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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Something the Gray Goblin Warrens taught me is that just because I know a common feature of a common monster (trolls regenerate) doesn't mean that my players do. I thought they would just know to burn the troll; they didn't & ended up locking its head in a chest. campaignwiki.org/1pdc/2009/Ch...

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The Grey Goblin Warrens are sprawling and will almost certainly take multiple sessions. There's a dragon. And a troll. And traps and ambushes and more. campaignwiki.org/1pdc/2009/Ch...

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The Triune Labyrinth of Insane Mutations: campaignwiki.org/1pdc/2010/Jo... I really like how this dungeon plays with elevation. It took some extra effort to understand how to run it, and it makes it a bit more linear than I like, but I think it is very much worth it.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

These two are just really solid, dense, Jaquaysed, dungeons that make excellent go-to modules. campaignwiki.org/1pdc/2009/Se... campaignwiki.org/1pdc/2009/St... I've run both of these and they are big enough to fill multiple sessions.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Well, I need to get my posting count here up for the Compendium, so I'm going to talk about some old one-page dungeons I really enjoy. First up, the Quintessential Dungeon: beholderpie.blogspot.com/2016/05/one-... I haven't run this yet, but I plan to use if for the next game I run.

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One Page Dungeon 2016: The Quintessential Dungeon

Behold my entry into the 2016 one-page dungeon contest! This year, rather than agonise over originality, I wanted something that evoke...

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zakthepainter.bsky.social @zakthepainter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

the compendium—alllllmost 500 pages

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Semen Tsevelev @tsevelev.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Somewhat more detailed view of #TheCompendium. Artistically, it's very pleasing (these here are the inhabitants of the Grey Fortress). The text is for the most part, but some pages that would've been hard to read were replaced with printed text. Dozens of pages of useful random tables. /1

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@khersheyjr.bsky.social What are you most looking forward to in the Compendium? I'm most looking forward to the megadungeon!

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

The second level of the Megalith, going up. What I like about this level is that half of it is only accessible from above. If the PCs find it, they can also find an elevator up to level 4.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@severedfane.bsky.social I saw you were interested in multi-classing. I don't have much experience with multi-classing, but I'm curious: what are your favorite classes to combine in a multi-classed character?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@mrthefalcon.bsky.social What are you most excited about in the Compendium? I'm most looking forward to the megadungeon!

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@bardic-life.bsky.social Do you have any pointers for running point-crawls? Any links to good resources? Do you have a favorite point-crawl to run?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@cicatrician.bsky.social How is the DMG read-thru going? I haven't made it all the way through myself. I think the favorite parts I've read so far are the follower lists for Rangers and the disease tables. I just was not expecting them! Any fun surprises for you in the DMG?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@rpgdeluxe.bsky.social Looks like you've got a LOT of RPG materials! I'm curious about what your favorite might be? And are there a handful of things you haven't played yet that you really want to?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@sector14.bsky.social What are you most looking forward to it the Compendium? Personally, I think I'm most excited about the megadungeon!

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@mcobden.bsky.social Would you be willing to talk a bit about how you use Vornheim? What parts do you use the most? Do you have a favorite section?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@dr-zephaniel.bsky.social I see you use Vornheim a lot. I own it but haven't really ever used it. Can you say some about how you use Vornheim? Do you run the city of Vornheim itself or do you use it for running other cities?

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This is the ground level of the Megalith of Zapeth-Noor. Four entrances, each in the center of a side of the Megalith. Stars and triangles are two separate teleportation networks with different rules. The large chamber on the West is a library, staffed by robots.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I've been drawing the dungeon on an isometric dot grid. I don't know that it actually makes anything better, but it feels like it has stretched me to draw from this perspective, and possibly helped with creativity.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

It was an age of sorcery and super-science, an age of miracles and corruption, an age of marvels – both of advanced technology and utter depravity. It was the age that brought the Cataclysm. It was an age long thought hidden from all but the wisest sages… Until the Megalith just appeared.

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grognardling.bsky.social @grognardling.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

How do you go about looping your dungeons so they are non-linear? I've been using this method I developed years ago, and then for my most recent maps I just drew free-hand and tried to make sure there were lots of loops. Any other methods? grognardling.blogspot.com/2011/02/fora...

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Foray into Dungeon Building, Part 4

Having preliminarily established the three essentials of the dungeon (random tables, underlying ideas and mapping), now it's time to start m...

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Semen Tsevelev @tsevelev.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

So looking forward to getting my hands on these 400 pages of pure LotFP-OSR-D&D-able goodness. (I have some of them as PDFs but, frankly, printed on paper they're much easier to use)

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