The Abyss

• Dampen: Any 1 rolled when activating Kaos powers subtracts 1 hit from the total.
• Digest: At the end of each scene, one character must reduce either Resolve, Stamina, or Composure by 1. A character may volunteer or bleed another character to mark them as Digest’s target. Any Attribute reduced to 0 inflicts the Crestfallen status effect, with Resolve inflicting Stunned, Stamina inflicting Aggravated Wound, and Composure inflicting Dazed as well. Once outside the Abyss, characters heal 1 dot of reduced Attributes each scene, at their discretion.
• Grasp: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of tenebrals emerging or watching from the shadows.
• Starve: Characters in the Abyss can gain no sustenance unless by consuming other still-living beings.

The Dark

• Channel: Characters can choose to accept a specter’s influence, gaining the Dazed status effect but reducing the hits needed to purchase the Unexpected Lead Trick to 0 during a single Investigation scene in the current session.
• Comfortably Numb: Each scene spent in the Dark requires an Integrity action with a Moderate Complication. If the characters fail, they get lost, and if they fail to buy off the Complication, they gain the Senses Occluded status effect for one sense.
• Low Visibility: Characters in the location must contend with the Darkness area effect, its Complication rating increasing to Moderate or Major depending on how deep into the Dark they are.
• Spook: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of darklings emerging from or hiding within the shadows.

Fungal Colonies

• Alert: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of fungal undead emerging from or hiding within the scenery.
• Blossom: At the end of each scene, characters breathing without protection must make a Survival action, gaining the Infected status effect on a failure.
• Soft Floor: Once during the scene, a character must make an Athletics action to avoid falling through soft or decayed fungal fibers into the den of something awful.
• Rot: Food and water left exposed spoil after three scenes. Ingesting them inflicts the Slow-Acting Toxin status effect.

Ice Grottoes

• Blizzard: Characters in the location must deal with the Extreme Temperature (Cold) area effect.
• Freeze: Should characters remain stationary for one scene, they gain the Petrified status effect.
• Monster: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain 2 Momentum to have a geoprucugalla lying in wait within.
• Slip: Rolled movement actions suffer a Minor Complication. If not bought off, characters are knocked prone or suffer 1 injury.

Infested Tunnels

• Entrap: Attack and movement actions requiring a roll suffer a Minor Complication. If not bought off, characters can’t move or take other physical actions until they succeed on an Athletics or Close Combat action, or their allies cut them free.
• Corrode: Actions involving interacting with the environment, such as climbing or carving out a passage, suffer a Minor Complication. If not bought off, the characters’ gear becomes useless until the end of the scene.
• Invade: If knocked prone or pinned against a wall, characters must make a Survival action, gaining the Infected status effect on a failure.
• Nest: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of arachniida emerging from or skulking in the webs.

Magmatic Caves

• Inhabited: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of infernites emerging from or lurking in the lava.
• Inferno: Characters in the location must deal with the On Fire and Extreme Temperature (Hot) area effects.
• Melt: Investigation scenes in the location must contend with the Ruined area effect, with its Complication rating increasing to Major.
• Fuel: Ranged attacks, Syntheses, and Sorceries relying on fire or heat gain +1 Enhancement.

The Obscura

• Captivate: The first scene taking place within the Obscura always comes with the Outland area effect affecting all actions, which can be extended at the Storyguide’s discretion. Leaving the Obscura requires an Esoterica action with a Major Complication. Failure to buy off the Complication inflicts the Dazed and Exhausted status effect.
• Dissolve: The characters’ Physical Attributes become 0, with all Physical actions relying on a corresponding Mental Attribute instead (Intellect for Might, Cunning for Dexterity, and Resolve for Stamina). Players can spend 1 Momentum to deactivate this effect for one scene.
• Nightmare: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of dream spirits follow them with hostile intent.
• Inspire: All Artistry, Culture, Empathy, Enigmas, and Esoterica actions gain a +3 Enhancement for as long as the characters are in the Obscura, which lowers to +1 for the scene immediately following their departure from the Obscura.

Tremor Fields

• Awake: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of arthri angrily woken from hibernation.
• Shake: Characters in the location must contend with the Quaking area effect.
• Shatter: Natural or artificial structures in the location lose a point of Durability Advantage each round. When reduced below 0, they crumble, and the Demolished area effect is applied. Characters inside or nearby must make an Athletics or Defense action to avoid injuries from falling rocks (1, bypassing armor).
• Shock: All characters in the location suffer a Minor Complication on all their rolls, gaining the Dazed status effect when not bought off. Once characters buy the Complication off, they no longer suffer from it for the remainder of the scene. The Complication becomes Major for characters with the Feral Quality.

Wind Shafts

• Hurricane: Characters in the location must deal with the Extreme Weather (Storm) area effect.
• Howl: Social and Mental actions in the location face the Overstimulating area effect.
• Lift: Characters can leap for a distance of between Short and Long range with an Athletics action. Failure to buy off the Extreme Weather (Storm) Complication indicates the character lands ruinously far from their intended destination and suffers 1 injury.
• Riders on the Storm: Whenever characters enter such a location, they gain up to 3 Momentum to have an equal number of churnians riding the thunder and lightning toward them.