EN5ider Magazine #16: Jungles (Patreon)

It’s hot out there so send the party into the humid wilderness to meet a many-limbed sovereign or harvest something magical on the way to The Crawling One’s temple, maybe after crossing a Carnivorous River and finding a bit of Karga Fruit near the opposite shore. Encourage the group to play outside for a night (or at least with the windows open) to get the mood right and skip the bug zappers for the most authentic experience as EN5ider Magazine heads into the jungle!

That many-limbed sovereign is Rocareg Nanduru the Spider-King and his article is one of my favorite yet (including the whole 600+ archive). He is just awesome and the lore around him is too. Studious herbalists and curious sages eager for the discovery of the natural yet unknown will be pleased as peaches with the numerous wondrous Living Treasures to be found alongside the bounty of nature in the Jungle Formulary, though there are Tropical Challenges they might face on the way. It would be remiss not to include something for lost empires and forgotten gods though—Crawling Temple promises to fulfill that aspect for 4–5 PCs of 6th–8th level. Insect repellent recommended.