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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 5065998" data-attributes="member: 3192">B1 is a primer on building a dungeon.&nbsp; The distribution used for monsters, treasure, and traps is up to you.&nbsp; I don't know if collecting treasure earns XP in BD&amp;D, but treasure is balanced as a reward in and of itself as it is another resource.&nbsp; I think you can sacrifice it for XP, IIRC.Overcoming a challenge is made more difficult when treasure is used against the PCs.&nbsp; The treasure is usually another reward instead of XP for the over-and-above difficulty it gives.&nbsp; If they kill a monster before it can drink a potion, then they get the potion.&nbsp; If they do not, then the challenge increases with both loss of a reward and a greater threat.&nbsp; So how one plays matters.When balancing encounters by level I'd make sure to add in every resource-based aspect in it.&nbsp; The basics I can think of are: dungeon level 1 = a spectrum of Monsters (avg lvl 1), Magic items (avg lvl 1), Equipment (avg lvl 1), Environment (avg lvl 1), and Traps (avg lvl 1), with amounts based upon the level's spatial area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 5065998, member: 3192"] B1 is a primer on building a dungeon. The distribution used for monsters, treasure, and traps is up to you. I don't know if collecting treasure earns XP in BD&D, but treasure is balanced as a reward in and of itself as it is another resource. I think you can sacrifice it for XP, IIRC. Overcoming a challenge is made more difficult when treasure is used against the PCs. The treasure is usually another reward instead of XP for the over-and-above difficulty it gives. If they kill a monster before it can drink a potion, then they get the potion. If they do not, then the challenge increases with both loss of a reward and a greater threat. So how one plays matters. When balancing encounters by level I'd make sure to add in every resource-based aspect in it. The basics I can think of are: dungeon level 1 = a spectrum of Monsters (avg lvl 1), Magic items (avg lvl 1), Equipment (avg lvl 1), Environment (avg lvl 1), and Traps (avg lvl 1), with amounts based upon the level's spatial area. [/QUOTE]

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