Terrain

Basic Information

Terrain refers to the local geography and its physical qualities.

List of Natural terrain

• Canyon
• Cave
• Desert
  • Dune
  • Salt Flat
• Forest
  • Jungle
  • Miombo
  • Seasonal Dry Forest
  • Taiga
  • Temperate Forest
  • Temperate Rainforest
• Glacier
• Hill
  • Butte
  • Mesa
• Lake
• Lava Field
• Mountain
  • Escarpment
  • Monadnock
  • Pass
  • Volcano
• Plain
  • Prairie
  • Savanna
  • Steppe-Tundra
• Ocean
  • Archipelago
  • Blue Hole
  • Iceberg
  • Island
  • Shore
  • Reef
• River
• Stack (geology)
• Stone run
• Tundra
• Wetland
  • Bog
  • Mangrove
  • Marsh
  • Salt Marsh
  • Swamp

• Unique Natural Terrain

List of Non-natural terrain

• Air-Raid Shelter
• Bridge
  • Tridge
• City
  • Hospital
  • Library
  • Marketplace
  • Shopping Mall
  • Urban Prairie
  • Thermae or Leisure Centre
• Dungeon
  • Dungeon-Forest
• Farm
  • Vertical Farming
  • Terrace (agriculture)
  • Crannog
• Garbage Dump
  • Plastic Continent
• Power Plant
• Prison
• Ruins
• Tunnel
• Mine
  • Open Pit Mine

See Also:

• Interstellar Terrain
• Archaeoastronomical Sites
• Megastructure

Sources

Bibliography

1. The Rocky State of Your Campaign: An Introduction to Geology @ RPG.Net by Jennifer Schoonover

2. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• Terrain is vital for setting a scene, especially if there is going to be a fight scene.