Underdark mushroom forest

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Below the Transit Tunnels is a massive cavern complex filled with an underground mushroom forest, drawn out on hex paper to cover miles of terrain, similar to the Vault of the Drow. Back when the city was functional, automatons and workers inserted organic matter (ie, dead animals) into the growth matrix to support a rich biosphere of alien mushrooms for feeding the overlords of the city. One of the classic sci fi tropes of the city is that the AI's and other systems are still running in the…

The Upper Underdark is greatly varied. Vast mushroom forests, fungal plains, cavernous halls, deep fathomless lakes and magic infused crystal lined tunnels. In the Underdark is the Under-Desert, a vast swathe of bone-dust dunes lit by a sickly orange light and the Blackened Quagmire, a cloying, oily swamp with twisted, stunted trees and bottomless bogs.

Giant mushrooms in the Caverns of Wick.

The hooded figure treads lightly through the undergrowth of the megaflora fungal blooms, deep below the surface. The air of the cavern so thick with glowing spores, it appears almost as soft daylight. Heavily inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.

Hongos gigantes

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My daughter wanted me to draw some mushrooms and it ended as a full fantasy matte painting over the top 🤷‍♀️ anyway it was a good exercise...25 years ago I would have never thought that having kids and brainstorming with them could also be an infinite inspiration, helping you to step back on the little personal issue, helping you to keep your young soul. I feel blessed I had kids, and I love them :-)