Mausritter: Locations
July 26, 2019
This is part two of the Mausritter series — a generator for location hex details, designed for quickly filling out a hex map with interesting locations. Hexcrawls in Mausritter are at a scale of 1 mile per hex. Each hex should contain one obvious landmark with an interesting detail.
Landmarks
| d20 | Countryside | Forest | River | Human town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthill | Abandoned shack | Canal lock | Abandoned car |
| 2 | Beech, lightning split | Bright clearing | Converging tributaries | Apartment balcony |
| 3 | Bone-white tree | Cascading waterfalls | Draping willow | Blackberry hedge |
| 4 | Cow skeleton | Cliff face | Eroded riverbank | Busy road |
| 5 | Field of flowers | Cold, fresh spring | Fallen tree crossing | Drainpipe outlet |
| 6 | Field of wheat | Dense underbrush | High waterfall | Dumped furniture |
| 7 | Hedge row | Face in ancient oak | Huge boulder | Greenhouse |
| 8 | Hollow tree stump | Fox hole | Huge concrete dam | Mouse ruins |
| 9 | Huge flat rock | Grove of ferns | Isolated island | Newly built house |
| 10 | Lily-lined pond | Hollow tree stump | Muddy flats | Overgrown garden bed |
| 11 | Massive fallen tree | Huge pine tree | Rocky rapids | Pigeon nest |
| 12 | Old craggy oak | Human walking track | Row of dead trees | Pile of trash |
| 13 | Old farmhouse | Human-made clearing | Silty dam | Rocky riverbed |
| 14 | Quiet dirt road | Meandering brook | Stepping-stones | Shopping trolley |
| 15 | Rabbit warren | Overgrown ruins | Stone bridge | Stagnant pond |
| 16 | Sparrow nest | Ring of stones | Stoney shallows | Steel bridge |
| 17 | Stand of pine trees | Rocky outcropping | Submerged trash | Trash-filled skip |
| 18 | Steep hill | Sunken hollow | Sunken barge | Tree-lined footpath |
| 19 | Stone wall | Tangle of roots | Twisted roots | Underground car park |
| 20 | Tangle of fig roots | Termite-riddled tree | Wooden bridge | Woodshed |
Location details
| d20 | Location detail |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient bat cult temple (What was summoned?) |
| 2 | Bandit hideout (Who do they prey on?) |
| 3 | Mouse wizard's tower (What creation is almost finished?) |
| 4 | Completely lifeless (What disaster has occurred?) |
| 5 | Regularly used by humans (What do they do here?) |
| 6 | Friendly mouse roadhouse (What is in the basement?) |
| 7 | Mining outpost (Why was it abandoned?) |
| 8 | Faerie ring (What business do the faeries have here?) |
| 9 | Beetle graveyard (What do the ghosts want?) |
| 10 | Natural feature, dangerous (How can it be avoided?) |
| 11 | Natural feature, out of place (How did it form?) |
| 12 | Strange magical anomaly (Why is it spreading?) |
| 13 | A mouse hermit's hut (Why do they shun society?) |
| 14 | Ancient ruins of a past civilisation (Who built this?) |
| 15 | Natural caves (What is living here?) |
| 16 | Lonely shrine (Who maintains it? What do they worship?) |
| 17 | Repurposed human construction (How is it used?) |
| 18 | Noblemouse's castle (What does it defend against?) |
| 19 | Abandoned settlement... (What clues did they leave?) |
| 20 | Settlement... (Create the details) |