Adventure Location - Desert

Short location for an encounter, ambush or distraction. Options for a possible interesting extra.
The desert conjures images of sun-blasted wastes, stark canyons and sandy ridges. Encounters may take place at a well-guarded oasis, a lonely mesa, among half buried ruins or in the bed of a dried up river.

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A grove of damaged cactis (there is the smell of cactus blossom)
An enclosed shrine to a power of fire and a patch of hardy fungi (there is a large tent)
An unstable mine entrance and a carved rock (there is the skull of an insect-monster)
A crumbling statue by a tomb (a storm is approaching)
An imposing cliff (nearby is a sacred waterhole)
A barren hill. There is a gloomy cabin with a well (nearby is a few palm trees)
A mud pool surrounded by debris (close by is a small box canyon)
An area of edible cacti (a dust storm is approaching)
A sandy gorge (it is disguised by a hallucinatory terrain)
A drop down a foliage covered cliff and a cage with a body (there is a smell of flowers)