Spoor, Sign, Tracks, Traces

Aberrations Animals Constructs
1 Particulate Powder forms Suspended "Shadow" Musky Smells of Scent Marking/Urea/Sweat Faintest whiffs of Reagents or Incense
2 Flashes of Memory from last Nightmare Sheds (Antlers/Hair on Thorns/Molted Skin/etc.) Splinters/Rust/Shards shed over time
3 Volume distortions: Screams become Whispers Impressions from Rest/Sleeping, swiftly rebounding Haphazardly Piled Like Items: Leaves/Stones/Doors
4 All Text becomes Strange Vermillion Symbols Skittish and chattering Arboreal and Birds Urns/Braziers Perpetually Lit/Fed with Fuel
5 Smelling Colors is disconcerting for a moment Droppings that convey Species to those in the Know Conspicuous Absence of Cobwebs/Dust
6 Metallic Taste gives way to Bile, then Sourness Decayed Log, smashed to Scrounge or by hasty Flight Mouse/Small Vermin Utterly Flattened
7 Brief Pain behind Eyes/Visual Smears/Vertigo Quarry half-eaten/curiously clipped Foliage Scuffed out Magic Circle/Sigil/Mandala
8 Slimy Coating seems to respond to Sound Scars from sharpening/scratching on Trees/Stones Stairs/Doorways/Walls smoothed from Repeated Passage
9 Flickering Green Conical Flame Flares without heat Abandoned Den/Nesting Site/Nursery Deliberate, Uniform Footprints of equal depth
10 Sharp Corners/Edges provoke Worry/Dread Earth disturbed by Digging Bent, Spent, or Broken Weapons from recent Fracas
11 Skull: Calvaria riddled with Star-Shaped Punctures Something was briefly mired in Mud here Positively Pummeled Scenery/Victim Remains
12 Holes in Reality burst like Soap Bubbles Trappers Snare, bereft of Bait Snapped Horn/Digit/Limb foretells Materials
Fey Giants Humanoids

1 Giggles and Laughter that smell of Lavender Scent of Body Odor hangs oppressively thick in the air Smell of Woodsmoke betrays a recent Campfire
2 Strands of strange colored Hair, hanging Rhythmic Plods, spooking Fauna and quivering Flora Crust of Bread being fought over by Birds/Mice
3 Sunny patch of Flowers, all decapitated Echoing, thunderous Crash, no storm clouds in sight Mud caked low on Trunks/Stones to clean off Boots/Shoes
4 Faint tinkling as thousands of tiny bells Bones of what must've been a whole Herd's worth Waist high broken twigs/bent grass/scuff marks
5 Stones splashed with Paints and Graffito Dry pond bed, Fish gasping as they Flop and Twitch Small pool of Blood near some torn cloth
6 Fine coat of glittering powder, bejeweling things Despite thorns, bushes smashed surprisingly flat Spider dejectedly attempts to repair a shoulder-height Web
7 Tiny Handprints of Strawberry Jam Huge chunk of Flint and a scratched/dented Buckler Twigs/Kindling gathered and tied, bit damp
8 Flower Petals, strewn along a Pathway Trampled Tree trunks, tumbled like matchsticks Bare Branches picked clean of Fruit/Berries/Nuts
9 Eerily pyramidal pile of Pinecones Stone, scored deeply by Massive Blade for sharpening Trail Blazed: Vines/Bracken Severed to ease Passage
10 Colorful Ribbons of Cloth, tied on everything Flea-ridden Hides, stitched to a barn-sized blanket Bent Spoon, Leaky Cup, cast aside and no longer needed
11 Inside Out Sock, shoved in a leaky Shoe Remains of massive Pyre/Bonfire: ringed with Boulder Impressions of Feet/Shoes in a muddy area
12 Impossibly balanced Rocks, a breath could tip Bootprint you could easily lie down inside Signs of Digging/Cairn of Stones/Hasty Grave
Oozes Outsiders Plants

