- **Road Encounter:** ash storm plus corpse-haunted caravan wreck
- **Social Encounter:** negotiate with a toll lord offering protection for loyalty
- **Combat Encounter:** oathbound dead that only stop when their banner is broken
- **Exploration Encounter:** flooded chapel with air pockets, relic clues, and restless spirits
- **Dungeon Structure:** each major dungeon should have one environmental hazard, one faction conflict, one lore reveal, and one boss with a moral choice
- **Recurring Enemy Types:** ash zombies, oath knights, bone hounds, cult pyromancers, crown-touched nobles