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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6118237" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 314: December 2003part 8/9Dungeoncraft: Monte may be running his lessons on a more compressed timescale than Ray, but having completed them, he provides a sample dungeon putting them into practice in a similar way. Since he only has 3 pages to work with, it's pretty small, with only 9 areas, and all the monster stats left out, but there's still a fair number of challenges in there. He also doesn't neglect the worldbuilding side, letting us know why it was built the way it was, and what used to live there before the current selection of monsters moved in. I can't see it lasting more than a session in actual play, probably less, but once it is cleared out, the way it's set up gives you a good excuse for a new set of things to move in, so it remains interesting when revisited. And despite it's small size, it uses multiple terrains and a degree of 3D thinking in it's construction. I think he's done about as well as he can without asking for extra pages or splitting this up between multiple articles.The play's the thing: When he was running this column, Robin was all about the quirks and catchphrases, revisiting the idea multiple times in his tenure. Mike also decides to do a filler article about the personality traits particular character builds are likely to possess, and the spells that are good for achieving their goals. The kind of thing that's only really useful if you're not that good at mechanics. Zzzzz. I think we can skip this one without consequence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 6118237, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 314: December 2003[/U][/B] part 8/9 Dungeoncraft: Monte may be running his lessons on a more compressed timescale than Ray, but having completed them, he provides a sample dungeon putting them into practice in a similar way. Since he only has 3 pages to work with, it's pretty small, with only 9 areas, and all the monster stats left out, but there's still a fair number of challenges in there. He also doesn't neglect the worldbuilding side, letting us know why it was built the way it was, and what used to live there before the current selection of monsters moved in. I can't see it lasting more than a session in actual play, probably less, but once it is cleared out, the way it's set up gives you a good excuse for a new set of things to move in, so it remains interesting when revisited. And despite it's small size, it uses multiple terrains and a degree of 3D thinking in it's construction. I think he's done about as well as he can without asking for extra pages or splitting this up between multiple articles. The play's the thing: When he was running this column, Robin was all about the quirks and catchphrases, revisiting the idea multiple times in his tenure. Mike also decides to do a filler article about the personality traits particular character builds are likely to possess, and the spells that are good for achieving their goals. The kind of thing that's only really useful if you're not that good at mechanics. Zzzzz. I think we can skip this one without consequence. [/QUOTE]

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