The Necropolis and the Graveyard (#27/30; #117/365)
Go past the Wailing Ghoul Inn at the edge of town, head south through the Gate of Sighs, and on towards the turgid banks of the River Murab. Before you reach the sticky marshes of the delta, you will find yourself in a scrubby wasteland containing the bare stone ruins of an old Djaratian necropolis, alongside a more recent graveyard dating from Carsepolitan times, that currently serves the city of Pellod. The Necropolis itself is an ancient series of largely ransacked Djaratian and Vatosian tombs while the graveyard is full of borrowed stonework from the crypts. Alongside it are several funeral pavillions containing pyres for those gods whose followers practice cremation.
The Necropolis is sometimes used as a training ground, for adventurers intent on exploring the much more dangerous Found Tombs of Arvakaten. Sure, it offers a good grounding in learning Djaratian hieroglyphics or Vatosian symbol language, but most of the Necropolis' treasure has been looted and its traps sprung. However, some creatures still stalk through the dusty vaults, usually in the form of Undead horrors or scavenging cave creatures.
What Lurks in Yonder Necropolis? (roll three die)
3. Mummy
4. Karanth
5. Decayer
6. Living Statue (Lesser)
7. Eye Stinger
8. Carrion Bug
9. Tomb Viper
10. Common Bat
11. Swarm (especially Flesh Grubs or Death Maggots)
12. Giant Rat
13. Ghoul
14. Iron-Eater
15. Bone Devil
16. Chattermatter
17. Crypt Stalker
18. Wrapper
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