Solo Gaming

[abhorsen950]

I might as well give you my developments in dungeon building.

• For you dungeon, roll a D6 for how many floors there are.
• Then roll a D6 for how many rooms on the floor your on. (You roll each time you go up or down a level. This needs work)
• Use the Dungeon Dressing Table 4-5 (DnD 3e DM Guide) Roll a D100 6 times for furnishing.
• Use the Dungeon Dressing Table 4-6(DnD 3e DM Guide) Roll a D100 6 times.

Thoughts? Things to add? "What do you guys think?

Thanks everyone.
Steve

 

[Canor Morum]

From the 4E DMG...

Corridors
1: Straight 4 squares
2: Straight 8 squares
3-5: Ends in door
6: Straight 4 squares, door on right
7: Straight 4 squares, door on left
8: Straight 4 squares, side passage on right
9: Straight 4 squares, side passage on left
10: Three-way intersection ("T")
11: Four-way intersection
12: 90 degree turn left
13: 90 degree turn right
14-15: Ends in chamber (no door)
16: Ends in stairs
17: Straight 4 squares, stairs on right
18: Straight 4 squares, stairs on left
19: Dead end
20: Random encounter

Door Types
1-4: Not stuck
5-8: Wooden
9-11: Barred or locked
12-14: Stone
15-17: Iron
18-20: Wooden portcullis

Beyond a Door
1-2: Corridor left and right
3-8: Corridor straight ahead
9-18: Chamber
19: Stairs
20: False door plus trap

Chamber Size and Shape
1-2: Square 8x8
3-4: Square 10x10
5-6: Rectangle 6x8
7-8: Rectangle 8x10
9-10: Rectangle 10x16
11-12: Octagon 8x8
13-14: Octagon 8x12
15-16: Octagon 12x12
17-18: Irregular, roughly 8x10
19-20: Irregular, roughly 10x16

Chamber Exits
1-5: None
6-11: One
12-15: Two
16-17: Three
18: Four
19: Stairs only
20: One exit plus stairs

For exit other than stairs:
1-10, exit is door
11-20, exit is corridor

Chamber Features:
1-3: Rubble or other difficult terrain
4-5: Crevasse or chasm
6-7: Statue, obelisk, or similar
8-9: Pit
10-13: Pool, fountain, or basin
14-16: Furniture
17-18: Altar, brazier, or arcane symbol on floor
19: Platform or dais
20: Sarcophagus

Stairs
1: Up to dead end
2: Down to dead end
3-9: Down one floor
10-14: Up one floor
15-17: Trapdoor plus ladder up one floor
18-19: Trapdoor plus ladder down one floor
20: Shaft up and down, one floor each way


Just add a Random Encounter Table or a Random Encounter Deck of cards with monsters, traps and hazards. Voila, instant dungeon.

 

[abhorsen950]

Thanks for taking the time to copy up that table for me. Really appreciated.

Ill definitely use it.

Cheers
Steve

 

[abhorsen950]

Right an update on the rules I'm using for Solo Play...

• Use the tables above to develop the layout (from 4e DMG)
• Each room you are in roll 1D6 for how many monsters there are in there.
• Each corridor you are in roll a 1D3 for how many monsters there are.
• You then roll a 1D10 for how many monsters to work out what the monsters are. (I've made a list)
• Roll a 1D6 for the monsters favoured actiob (using the table above)

I've also made a 1D20 table for the rooms furnishing.
I'd like to thank everybody for the input, the tables you posted etc, they really have helped and its appreciated.


Steve

 

[tenkar]

Why reinvent the wheel? Just use Tunnels & Trolls - there are dozens of solos written for it

 

[MrMyth]

I think there was also a solo adventure published in Dragon some months back - and while only one adventure, might serve to help show ways it can be done.

 

[abhorsen950]

That is a good point, of course I could just use tunnels & trolls.

I guess I Just want to create it myself, put some hard work into it and its something to do over the next few days until Christmas while I'm off. I would love go see that Solo Adventure if someone could find it.