When exploring in a TTRPG, the environment is important, it can give clues to what may be nearby. An often overlooked descriptor is smells – a certain smell may tell you a undead creature is nearby, or a potent gas cloud or more!

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D20,Smell
1 , beeswax
2 , burnt toast
3 , clean ocean
4 , feet
5 , fog
6 , glue
7 , incense
8 , lavender
9 , maple syrup
10 , mouldy-wet swamp
11 , peeling an orange
12 , roast meat
13 , rotting fruit
14 , rotting fruit
15 , sandalwood
16 , sawing wood
17 , smoky lamp oil
18 , sour old sweat
19 , stale alcohol
20 , sun-dried clean laundry
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