Cephalon Dusp's Archives

 I have been enjoying the Dungeon23 challenge so far, as it feels entirely manageable. Even if I miss a day, it doesn't take much extra effort to catch back up which has been great for my motivation. We shall see if my motivation and inspiration will continue to hold strong, but this is definitely a good start. I have created an overall dungeon structure mapping how levels and sub-levels interact, but I am leaving actually drawing out the rooms until later and am purely focusing on their descriptions. To help with this, I ended up cobbling together my own version of a dungeon stocking table, using a d12: Monster Monster Monster & Treasure Monster & Treasure Treasure Special Trap Trap & Treasure Empty Empty Empty Empty So, without any further ado, the rooms so far!  Area 1A: Mud-Filled Ruins 1/1: M     One entrance to the dungeon. A former den, relatively dry. Small roots hang from the low ceiling. Part of the rear wall has collapsed inward, revealing...

     Wow, slightly over a week later and I can say this was the biggest week so far. Didn't help that I was apartment hunting and travelling while doing it, but I do have the first three levels of the starter dungeon to present! I haven't completed the dungeon as much as I would like, particularly levels 2 and 3, but it is once again enough that I could probably run a session or two with it.     For the curious, all mapping was done in  dungeon scrawl , which is a nice free dungeon mapping software that runs online! Back to part two Week 3: The Dungeon The entrance to this dungeon is a sunken hole in the ground, leaking cool air from below. Level 1      This level is themed as a buried temple, though it ended up being pretty small. Still, it should provide some interesting adventures, particularly on repeat visits. The Statue in 05 can very easily become a recurring problem/feature of the level depending on how it is handled. The entrance to ...