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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2250873" data-attributes="member: 12332">Well, I've ran in and played Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil.&nbsp; We liked that quite a bit, and it's a giant dungeoncrawl.&nbsp; But I added a great deal of RP to it, so it felt purposeful, I suppose.I had a chance to play in three sessions worth of World's Largest Dungeon before it fell apart.&nbsp; Alot of that had to do with player unhappiness.&nbsp; Just knowing it was &quot;the world's largest dungeon&quot; and that we were supposed to stay locked in there from 1st to 20th level ruined the idea of gaming for us, I think.&nbsp; The DM had prepared some &quot;exits&quot; so we could leave, but it didn't seem to be our bag so we let it die.&nbsp; I'm currently prepping a one-shot game for next Tuesday that will involve a dungeon.&nbsp; Needed a map for a weird old temple, found something I liked in Wizard's old Map-a-Week archives ... edited it up a little.&nbsp; It'll be a &quot;dungeon&quot;, but quite short, only fifteen real rooms ... interesting layout in that to get TO the temple they'll have to find and pass through three seperate secret doors, and the rest of the dungeon is just a ruse to trick invaders.&nbsp; I wanted to give it life, though, so all of the doors and traps are easily bypassed with total safety by people who use the area regularly, in fact the actual way into the temple is the shortest route from the front door.&nbsp; It's a lower-level game, though, so I'm going to reduce the DCs for finding the secret doors by 5 to reflect the fact that people go in and out of them all the time and seldom go down the false passages.&nbsp; I think it'll feel &quot;Old Skool&quot; and yet sensical at the same time, so I'm pleased.&nbsp; I seldom use &quot;dungeons&quot; in my own home games, but they come up from time to time.&nbsp; The odd cave complex housing a large predatory monster, etc.--fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2250873, member: 12332"] Well, I've ran in and played Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. We liked that quite a bit, and it's a giant dungeoncrawl. But I added a great deal of RP to it, so it felt purposeful, I suppose. I had a chance to play in three sessions worth of World's Largest Dungeon before it fell apart. Alot of that had to do with player unhappiness. Just knowing it was "the world's largest dungeon" and that we were supposed to stay locked in there from 1st to 20th level ruined the idea of gaming for us, I think. The DM had prepared some "exits" so we could leave, but it didn't seem to be our bag so we let it die. I'm currently prepping a one-shot game for next Tuesday that will involve a dungeon. Needed a map for a weird old temple, found something I liked in Wizard's old Map-a-Week archives ... edited it up a little. It'll be a "dungeon", but quite short, only fifteen real rooms ... interesting layout in that to get TO the temple they'll have to find and pass through three seperate secret doors, and the rest of the dungeon is just a ruse to trick invaders. I wanted to give it life, though, so all of the doors and traps are easily bypassed with total safety by people who use the area regularly, in fact the actual way into the temple is the shortest route from the front door. It's a lower-level game, though, so I'm going to reduce the DCs for finding the secret doors by 5 to reflect the fact that people go in and out of them all the time and seldom go down the false passages. I think it'll feel "Old Skool" and yet sensical at the same time, so I'm pleased. I seldom use "dungeons" in my own home games, but they come up from time to time. The odd cave complex housing a large predatory monster, etc. --fje [/QUOTE]

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