// Shelters
// Jonathan Dale

Table: Shelter
You've found \a [@ShelterType] [@Location]

Table: ShelterType
[@CaveSize] [@CaveDescription] cave. [@CaveUsage]
[@CaveSize] [@CaveDescription] underground tunnel. [@CaveUsage]
[@CaveDescription] [|large|medium|barely adequate|small|deep] rocky overhang, [@ClearingExposure]. [@ShelterUsage]
[@HabitationDescription] [@Habitation]. [@HabitationAnimals]
[|grassy|forest|rocky|barren] clearing, [@ClearingExposure].

Table: Habitation
[|partially collapsed|reasonably stable|old but sturdy|hastily constructed|old rotting|rickety|long unused|abandoned|recently abandoned] [|hut|cabin]
[|makeshift|recently used|old abandoned|old but stable] lean-to

Table: CaveSize
[|tiny|narrow|twisty] claustrophobic
tiny
small
snug
shallow
low-ceiling
medium
barely-large-enough
large
enormous
deep
twisty
long and branching

Table: ClearingExposure
well-protected by [|sturdy trees|rocky outcrops|high rocks|dense thickets of brush|trees and high rocks]
[|partially sheltered|sheltered] by [|sturdy trees|rocky outcrops|high rocks|dense thickets of brush|trees and high rocks|a rocky overhang]
mostly open with [|trees|thick brush|high rocks|boulders|a rocky overhang] on one side
open and indefensible

Table: CaveUsage
It looks unused.
It has been used frequently in the past.
Sections have been decorated with painted designs.
It has served as an animal den [|occasionally|frequently|regularly|and some kind of animal may be using it presently]
It has been used for shelter [|frequently|recently|often|occasionally|long ago].
It is infested with mice.
Bats are roosting in one section.
There is [|an old|a recent|a frequently used] fire pit.

Table: ShelterUsage
It looks unused.
It has been used frequently in the past.
It has served as an animal den [|occasionally|frequently|regularly|and some kind of animal may be using it presently].
It has been used for shelter [|frequently|recently|often|occasionally|long ago].
Someone has had a camp fire here [|recently|frequently|occasionally|long ago|but not within the last few years].

Table: HabitationAnimals
It is infested with mice.
It's filled with cobwebs and spiderwebs.
It has served as an animal den [|occasionally|frequently|regularly|and some kind of animal may be using it presently].

Table: CaveDescription
mossy
green
rocky
bare rock
cold
densely overgrown
overgrown
slimy
damp
slightly damp
dank
dry
warm and dry
barren
warm and humid
warm and stuffy
tranquil
sepulchral
windless

Table: HabitationDescription
overgrown
ivy-covered
damp
slightly damp
dank
dry
warm and dry
warm and humid
warm and stuffy
tranquil
breezy

Table: Location
It is near the trail [@Water]
It is far from the trail [@Water]
It is a hundred yards from the trail [@Water]
It is several hundred yards from the trail [@Water]
It is next to the trail [@Water]
It is half a mile from the trail [@Water]
It is far enough from the trail you aren't certain you know the way back, [@Water]

Table: Water
with a [|small|medium|large] [|stream|brook|river|spring] [|nearby|a short walk away|at some distance].
with a [|small|medium|tranquil] [|pond|lake] [|nearby|a short walk away|at some distance].
with no sources of water.