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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clckwrkhack" data-source="post: 7509567" data-attributes="member: 6921785">I've been drafting up an idea for a dungeon encounter for my group and I've been getting very into the idea of a dungeon with the same floor plan that exists on parallel planes, in this case the material and Feywild, with the party shifting back and forth between the two planes to solve puzzles, circumvent obstacles, find treasure, and hunt down their enemies. I'll start by listing a few of the ideas I've already had, but I'm most interested in hearing about other DMs that have run a dungeon like this, or just any cool or creative ideas for the concept! On a plot level, I like the idea that it is a Fomorian Vault or dwelling and the party will need to kill a Fomorian (or more) and loot something from them in order to shift between planes, ideally at certain locations. While other creatures would be confined to only one plane, the Fomorians are more likely to follow the party. My ideas: - A trap hall in which, on the material plane, there are only physical obstacles (requiring str/con/dex) while on the Feywild, there are only mental obstacles (requiring wis/int/cha). - On one plane there is a wall/chasm/unlit passage but on the other there is a door/bridge/lighting- In the Feywild, a cavern appears to reveal a pleasant cottage, filled with food and warm beds. On the material plane, the same cavern contains bones and evidence of a hag/hags. - On the material plane, there is nothing but the broken remains of a tower, perhaps home to a Dragon, but on the Feywild, the tower still stands and is home to an Eladrin Wizard (or perhaps someone more nefarious).- The party rescues a competent prisoner from a cell in the Feywild, but once they plane shift, she appears as a Medusa on the Material Plane. (could be used for other monster instead)- The party falls into a vertical chamber that is flooded with nothing but vines and waterfalls in the Feywild, but has been strip mined and filled with elevators and mining equipment on the material, through which the party can climb out. - A room contains a large mirror reflecting the other plane, and perhaps revealing a large monster lingering in wait. A smaller hand mirror with the same effect can be found elsewhere. - A room on the material plane contains a pair of skulls, one made of crystal and the other of gold. Somewhere in the dungeon, the party also finds a circlet as loot that can be placed on either skull. Doing so invites Fey from the Summer (gold) or Winter (crystal) Court into that room in the Feywild. In the subsequent room (also Feywild) a path is either melted (through which the party can swim, getting treasure off the floor but also attacked by marine life) or frozen (across which the party can easily walk). - A room on the material plane contains a sphinx with four riddles on the wall. In the Feywild, assortments of plant or animal life are in the same place on the walls instead, and a fountain exists instead of the sphinx. Placing the right plants/animals that answer the questions into the fountain awakens the Sphinx on the material plane. - A room contains a treasure chest on the material plane. On the Feywild, the same treasure chest appears untouched, because it is actually a mimic. - A trap contains a poison that inflicts damage every minute while in the Feywild, but has no effect on the material. The anti-toxin exists in a separate place, also on the Feywild. - A Green Knight assists the party in the Feywild, but begins turning to wood if shifted to the material plane. - Magic idols on the material plane which have particular effects on their surroundings in the Feywild, such as causing it to rain indoors, summoning strong winds, or awakening plant monsters. They could either serve as outright traps or puzzles, such as pushing an idol into a room in order to cause a ladder-like beanstalk to grow in the Feywild. Anyway, I'm hoping to hear if anyone has had any interesting encounters of this nature, or any sound advice on how to turn this hodgepodge of ideas into an effective dungeon.</blockquote>

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