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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8983757" data-attributes="member: 7030755">A dungeon that I liked: <a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/dolmenwood-winters-daughter" target="_blank">Winter's Daughter</a> by Necrotic GnomeWhy I liked it: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">strong theme (star crossed lovers, faerie connections)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">holistic and interconnected environment (about 15 total rooms or spaces)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">combat possible but not necessary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">traps and social interactions that require skill but also match whimsical theme</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">no singular "ending" or story outcome</li> </ul>Play report: The 1st level characters came to this tomb looking for a ring to bring back to the town's wizard.  So, graverobbing.  They couldn't get through the front door but they found a side entrance on the top of the burial mound.  Through some careful prodding via a dropped oil flask, they were able to discover the movement-detecting worms before they entered; they took care of said worms with some more oil and some fire.once inside, a series of events<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">discovered the sacred and valuable relics of a monk, along with a book telling of the story of a famous knight that fought against the faerie</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a neutral character tried to pick up a sacred candlestick, which then animated and started attacking said character until the friar/cleric character broke it up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the wizard was frozen solid by a mirror and had to be melted by the aforementioned candlestick</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">murals were discovered of a knight and his two hounds (the clue to a puzzle in a different room)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">an encounter with dancing skeletons that party attacked (even though they didn't need to).  One of the effects of the skeleton attacks was to make the characters float</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">an encounter with the ghost of the knight.  They found the ring they were looking for but the knight wants them to deliver it to a princess in the faeire.  They could have just left with the ring but they are nice people.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wander into the faeire</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">made to eat magic mushrooms by a goblin, with wild effects</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">deliver ring, unite lovers, secretly invite the enmity of a faerie prince</li> </ul></blockquote>

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