Goblin	Small Humanoid	1/2	Neutral Evil
10	Elk (Moose)	Large Animal	1	Neutral
11	Rat	Tiny Animal	1/8	Neutral Evil
12	Antelope	Medium Animal	1/3	Neutral
13	Skeleton, Human	Medium Undead	1/3	Neutral Evil
14	Zombie, Human	Medium Undead	1/2	Neutral Evil
15	Ghoul	Medium Undead	1	Chaotic Evil
16	Swarm, Rat	Tiny Animal (Swarm)	2	Neutral
17	Worg	Medium Magical Beast	2	Neutral Evil
18	Wolves (2)	Medium Animal	2	Neutral
19	Wight	Medium Undead	3	Lawful Evil
20	Ambush Spider	Large Vermin	4	Neutral