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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vanifae" data-source="post: 5312053" data-attributes="member: 58765">That is basically what I would do as well; allow failures to generate encounters, dead ends, or some other moment that is a setback for the players.  Like you said it probably would not work for “exploration” mind sets that want more detail or bust out the graph paper to draw the map.I would not do this for every dungeon either, if it’s short or interesting enough to me I could definitely do it old school as well it just depends on my goals for the evening.  Do I want a claustrophobic, dank, and mysterious atmosphere or do I want a more cinematic narrative that focuses on the highlights?  I think mixing it up would probably be for the best I would probably lean more to the skill challenges with a few kill challenges mixed in… best typo ever.The Surviving the Desert skill challenge on page 206 of the Dark Sun Campaign Setting actually would be an easy fit to extrapolate for a dungeon/exploration skill challenge with every two successes generating some kind of event/moment that the players have to overcome as a group challenge, combat encounter, or role playing wise.  As an addendum I have been playing for 18-19 years and I have done dungeon crawls, playing them for me is probably more fun then running them.  Could I do them sure, would I make a whole campaign out of it probably not?  I do admit there is a certain visceral quality to dark mysterious places filled with peril and adventure.I just think overall I like to focus on the action more so then a whole night of describing corridors and opening doors.</blockquote>

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