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<blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 7083709" data-attributes="member: 6788732">Well, if you've seeded rumours and the players know a certain dungeon could be above their pay grade and they still want to go in, then yes, I'm happy for them to spend 30 minutes preparing to enter a dungeon only to retreat when they realise they are in too far over their head. Also, I don't mean seed a rumour which is just &quot;There's a dungeon over there behind that hill&quot; which you've set as 6th level and your PCs are only 1st level. Instead, as an example, you have an NPC say something like:&quot;I was like you, full of confidence, had a few stories to my name, but when my friends and I went into that dungeon only I made it out, the trolls in that place tore everyone else apart.&quot;Now the players know that the dungeon has trolls in it, they may not know the relative level of the dungeon but they can still go in fully knowing that they will be in for a hard fight and may not make it through since they are only 1st level. When they reach 5th or higher level they may even go and try the dungeon since they've got a few levels under their belt and figure they could probably take on some trolls. They still won't know the relative level of the dungeon but they can make a more educated guess at their survival.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cbwjm, post: 7083709, member: 6788732"] Well, if you've seeded rumours and the players know a certain dungeon could be above their pay grade and they still want to go in, then yes, I'm happy for them to spend 30 minutes preparing to enter a dungeon only to retreat when they realise they are in too far over their head. Also, I don't mean seed a rumour which is just "There's a dungeon over there behind that hill" which you've set as 6th level and your PCs are only 1st level. Instead, as an example, you have an NPC say something like: "I was like you, full of confidence, had a few stories to my name, but when my friends and I went into that dungeon only I made it out, the trolls in that place tore everyone else apart." Now the players know that the dungeon has trolls in it, they may not know the relative level of the dungeon but they can still go in fully knowing that they will be in for a hard fight and may not make it through since they are only 1st level. When they reach 5th or higher level they may even go and try the dungeon since they've got a few levels under their belt and figure they could probably take on some trolls. They still won't know the relative level of the dungeon but they can make a more educated guess at their survival. [/QUOTE]

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