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<blockquote data-quote="Arvok" data-source="post: 8250386" data-attributes="member: 6990899"><p>I think the easiest way to lead players to look for a secret door is to give them clues about what they might find in the dungeon. If all the legends and rumors they've heard speak of the villain's great wealth or his torture chambers or whatever, when the PCs clear all the bad guys and don't find those things they're going to start poking around. Similarly, when they're pursuing a rogue in his hideout and the rogue and all his underlings pop out of nowhere and then disappear the party should start to suspect secret doors.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, there should be some reason for a secret door (this can prevent the session from getting bogged down by PCs painstakingly searching every square inch of the dungeon). Constructing a secret door involves a good amount of time and effort so each one should provide the resident of the place some advantage. A secret hiding place should be reserved for something so valuable that locking it in a chest just isn't good enough protection. Such an obvious storage place might be trapped and the real treasure is behind a hidden compartment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arvok, post: 8250386, member: 6990899"] I think the easiest way to lead players to look for a secret door is to give them clues about what they might find in the dungeon. If all the legends and rumors they've heard speak of the villain's great wealth or his torture chambers or whatever, when the PCs clear all the bad guys and don't find those things they're going to start poking around. Similarly, when they're pursuing a rogue in his hideout and the rogue and all his underlings pop out of nowhere and then disappear the party should start to suspect secret doors. Keep in mind, there should be some reason for a secret door (this can prevent the session from getting bogged down by PCs painstakingly searching every square inch of the dungeon). Constructing a secret door involves a good amount of time and effort so each one should provide the resident of the place some advantage. A secret hiding place should be reserved for something so valuable that locking it in a chest just isn't good enough protection. Such an obvious storage place might be trapped and the real treasure is behind a hidden compartment. [/QUOTE]
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