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<blockquote data-quote="Mystaros" data-source="post: 3496191" data-attributes="member: 3921">In the era where a man-/dwarf-/whatever-made dungeon was occupied originally, chamber pots would likely have been used in most rooms, then the room furthest along the flow of an underground river would have been the dumping point, taking the effluence away quickly. Criminals and lower-caste folk would collect the pots on a daily basis for dumping. The last thing you want in a dungeon is a sewer system or anything else that &quot;flows&quot; throughout the complex; if it backs up, it gets ugly quickly...In a &quot;fallen&quot; dungeon occupied by humanoids, monsters, and vermin, of course, the critters simply go wherever they are, when they must, though most animal intelligence and semi-intelligent creatures and better will not mess their own lair, they will go to a different chamber and use that as the litter box (perhaps having a symbiotic relationship with an otyugh or other filth-eating creatures). In general, without such creatures a monster-infested dungeon should be pretty nasty and filthy.The same goes for castles; chamber pots were the rule for the day, though for some castles, you can assume that garderobes are built into the walls at regular intervals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mystaros, post: 3496191, member: 3921"] In the era where a man-/dwarf-/whatever-made dungeon was occupied originally, chamber pots would likely have been used in most rooms, then the room furthest along the flow of an underground river would have been the dumping point, taking the effluence away quickly. Criminals and lower-caste folk would collect the pots on a daily basis for dumping. The last thing you want in a dungeon is a sewer system or anything else that "flows" throughout the complex; if it backs up, it gets ugly quickly... In a "fallen" dungeon occupied by humanoids, monsters, and vermin, of course, the critters simply go wherever they are, when they must, though most animal intelligence and semi-intelligent creatures and better will not mess their own lair, they will go to a different chamber and use that as the litter box (perhaps having a symbiotic relationship with an otyugh or other filth-eating creatures). In general, without such creatures a monster-infested dungeon should be pretty nasty and filthy. The same goes for castles; chamber pots were the rule for the day, though for some castles, you can assume that garderobes are built into the walls at regular intervals. [/QUOTE]

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