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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 5238694" data-attributes="member: 2093">Try, each time you describe a room, to include at least three different senses. Sight, smell, taste, feel, sound.In other words, instead of saying "you enter a big cave. It is dark.", say "You enter a big cave. It is so big you can hear your footsteps echoing across it. It is pitch dark, and your torch makes a small puddle of light around you, not reaching across the cavern. You can smell the fresh cool scent of water somewhere not far away. In fact, you can also hear the sound of water slowly dripping down from a stalactite into a pool below, but you are too far away to see it."You've given the players a lot to think about, and by making the attempt to involve several senses, you've forced yourself to think about what's there.You don't have to write all taht out for every room; just jot down the following:see- too big to light entire chamberhear - echoes, water drippingsmell - fresh  waterfeel - gritty floor under bare feet, slimy wall where water dripstaste - damp air - water is very pure -And then as the PCs act, you can say to them "Rollo the halfling doesn't like walking in this room, the floor is gritty and sandy."Maybe it means nothing; then again, maybe it means the ceiling is unstable and constantly shedding bits of sand and debris...</blockquote>