The Great Rift is a massive crater in the ruins of Omu, created years ago when a meteorite fell from the heavens. This catastrophic impact fundamentally altered the city’s landscape and ecology.
Significance
The meteorite impact scattered stardust across the ruins, which spawned patches of russet mold throughout the area. From this mold arose the vegepygmies that now inhabit Omu’s flooded backstreets. The Great Rift serves as a site of reverence for all vegepygmy tribes in the city—it is the only thing that unifies these otherwise territorial and fractious groups.
Current State
The Great Rift and its surrounding areas are dangerous territory. The yuan-ti who control much of Omu have learned to avoid these regions entirely and kill any “moldies” (vegepygmies) they encounter on sight. Multiple small vegepygmy tribes prowl the flooded sections of the city near the rift, constantly warring over territory with each other.
Tactical Considerations
Despite their reverence for the Great Rift, vegepygmies have little interest in cooperating with outsiders and cannot easily communicate with adventurers. However, their chiefs lack cleverness, creating potential opportunities for clever characters to manipulate or trick the tribes into unifying against a common enemy.