1 Acrid smell that seems to cling to cloth Is that Brimstone or Incense/Perfume or Sour Milk? Fresh floral notes tickle the nose
2 Mildew faintly reeking of Rot Rapidly fading Sigils flitting in Spirals Not altogether unpleasant smell of forest floor
3 Damp marks, spiraling and swirling Those Fickle and Faint Feelings of Dread or Hope Out of place or season, leaves/fruit/nuts
4 Random route, moss and mould free Ambient Sounds become Rhythmic or jarringly Atonal Pollinators/pests, butterflies/bees/bugs swarming
5 Piles of pebbles, swept aside as if by flow Conspicuous Uniformity/Aberrant Growth in Plants Broken strips of mossy Bark, all in a line
6 Colorful crystalline Rime coating surfaces Tiny Tatters of Holy Symbol-laden Parchment Grass or detritus, parted down the middle
7 Puddles of ichor, still sizzling slightly Uncannily well-lit/shadow blanketed area Bird Nest, upturned, frantic parents screeching
8 Table or Tool, conspicuously missing length Stones/Sand/Grass swirled and shaped into massive Circles Unnaturally bent twigs, somehow unsnapped
9 Vermin remains, scoured shiny Portentous Hail of Frogs/Fish/Flower Blossoms Dark soil, still damp, clinging in clogs
10 Holes, unevenly spaced but strangely round Inanimate Objects Weeping with Joy or Shouting Invectives Shed seeds, blossoms in unexpected profusion
11 Half a twitching Rat, cauterized Oddly bipedal cloven prints or a perfect Feather Deep Furrows, as something wrenched from earth
12 Muculent coating, still pulsating Unusual Animal Behavior: Fish Fly/Birds Swim/Some Talk Deliberate, drag-like tracks passing scratches
Dragons Elementals Magical Beasts

1 Smoke/Acrid Smells carried on the Wind Nose Knows: Smoke/Loam/Fresh/Brine Unnatural Yowls/Screams, almost coyly Human
2 A Sun-blotting Shadow high Overhead Crackle/Thump/Woosh/Splash very Loud Rather astringent and distinctive Scent Markings
3 Distant Rumble/Crash intuits Direction Plants bear brunt: Smoldering/Smashed/Swept/Soaked Trampled Grass/Nap Site swept bare
4 Stampede/Flight of both Predator and Prey Species Localized Recent Rain of Embers/Pebbles/Lightning/Ice Molted Fur/Scales/Skins (potentially all!)
5 Ex-Dragonslayer Knight, Armor no longer Shines Mud Footprints: Fired/Firmed/Sloshed/Diluted Horse/Mule sized drag marks
6 Signs of a very Brief Chase: Shallow but Huge Tracks Breastplate: Singed/Earthful/Flung into Tree/Wet Cloth sack, eviscerated ferociously
7 Collapsed Structure/Trees from Careless Landing Miniscule Paramental Gnats Wink Out Large boulder, unseated/overturned
8 Huge Claw Gouged Boulder, dropped from Height Telltale Tracks: Charred/Stomped/Whirled/Damp Savaged Rib-cage, Organ Meat missing
9 Skeletal Remains of Whale/Other Suitably Huge Meal Opposite Element Spitefully Misbehaves here Dented to uselessness: Helm/Shield
10 Decapitated Treetops betray a low altitude Dive Beast: Cooked/Buried/Desiccated/Drowned Oddly uniform territorial Markings
11 Clearing with dozens Dead from tattle-telling Breath Pyre/Mound/Dust Devil/Water Spout Tracks narrating an Unsuccessful Hunt
12 Wilderness Scarred from Breath for Leagues Attempts to wrench open a new Gate Foiled A Kill stored in a Tree/Buried for Later
Monstrous Humanoids Undead Vermin

1 Skittish Wildlife/Local Fauna Subtle shiver, like a finger down your spine Tumbled tufts of Cobwebs/fine Fur/Carapace
2 War Cries/Music carry further than you think Nostrils wrinkle at dusty, charnel odors Faint scurrying sounds, low droning buzzes
3 Carcass pockmarked with Wounds Dirge-like keening of uncertain providence Droppings, frass, and unsightly stains
4 Refuse Pit, Smelt before Seen Carrion Beetles, crunching and scurrying underfoot Foodstuffs Discarded, gnawed and nibbled
5 Jaggedly sawn Stumps/Disassembled Furniture Disturbing lack of Sound, growing almost Deafening Egg Sac/Pupae/Nesting Material
6 Collapsed Lean-To/Tent/Hammock Oppressive Cold, Horripilation and Gooseflesh Glimpse of a well-fed Vermin-feeder
7 Cooking fire, doused inexpertly or in haste Whispers in an ancient Tongue, Names long Forgotten Numerous gnaw/nibble marks from tiny teeth
8 Femur Bones carefully Cut to extract Marrow Strips of motheaten Shroud Linen, ancient Weave Trap/Puddle claimed a few Victims
9 Putrefying Skin, stretched and hung Jawbone, replete with Teeth, upturned no Skull in sight Bolt Holes/Former Hives now disused
10 Skulls stacked or staked as Boundary Marker Desiccated Creature: Face locked in a Rictus of Fright Skeletonized Creature, still articulated
11 Oft-repaired Weapon/Armor finally Discarded Blasphemously defaced Holy Symbols Bodies of the unfit, trampled/eaten by the Swarm
12 Scene of an horrific Massacre Skeletal Hand, still gripping tightly onto something Area stripped clean of Mosses/Plants
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Aberrations Animals Constructs

Fey Giants Humanoids

Oozes Outsiders Plants

Dragons Elementals Magical Beasts

Monstrous Humanoids Undead Vermin

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