Loop 1
Mossy rolling hillsSmooth checker-stone loops cut through the slopes, where runners race for prizes and smugglers trade shortcuts.Where: Western mainland, at the first mapped loop.Next to
Mushroom Hill Zone
World · A round world
Mushroom Hill Zone
Every hill holds a shortcut, and every shortcut belongs to someone.
Overview
Mushroom Hill Zone is a bright country of emerald slopes, checker-patterned cliffs, giant mushroom homes, and stone loops built for swift passage. Green pipes link distant routes, though their snapping plant guardians make shortcuts risky. Above the mainland, farms and hamlets cling to floating plateaus joined by an old stone arch to the mushroom-domed castle. People cherish the easy travel and cheerful abundance, yet argue over who may control the routes that keep the whole country connected.
The world
ShapeA round world
What it is likeA small, round world of rolling mainland hills and several floating plateaus, with the castle island joined to the mainland by a stone arch.
How people travelTravel by foot, cart, river, or loop road; warp pipes offer fast but uncertain shortcuts, while the great arch is the dependable route to the castle plateau.
Themes
Playful adventure, Community and access, Bright peril
Laws of the world
The rules
MagicMagic gathers in living mushrooms, old stonework, and suspended question blocks; it can surprise, launch, or transform, but is unreliable when forced.
TechnologyHand tools, watermills, carts, and simple clockwork are common; warp pipes and floating stonework are ancient wonders no one can reproduce.
Death and soulsThe dead are buried beneath familiar hills; people believe their memories return to the land, though no spirit has been reliably seen.
Special rules
Gold rings drift above certain rivers and paths, marking safe routes through dangerous terrain.
The loops are traversable by foot, but their smooth stone carries a runner forward with startling speed.
The skies
SkiesA bright, cloudless blue most days, with distant floating plateaus visible beyond the hills.
Moons and stars
The Sun, The Small Moon
SeasonsDays follow an ordinary sunrise and sunset; mild seasons turn the moss gold in late year and bring heavy river flow in spring.
Ages
3 agesTrade and travel flourished along the loops, but fresh cracks in the bridge and contested control of the warp pipes threaten the easy passage everyone depends on.
Powers
3 powers · 2 conflictsPowers
- Castle WorksCivic administrationReach: The floating plateau, its castle, and the great bridge.Keep the bridge usable and preserve the castle's authority over its approaches.
- Pipe KeepersRoute wardensReach: Local pipe routes and the communities that depend on them.Protect village access to pipes and prevent their routes from becoming private toll roads.
- The 4th Survey CompanyTrade companyReach: A growing network of merchants and landholders across the mainland.Buy up land beside the loops and charge for access to the fastest paths.
Conflicts
- The Pipe Survey DisputeSidesWho controls the pipes that make travel quick, and whether their routes remain open to ordinary travelers.
The hill villages, The Crown Works, Independent pipe keepers
- The Bridge TollSidesRepairs require tolls, but high charges could isolate the plateau and leave the mainland without its best market.
The castle's bridge wardens, The mainland traders, The plateau farmers
Atlas
8 regionsSecrets
Secret 1 · GM only
Secret 2 · GM only
Secret 3 · GM only
Plot hooks
4 hooks- 1The Closed RouteExplorationA pipe that has served three villages for generations now opens onto a sealed chamber full of fresh air and unfamiliar footprints.
- 2A Fair CrossingSocial conflictThe bridge wardens need help finding a safe repair route before the next market day, while traders organize to refuse the new toll.
- 3The Moving HillRescueA patch of checker-stone has begun to rise, carrying a grove and its homes toward the floating plateaus.
- 4The Rings in the DustInvestigationA string of gold rings has appeared over a dry creek, leading toward an abandoned survey post and a route missing from every current map.
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