These Mushrooms are Glowing!

Classic dungeon master moves on Gelatinous Cube this week, as we consider Rosie's dingy encounter "These Mushrooms are Glowing!" 

The humble mushroom provides inspiration for all manner of folklore and fantasy. This time they're touched with a little magic to create a low-level trap that introduces an entire world. Then it's over to the Gelatinous Cube for a woodland trance party and the psychedelic offerings it yields. 

Full encounters here!

Lots of references this week:

Frank Dugan's excellent article on mycophobia and mycophilia:

Dugan, F. M. 2008. Fungi, folkways and fairy tales: mushrooms & mildews in stories, remedies & rituals,from Oberon to the Internet. North American Fungi 3( 7): 23-72.

Rosie also discussed her deep and abiding love for the Exile and Avernum series of games, created by Spiderweb Software. 

And finally if you would like to encounter a Machine Elf (seems inadvisable but you must follow your own path) you can find out more about them here.