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<blockquote data-quote="Vanifae" data-source="post: 5311482" data-attributes="member: 58765">I can agree with that, I have not run many adventures that I feel are very dungeon-like, I have run site based adventures but they tend to be part of a large narrative and my big issue is that I don’t have much patience for the dungeon narrative.&nbsp; To give a feel for how I run and perceive my games I use a movie or TV show formula.&nbsp; I like set pieces, I like providing atmosphere and then glossing over the tedium to get to the cool stuff.&nbsp; The crazy combat set piece in a vast chamber with exotic features or causeways or something else altogether interesting.I like dramatic scenes overcoming some challenge like Indiana Jones or the Fellowship escaping Moria.&nbsp; That is what I try and shoot for.&nbsp; I should clarify that I wouldn’t use a skill challenge to skip straight to the BBEG I would probably use them as an abstract score sheet for how well the group is penetrating the dungeon/fortress/warren/sewer/etc without drawing too much attention or alerting the denizens of their presence.&nbsp; I could also use multiple skill challenges to make up larger “dungeon” crawls perhaps to disable defenses or find the sacrifices in the den of Orcus cultists.&nbsp; I would still probably utilize a rough map and even slow down the action to focus on a room by room search if that heightened the drama.I just don’t care for checking for traps every five feet, or describing the umpteenth corridor that branches left and right and all that.&nbsp; Again I guess my focus is more cinematic and less tedium.&nbsp; Though I know one man’s tedium is another man’s milk and honey.&nbsp; It probably would not work for players that like the dungeon and mega dungeon crawl, but thankfully I think my players enjoy my set pieces and story focus.Again I am open to ideas, I went to that link about the Slaughterhouse project, I didn’t really gain much from it?&nbsp; I also should add I don’t have much nostalgia for huge dungeons, I mean they are cool in an objective sense they look impressive but running one would probably not be terribly fun for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vanifae, post: 5311482, member: 58765"] I can agree with that, I have not run many adventures that I feel are very dungeon-like, I have run site based adventures but they tend to be part of a large narrative and my big issue is that I don’t have much patience for the dungeon narrative. To give a feel for how I run and perceive my games I use a movie or TV show formula. I like set pieces, I like providing atmosphere and then glossing over the tedium to get to the cool stuff. The crazy combat set piece in a vast chamber with exotic features or causeways or something else altogether interesting. I like dramatic scenes overcoming some challenge like Indiana Jones or the Fellowship escaping Moria. That is what I try and shoot for. I should clarify that I wouldn’t use a skill challenge to skip straight to the BBEG I would probably use them as an abstract score sheet for how well the group is penetrating the dungeon/fortress/warren/sewer/etc without drawing too much attention or alerting the denizens of their presence. I could also use multiple skill challenges to make up larger “dungeon” crawls perhaps to disable defenses or find the sacrifices in the den of Orcus cultists. I would still probably utilize a rough map and even slow down the action to focus on a room by room search if that heightened the drama. I just don’t care for checking for traps every five feet, or describing the umpteenth corridor that branches left and right and all that. Again I guess my focus is more cinematic and less tedium. Though I know one man’s tedium is another man’s milk and honey. It probably would not work for players that like the dungeon and mega dungeon crawl, but thankfully I think my players enjoy my set pieces and story focus. Again I am open to ideas, I went to that link about the Slaughterhouse project, I didn’t really gain much from it? I also should add I don’t have much nostalgia for huge dungeons, I mean they are cool in an objective sense they look impressive but running one would probably not be terribly fun for me. [/QUOTE]

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