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What if there was a chain of taverns that spread across districts or cities. I’ve never thought of that.

For anyone who cares… I ended up making the dungeon an auditory puzzle. The players had to make a sound and follow where the echo came from. At the beginning of the dungeon, I gave hints to every puzzle. The hint for this one was “There’s only one way from hear to there.”

Dusting off this account because I could use some ideas for my dungeon crawl. What would you do for a dungeon room that is invisible. For one room, I’m not going to put a room tile down for it. It’ll just be an empty place. What should I do for that room?

@NotLikeMonopoly As they go through this dungeon, I’m going to place printouts of each room down on the table for them to see and interact with the challenges. This room will have no printout. It’ll just be blank as if it’s all invisible.

@ThisIsPotion What does that even mean? Like the walls are transparent? :S

@AlchemicRaker This is a dungeon for a one shot. The dungeon belongs to city’s trap maker who recently died and is bequeathing his life’s fortunes to whoever can make it through his dungeon.

@ThisIsPotion I presume then that it's a secret room, so there's also a secret entrance to it. If it's a small space, a stairway or ladder could lead down to a new area. Otherwise a secret office or treasure room are obvious choices. Got any theme to this?

@Blackmoor_Film That’s a fun idea. Lasers would break the lore of this dungeon, but I could think of something similar. Thanks.

I ran a room in my last game that had a treasure chest on the far wall. Well, players always bee line for the chests. Next to the door was a small brazier with a small cask which upon further examination would reveal it contains some kind of powder. I told them about the innocuous items, but the fighter walked to the chest. This is when he discovered the magical and invisible laser beams and promptly lost an arm. Burning the powder in the brazier released a smoke which caused the magical beams to become visible and the party was then able to traverse the now visible maze and loot the treasure chest.

@dgold @deidungeon How could I get them through the room if they can’t see it?

@DyingBreedTT I don’t know if I’m back, but I was looking forward to your inevitable comment! Thanks for the kind words (as always). ☺️

@ThisIsPotion Hey buddy!! Good to see you back!

Y'all remember when I use to tweet?

@DyingBreedTT I saw the new one from @WyrmwoodGaming, and it’s literally perfect. But I’d have to spend my life savings to buy it.

@ThisIsPotion I wish I did. If you find a good one, let me know.

I want to buy a new screen that is mostly magnetic so that I can add papers wherever I need them. Anyone have any recommendations?

Druids: instagram.com/reel/Cq-fKPtJq…

Last night, my PCs attempted to enter a city by corroborating a false identity. Once they reached the gates, I had the characters separated and I split the players into different rooms. One at a time, I asked them the story to see if they’d match. Such a fun touch.

DMs, don’t lie and say you left your prep at home. Just say you didn’t have time to prep and today will be more improvised than usual. Better to be honest than deceitful. Plus, good players will roleplay respectfully of your inability to fully prepare.

A D&D player walks into a store, sees the price of an item, accepts it and buys it. A D&D player’s character walks into a shop, learns what an item costs, doesn’t get a 50% off discount and thinks ‘This mother fucking asshole, I’m going to burn their store to the ground!’ 🙃

@auner01 @SpecularTech3

The two options I see for a DM: → A high prep, intentional, cohesive game with the possibility of burn out → A low prep, random, incoherent game with longevity What does a third option look like?

@rpgcyrusrite → Medium prep, haphazard, irregular game with sustainability. How’s that?

@ThisIsPotion Where is medium prep?

@BlackDragonCan Yeah, maybe. I am a nihilist today. You’ll just have to ignore me.

@ThisIsPotion A low prep, random, coherent game that uses weighted, curated tables and a well designed setting. Lots of longevity there.

@SpecularTech3 I’m not convinced that exists

@ThisIsPotion A low prep, random, coherent game with longevity

@DMJeffChronicle Nailed it

@ThisIsPotion An efficiently prepped game that is somewhat cohesive and with average longevity?