D&D book art , Famine - A time of complication and economic devastation. Crops begin to fail, food becomes scarce, communities face starvation. The lands slowly become barren, with both plant and animal life receding into rarity. Visually, across the land, the ground dries up, cracks under this season. The sky grows a dull, sickly yellow, rivers dry up, and vicious dust storms are common.