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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 7994205" data-attributes="member: 6901101">I not only like dungeons that make sense, but I need them to make sense. At fourteen, I rewrote Keep on the Borderlands because I couldn't understand how all those creatures existed together in the canyons. This is not to say I have always done a great job at it, nor is it to say I need a backstory on every tree branch.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It is to say, that the flow and logic of an environment should make sense. When it doesn't, particularly due to magic (think white dragon cave and its lair effects in a desert environment), it should stand out to players. It should make them think - what the heck?Traps probably cause me the most consternation. Traps that would kill a drunken rogue coming home from a night at the tavern, in a guild hall that has dozens walk around daily (including new recruits), and is used as actual living space. I. Just. Can't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 7994205, member: 6901101"] I not only like dungeons that make sense, but I need them to make sense. At fourteen, I rewrote Keep on the Borderlands because I couldn't understand how all those creatures existed together in the canyons. This is not to say I have always done a great job at it, nor is it to say I need a backstory on every tree branch. ;) It is to say, that the flow and logic of an environment should make sense. When it doesn't, particularly due to magic (think white dragon cave and its lair effects in a desert environment), it should stand out to players. It should make them think - what the heck? Traps probably cause me the most consternation. Traps that would kill a drunken rogue coming home from a night at the tavern, in a guild hall that has dozens walk around daily (including new recruits), and is used as actual living space. I. Just. Can't. [/QUOTE]

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