The Lost Woods: Difference between revisions

* [[Ravenloft]] has Lost Woods in spades. Much of the southeastern Core (the main landmass) is covered in thick, primeval forests. Notable areas include Verbrek (full of savage werewolves), Kartakass (full of intelligent wolves that hunt humans by shapeshifting into seductive human forms), and Tepest (where the goblins are the least of your worries compared to [[The Fair Folk]] and the hags).

* [[Legend of the Five Rings]] has the Shinomen Forest, which is almost completely unexplored and seemingly full of mysterious ruins that predate humanity. Legend holds that these were built by a race of snake-people who sleep within the forest. This turns out to be true, but is actually a good thing, as the snake-people are quite heroic.

* Indie RPG ''Summerland'' has this as a central motif-the world has been spontaneously covered by a [[Spirit World|supernatural]] forest called the Sea of Leaves, inhabited by [[Intellectual Animal|sentient beasts]], eccentric hermits called the Lost, and [[Barbarian Tribe|savage Wild tribes]], who have forgotten they were once human. Those last two were normal people, but had their personalities overwritten by the [[Charm Person]] effect the Sea has on normal people (the Lost are treatable, the Wild are not). You play as a Drifter, a person immune to the call...[[Blessed with Suck|which is probably worse than being normal]], since it requires having such [[Dysfunction Junction|overwhelming]] trauma in one's past that you can't deal with normal people.

* Usually one fifth of every [[Magic: The Gathering]] set. Lorwyn and Shadowmoor took place in the same woodsy fairytale land, the first being enchanted and the second being cursed.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The Forest of Illusion in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' in which all of the standard exits simply send you around in circles.

* Mushroom Hill Zone in ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]''.

** Green Forest and White Jungle in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]''.