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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4705102" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>Yeah, basically.&nbsp; If I'm running a wizard's tower dungeon, the players should expect that to significantly affect both the treasure they find (absolute gold mine for a party wizard or other arcanist) and the encounters they face.&nbsp; I actually ran a wizard's tower dungeon a while ago in a different game than my current one.&nbsp; I told the players beforehand, &quot;You're entering a powerful wizard's tower, don't expect conventional enemies, and come prepared.&quot;&nbsp; I felt bad screwing over the melee fighters (LOTS of aerial and ranged foes, as well as ones with odd abilities), but they at least knew to pack some ranged weapons.&nbsp; And I made sure to include some ground-based melee encounters that made sense for the area, so they wouldn't feel pathetic the entire dungeon.&nbsp; And in others left open the option of climbing to ledges or debuffing flight magic to take the fight up close open for the party.&nbsp; Likewise, when treasure came around, no magic swords, sadly.&nbsp; A lot of the scrolls and potions had useful buffs for the fighter types, though, so they still got something besides just money.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 4705102, member: 35909"] Yeah, basically. If I'm running a wizard's tower dungeon, the players should expect that to significantly affect both the treasure they find (absolute gold mine for a party wizard or other arcanist) and the encounters they face. I actually ran a wizard's tower dungeon a while ago in a different game than my current one. I told the players beforehand, "You're entering a powerful wizard's tower, don't expect conventional enemies, and come prepared." I felt bad screwing over the melee fighters (LOTS of aerial and ranged foes, as well as ones with odd abilities), but they at least knew to pack some ranged weapons. And I made sure to include some ground-based melee encounters that made sense for the area, so they wouldn't feel pathetic the entire dungeon. And in others left open the option of climbing to ledges or debuffing flight magic to take the fight up close open for the party. Likewise, when treasure came around, no magic swords, sadly. A lot of the scrolls and potions had useful buffs for the fighter types, though, so they still got something besides just money. [/QUOTE]

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