PC Perils #5 Is that a burial mound I see before me?

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So our intrepid heroes have fought their way through the abandoned mines/hill giant village, defeated what ever was was being resurrected in the pyramid and defeated the angry Active Tree.

Surely that is not a Barrow or burial mound just off the path?

Phot showing burial mound
Burial mound lost in the woods.

If you cannot quite see the mound here it is highlighted.

Can you tell what it is yet?
Can you tell what it is yet?

One of the scary things about this is quite how hard it is to see. It would be quite legitimate to camp just within meters of this and not ven know it is there. As a monster, everyone loves the undead, the seem to transcend every genre and every world setting from from Tolkien’s Barrow Wights, Forgetten Realms Wights and Spectres right through to a good old Zombie apocalypse in modern day campaigns.

From a Rolemaster point of view, just look at that undergowth! I would had to make some MM rolls to get out of the way of anything big and scary coming at me through there!

These past ‘Perils’ posts, the abandoned mines, the pyramid and this one are genuinely fell within a single 1hr dog walk. The active tree and the seal beach were all within 8 miles from home.

I will be on the look out for more ways to scare the bejesus out of your PCs soon!