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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 2725467" data-attributes="member: 8461">One thing I don't think many campaigns take into account about dungeons is how much of a commodity they are.Think about it; most dungeons don't begin that way. Someone has to finance and furnish the creation of a subterranean complex, then something has to happen to clear the place, usually of a magnitude large enough that it's not worth it to try and re-occupy the place to recoup the money lost. This usually results in it being "lost" as everyone who knew about it died, or the event that caused it to be abandoned also discourages it being reclaimed. After that, monsters have to move in and have enough time to properly accumulate wealth, set traps, etc. (when was the last time your adventuring party hit a dungeon as the monsters were moving in?). After that, the PCs then have to be the first ones to successfully "clear" the dungeon, which usually means that either there have been no previous groups, or they were killed.That's a lot of conditions that need to be fulfilled just to have a dungeon be there. Given that all of these steps can't possibly be always met, and that "cleared" dungeons usually tend to stay cleared, then it becomes somewhat amazing that your PCs even have dungeons to find and explore. Think about real life...how many undiscovered dungeons do you expect to find in the real world? Most caves are charted; old castles tend to be historical preserves, etc.Has anyone ever broached this in a campaign? That the era of "dungeon adventurers" is coming to end just because dungeons themselves are becoming extinct?If I win, I'd like Chainmail Bikini.</blockquote>

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