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<blockquote data-quote="babinro" data-source="post: 5680849" data-attributes="member: 67482">Oddly enough, in my years of D&amp;D, we've build very few dungeons.&nbsp; Mostly because of the time investment required to design something really good.&nbsp; That said, I tend to take ideas from games like Zelda when making a dungeon.&nbsp; Little puzzles that allow the party to progress and that make combat a bit more interesting.I've had rooms that are completely frozen over that include huge constructs encrusted in ice along with some object that the PC's want within it.&nbsp; A grate in the ceiling is covered by some large object over head with the occasional droplets of water falling from it. On the second floor of the dungeon, directly above this room, the PC's will come&nbsp; across a room with a hot-spring and a statue in the middle of it.&nbsp; Moving the statue causes the water to flow down in the room below granting access to said object and allowing the construct boss to threaten them.I also use a lot of puzzle style combat in my dungeons.&nbsp; For example: A room in which monsters are endlessly summoned to maintain a maximum of 3.&nbsp; The goal for the PC's is to kill each enemy within an area of the room where an emblem lies.&nbsp; The fresh blood will activate the emblem and prevent that spawning point for enemies.&nbsp; Repeat until all three zones are closed off. One I intend to use in my upcoming campaign is a room with a large fan sucking the creatures towards it.&nbsp; On the fans initiative, it will pull all creatures 3 squares closer to it.&nbsp; Creatures who get stuck in the fan will take very high single target damage as per the DMG each round.&nbsp; When a creature dies by the fan, its suction is reduced to 2 squares of pull, then 1, then it is disabled.&nbsp; With the fan stopped, the PC's can continue between it's blades and progress through the dungeon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="babinro, post: 5680849, member: 67482"] Oddly enough, in my years of D&D, we've build very few dungeons. Mostly because of the time investment required to design something really good. That said, I tend to take ideas from games like Zelda when making a dungeon. Little puzzles that allow the party to progress and that make combat a bit more interesting. I've had rooms that are completely frozen over that include huge constructs encrusted in ice along with some object that the PC's want within it. A grate in the ceiling is covered by some large object over head with the occasional droplets of water falling from it. On the second floor of the dungeon, directly above this room, the PC's will come across a room with a hot-spring and a statue in the middle of it. Moving the statue causes the water to flow down in the room below granting access to said object and allowing the construct boss to threaten them. I also use a lot of puzzle style combat in my dungeons. For example: A room in which monsters are endlessly summoned to maintain a maximum of 3. The goal for the PC's is to kill each enemy within an area of the room where an emblem lies. The fresh blood will activate the emblem and prevent that spawning point for enemies. Repeat until all three zones are closed off. One I intend to use in my upcoming campaign is a room with a large fan sucking the creatures towards it. On the fans initiative, it will pull all creatures 3 squares closer to it. Creatures who get stuck in the fan will take very high single target damage as per the DMG each round. When a creature dies by the fan, its suction is reduced to 2 squares of pull, then 1, then it is disabled. With the fan stopped, the PC's can continue between it's blades and progress through the dungeon. [/QUOTE]

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