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<title>The World - Barren Waste Lore</title>
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<h1>THE WORLD</h1>
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<h2 id="typical-features">CHAPTER 9: TYPICAL FEATURES</h2>
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<p>The typical Barren Waste should include at least one of these features:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>A resourceful and ingenious nomad people.</li>
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<li>An unstable and dangerous elemental phenomenon.</li>
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<li>A roaming monstrous creature.</li>
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<li>The remains of an arrogant or unfortunate civilization.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="position">CHAPTER 9: POSITION</h2>
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<p>
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Often, the journey across the Barren Waste appears mid-adventure or in the
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second half, and represents a coming-of-age moment for the protagonists, as
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well as an occasion to consolidate their goals and friendship. By facing the
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desert and meeting those who have learned how to coexist with it, Player
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Characters learn to appreciate and respect even the cruelest and most
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inhospitable parts of their world—and how certain thresholds should never be
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crossed.
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</p>
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<h2 id="villains-plans">CHAPTER 9: THE VILLAINS’ PLANS</h2>
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Some Villains might use the Rocky Desert as their hideout or lair, or plan
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to use local resources, precious yet unstable, to the detriment of its
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people. A particularly ancient Villain might even remember when this was a
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prosperous land and become obsessed with mirages of past glory—or they might
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be a spirit born of the desperation of those who witnessed the catastrophe
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that made this territory arid and inhospitable.
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</p>
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<h3>POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP</h3>
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An unusual phenomenon appears regularly in the desert. It’s known as
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“crimson rain,” but it’s not water. What is it?
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One of you knows the desert and how to navigate it. What’s your story?
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Do you have a contact that might help you cross it?
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Here and there, ruins of a lost civilization pierce the sand. Which
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people did they belong to? What is left of them?
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<li>
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How did the desert people adapt to these arid lands? What threat makes
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it dangerous to cross the sands?
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</li>
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<li>
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An ancient alchemical project lays dormant under the sand. What is it?
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What was its purpose? Who is looking for it?
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</li>
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</ul>
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