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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1254869" data-attributes="member: 1210">The party in my game is running into Epic levels, but for years now they've been tearing dungeons up with rock to mud and rock to magma spells.  I tell you, they've lost more loot that way... but they've also taken big monsters down quickly (there's a fight going on in my To War Against Felenga story hour where a pivotal moment to come involves some impromptu spell-based remodelling of the dungeon by the pcs).  The area of effect of those two spells is pretty darn immense.  At higher levels, earthquake becomes another 'remodelling' spell.  It's difficult to challenge high-level pcs with a dungeon, but here are a few tricks that help:-Put something in there that they want.  If it's in something completely lead-lined, it won't be subject to scrying.  They can't do wholesale dungeon remodelling because they have to find the object and don't want to break it.  -Put in obstacles that require their abilities to get through.  Information they can only get with divination magic or bardic lore, a door that only opens to someone who can channel at high levels of ability, an obstacle that has to be flown over, etc.  -Mix bad environments in with monsters to make encounters more interesting and more challenging.  Fighting on a narrow bridge over a pool of acid is more exciting than fighting in a featureless chamber.</blockquote>