I often write boxed text for new in-game locations. I find it easier to think through the sights, smells, and other sensations during GM prep and write them out, rather than improv’ing when I’m trying to write a game. Here’s one such location.
The road begins to descend from the Plains of Dalmora to the Dalmoran Low Country. As you top a small ridge, you can see far out into the west.
The Tomoe Highlands are now fully visible in the distance, splotched with gray rock and verdant grass. They tower over the wooded Low Country, which is dominated by a vast expanse of shining blue, Lake Labhrann.
The lake is a wide crescent that surrounds the town of Waterford on three sides–west and south towards the highlands, and east toward your vantage point. Large rivers snake out north east and south east into the countryside, carrying barges hither and yon.
Waterford itself sits on a rise. The road before you meets a couple of other roads along the way, leading to a long white stone bridge that spans part of the crescent lake. You see a steady stream of travelers and carts making their way across.
An hour or so later, you’re up on the bridge, and it is truly breathtaking. It’s just wide enough to accommodate three carts, but it goes on for what must be half a mile, and feels like it is just as far down to the water below.