Astral Dunes

The Astral Dunes roll across their islands in long ridges of two sands, pale and golden, over beds of sandstone. Cacti, drygrass and tumbleweed are almost all that grows, until you find an oasis: a pool ringed with Dune Palms and Starfan Palms heavy with dates. Small lava lakes glow between the dunes.

Watch where you step. Fields and pits of sinking sand swallow anyone who stands still, and some pits hide a Lionbug waiting for prey. Desert Mice dig themselves in when danger comes, Sandlings pass for blocks of sand, and Dune Striders cross the sand that would swallow you.

The hostile ones hunt in packs or wait in the ruins: Astral Hyenas, Desert Centipedes, Desert Scorpions and the Desert Djinn. In the ruined desert temple a sarcophagus opens once, and an Astral Mummy steps out.

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CreatureAstral Desert MouseA small desert mouse with big ears and a softly glowing tail tip that digs itself into the sand when danger comes.CreatureSandlingA little walking cube of sand on tiny legs that pretends to be an ordinary block when you come close.CreatureDesert ScorpionThe desert cousin of the Caustic Scorpion, coloured like the dunes and fond of rocks and caves.BlockDunes FloraThe cacti, palms and dry grass of the Astral Dunes.