Difference between revisions of "Dungeon"
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Each dungeon is created by the land marshal and the magistrate in cooperation with the plot team. They consist of 3 challenges, typically two battles and a skills or ability challenge. | Each dungeon is created by the land marshal and the magistrate in cooperation with the plot team. They consist of 3 challenges, typically two battles and a skills or ability challenge. | ||
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| + | ===Designing Dungeons === | ||
| + | When designing a dungeon, difficulty is determined by the individual difficulty of the highest encounter, typically the climax encounter. | ||
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| + | Easy - Encounters below 30 | ||
| + | Normal - Encounters 30-60 | ||
| + | Hard - Encounters 60-90 | ||
| + | Epic - Encounters 90+ | ||
| + | Legendary - Legendary monsters | ||
Example: Castle Kissmyanthia (Challenge rating: Epic) | Example: Castle Kissmyanthia (Challenge rating: Epic) | ||
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Encounter 3: 2 Ghouls, 1 Flesh Golem, 1 Lich | Encounter 3: 2 Ghouls, 1 Flesh Golem, 1 Lich | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 13 July 2019
Dungeons are psuedo-random mini-adventure locations available for exploration by adventuring parties. Dungeons are typically populated by powerful monsters, devious traps and magical rewards.
Though balanced for general adventuring parties of 5 or more, some locations or dungeons are significantly more challenging than others. Challenges range from (Easy, Normal, Hard, Epic, Legendary) roughly correlating to levels (1-4, 5-9, 10-13, 14-18, 19-20+).
Structure
Each dungeon is created by the land marshal and the magistrate in cooperation with the plot team. They consist of 3 challenges, typically two battles and a skills or ability challenge.
Designing Dungeons
When designing a dungeon, difficulty is determined by the individual difficulty of the highest encounter, typically the climax encounter.
Easy - Encounters below 30 Normal - Encounters 30-60 Hard - Encounters 60-90 Epic - Encounters 90+ Legendary - Legendary monsters
Example: Castle Kissmyanthia (Challenge rating: Epic)
Theme: Undead Encounter 1: 2 Skeletons, 3 zombies Encounter 2: Magic Mirror Portal Encounter 3: 2 Ghouls, 1 Flesh Golem, 1 Lich