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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jim pinto" data-source="post: 1705617" data-attributes="member: 17619">you could skip the first 30 rooms and not miss a lot, exceptsome general mood and developmental concepts... the initialrooms are supposed to be creepy and hint that this isn't justany old dungeon. the PCs, who are 1st level, have never beenin a dungeon, anyway, but seasoned PCs should be asking questionslike why does this trap lead to an empty room?!?!oh crap. now we have to go back through it?however, one of the advantages of these dead ends is they make great places to rest.if you compress the loathesome concepts of these roomsinto the next subsection of the dungeon, then you'llget some morose orcs, ambushing kobolds, fearless rats,and a powerful darkmantle in a much smaller area.it might take some work, depending on whether you wantthe adventurers to go north or east, but in the end, justhaving them start at 2nd level is enough.heck, start them at the beginning, but advance them to 3rd levelMUCH later than anticipated.as for the rest of our d20 line, there are plenty of good booksthat i'm very proud of... mercenaries, magic, monster, feats,toolbox (ennie winner), adventure (i and ii), and relics.... thatwould be quite useful for DMs running this dungeonand if you run the dungeon as intended, the money won't beof much use to them afterwards.note. the whole 1st level vs. 2nd level thing should be based onstyle. PCs that like the struggles of a low level adventure shouldendure the slow progress of 3 sessions before they advance tosecond, while a group that starts at 2nd level should have towait 5 or 6 sessions before advancing.the book details XP progression and this should also help youdetermine who you would like to advance the party through theadventure.</blockquote>

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