cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16752399
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
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My players and party members would NEVER forget a door! Not even if the place was falling down around their heads!
Recycle your unvisited rooms for next dungeons. I know it's cheap, but hey you're the only one who would know.
I've got an NPC who has been in the last six towns because nobody ever wants to talk to them
That guy sounds like an arch nemesis in the making to me.
I hope you make him remember and grow his resentment for your players until he snaps.
lol Poor guy
I would like to know more about this NPC that nobody wants to speak to.
If you're making your dungeons from scratch, try taking some design cues from a Zelda game. (Excluding the NES ones) In those games every room has an essential function necessary for progression, so none of your hard work will go unappreciated.
Want to reduce the rushing and door kicking? Take your design cues from AD&D modules S1 and S6. Aka the Tomb of Horrors and the Labyrinth of Madness. Especially the Labyrinth of Madness.
Wouldn't your players then know the layout of all your dungeons if they find out?
What about Timmy is being altered?
The location of his blood
Don't worry, he's just bleeding internally. That's where the blood is supposed to be.
NOT TIMMY
Then Timmy fucking died
Maybe too reddit-ish?
He died? But I didn't even see his shoes come off!
Reddit-ish enough?
Or my experience with D&D...
Encounter giant pit monster
Everyone argues for 20 mins about how everyone else should use their turn
Repeat until monster is dealt with
Run out of time of the the evening, so go home
Chess clock / egg timer. If they don't decide fast enough then no action for them! You don't even need to actually do this (it would be a bit extreme in most situations), but the threat that it might happen should give them the necessary kick. Too much time deliberating? This monster just remembered it can take a legendary action on your turn!
Altar!
I know right‽
I mean, “alter” won't get flagged by spellcheck, it is a word, it's just completely the wrong word!
Goblin Slayer style dungeoning.