Saturday, January 20, 2024

[Dungeon] "The Arnesonium" - a Blackmoorian exercise

The topic of the dungeon maps from First Fantasy Campaign came up on the Wandering DMs discord server. Mostly we discussed how to describe all those weirdly shaped spaces and labyrinthine corridors...

Just for fun, I decided to draw up and stock a dungeon level in this style. I did not use the "Protection Point" system (you can read about it over at The Alexandrian's blog), just filled everything up as I went randomly. 


The Arnesonium, Level 1

1) 4 Ogres, lazy, 4000 GP, Potion of Ogre Shape
2) 8 Spiders
3) 5800 GP, Wand of Bridge Building
4) Knee-deep water. 28 Talking Eels
A. Teleport to 3)
5) 6 dead adventurers, will rise as Zombies
6) Dungeon noticeboard: monsters for hire
7)
8) Switch: lowers the ambient temperature of the whole dungeon level to arctic, then breaks off.
9) 6300 GP, Dragon-Fang Spear, 2 Potions of Sadness
10) 1 Wight

Wandering Monsters by Quadrant
A) 6 Berserkers
B) Conjurer and 4 Men-at-Arms
C) 4 Zombies
D) 1 Ogre



2 comments:

  1. I tried to run the Tonisborg dungeon and gave up on describing those weird passages really quickly. Your dungeon looks reasonable in comparison! I think it does look quite neat, though!

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    1. Which means I FAILED the exercise :D

      Thanks for checking it out!

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