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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 8728817" data-attributes="member: 6788732">I like to think about why it's there, sometimes it's as easy as a series of natural caverns, other time it's an old dwarven mine.I might think about why the current inhabitants moved in, but it can often be as simple as the dwarves abandoned the mine and later some orcs moved in.If it's a large dungeon, I like a couple entrances at least. Some might be more accessible than others.Traps and puzzles. I'll consider these but it should be noted that I don't really put many in if it is a living area with regular movement going in and out. The orcs likely won't have many traps, if any, but an ancient tomb of a necromancer king is likely to have many and likely to have some necromantic magic involved rather than just some pit traps.I have a large floating earth node in my world which is home to elementals of the 4 prime elements, as well as a number of mephits. It was placed there by primordials as an engine to create genasi followers from the humans in their domain to serve as soldiers in a great war. The elementals still inhabit this dungeon as guardians of the keys which must all come together to unlock the chamber to imbue new soldiers.At the top of this earth node is an entrance leading into the air elemental portion, the main entrance is in the centre and leads to a central point with entrances to all four elemental areas. Finally, perhaps more deadly than others, is an outlet near the bottom where liquid fire pours into a lake below.There are some traps and puzzles for the unwary, essentially, you need to be or need to think like an elemental to get through unscathed. One room in the water elemental section looks like a dead end, but if you stop and think that you crossed a bridge over a body of water then maybe there is another way that you should be going.</blockquote>

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