Living Bluffs of the Bronze Rods

Bluffs that seen to have constant storms and lightning strikes. Butted up against a fast flowing river with a steep cliff on one side and a forest that thins up the bluff that gives way to an area filled with odd bronze rods stuck into the ground.

3 key features or aspects

1. Bronze rods: Odd rods of bronze that seem to grow from the ground. They cause storms to more frequently appear and attract lightning strikes to them.
2. Storm Giant Outpost: a 70ft tall outpost for storm giants that they use to watch out for anyone trying to dig up the bones of the blue dragons.
3. Storm elementals: among the bronze rods the lightning and mists tap into the elemental plane of air and cause air elementals to take on the appearance of small and angry storm clouds. They get weaker the farther down the bluff they get. Eventually they fade back to fog and mist.

Historical layer

A long forgotten battlefield between storm giants and blue dragons. The bronze rods were a way for the giants to trap the dragons and pin them to the ground. Digging down under a bronze rod might reveal dragon bones.

Notable NPCs or random encounter table

• Urgak Skybreaker: Storm giant envoy that watches over anyone who attempts to dig up the blue dragon bones.
• Lightningwing Goblins: a small tribe of goblins that act as a warning for the storm giants. They may trade with players and warn them of the dangers. They collect crystals from the storm elementals that die close to their hommlet.

1d6 Encounter Table

1d6	Encounter
1	Lightningwing goblin scavengers
2	Storm elementals
3	Bronze rods that attract lightning
4	Storm giant on patrol
5	Necromancer conducting a ritual to create a skeletal dragon
6	Necromancer digging for dragon bones

Fantastic items or resources

• Bronze rods infused with lightning, possibly used for crafting lightning gear.
• Storm elemental crystals, possibly used for crafting potions or scrolls with cloud and lightning effects.
• Storm Giant embassy

Hooks

• A local village has seen a large uptick in violent storms causing damage downriver and seeks adventurers to investigate.
• Bronze rods may be used for crafting lightning weapons or wands.
• A local village’s cemetery has been raided and they are concerned about dark magic stealing the bodies of their dead.

Secrets or clues

1. Over a thousand years ago storm giants dropped massive bronze rods that were set to be attracted to strong sources of lightning from the sky to strike blue dragons they were at war with.
2. These rods immobilized dragons long enough for them to be killed by storm giants.
3. Necromancers have taken to trying to dig up enough bones in secret to create a dragon skeleton.
4. Sometimes the bronze rods are struck by lighting when storm elementals are next to them and they fuse into a bronze golem.