RPGMemes

Townsfolk: "No one dares to go even near these woods. Even $WellKnownHighlevelLegendaryHero found his end there!"

Tavern: "Keep away from the woods to the east!"

City guards (obviously more experienced and way higher level than the group): "We've lost so many troops around there, no one goes there in that wishes to live on."

"Everyday there are funerals on the towns cemetery - concerning part is, that that only happens on the northern cemetery, where people from the eastern fields near the woods are buried."

"The east gate of the town is closed. Only the grave diggers may use it to deliver new corpses of adventurous groups and heroes like you"

"You look weaker than the other bunch who dare to come here. Are you suicidal or ...?"

"You have the feeling that something's a bit unusual here. Everyone is armed, even the children."

"You begin to notice the fine gear and the muscular shape of the bloody, dismembered dead bodies constantly arriving at the east gate."

"On your way east toward the forest you pass many warning signs, each one getting drastically more graphic that the ones before..."

"You arrive at the edge of the wood, eager to enter. Your game master breaks the fourth wall and directly asks you bluntly 'Are you sure you want to do that?' and hands you some dice..."