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Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 00:41:17 UTC Skulls in the Stars

Okay, who wants to see a thread of my #Dungeon23 rooms as I write them over the next year?

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- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 00:41:17 UTC Robert McNees
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  @drskyskull What is that? And yes.
  
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 00:45:15 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  @mcnees In short: write one dungeon room every day. Each month is a level, so by the end of the year you have a mega-dungeon!
  
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- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 00:51:13 UTC Robert McNees
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  @drskyskull very cool.
  
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:10 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Another weird #Dungeon23 room. Enjoying using the premise of being the temple of a Chaos God to make things unpredictable.
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  1. 13. Don’t Say “The.” The exit to the corridor of night faces a door that has written on it, “Don’t say ‘the.’” Beyond the door is a massive chamber, 400’x400’, whose ceiling has an illusion of a bright blue sky with puffy white clouds within it. The chamber contains a village of 6 homes and a farm plot, with 25 villagers living within it. The villagers are extremely friendly and insist on the PCs joining them for dinner. They tell the PCs that they will then give them the key to the next chamber. The challenge here is that the PCs must have a conversation with the villagers, and themselves, without saying the word “the.” If they do, the villagers immediately transform into violent and decaying zombies who attack without mercy. PCs will probably be forced to flee the chamber, and the zombies will not pursue outside of this room; the village completely resets after 24 hours. The key can be found in the mayor’s home, where the dinner is held; it is kept in an ornate ceramic vase on the fireplace mantle. If the key is grabbed before dinner is served, or the villagers are attacked preemptively, the villagers also transform into zombies. If the farm plot is inspected, there is a particularly shiny shovel sticking from the earth. This shovel can be used as a +1 battleaxe.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:11 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Totally falling behind in #Dungeon23 -- this is hard to do every day! Let's see if I can play catchup again...
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  1. 10. The Sleeping Giant. In the middle of this 40’x40’ high-ceilinged room is a large chair, and in this chair is a Fire Giant. The giant has clearly been here a long time, as it is covered with cobwebs and dust. However, as the players enter the room by the only unlocked door, they see the giant shift and frown in the midst of a dream. This giant has been magically compelled to sleep, and has been here for centuries. Around its neck is a large key that matches the three (human-sized) iron doors on the other three walls. While sitting in the chair, the giant still has about 12’ of height, and the key is at neck level at roughly 10’. Any loud noise or significant disturbance will awaken the giant, who will grab the greatsword at his side to attack. PCs must be clever if they want to get the key from the leather cord on the giant’s neck without waking him; consider it a DC 16 Stealth check for any removal attempt, with advantage or disadvantage depending on how good (or bad) the plan is. The giant can also be shrunk down to size using the trick of room 1, making the Stealth check much easier (DC 10) to grab the key. If the giant is awakened and either his sword is missing or he has been shrunk down to size, some quick negotiating can make him pause his attack, especially if the PCs declare that they can help the giant leave this chamber (he cannot exit easily at his normal height). A DC 12 Persuasion check will convince him not to attack and give the key freely.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:11 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Still catching up on #Dungeon23 when I think of something fun...
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  1. 11. Test of Greed. This 20’x30’ room contains a large amount of gold coins, heaped upon the ground and spilling out of a variety of chests, at least 5000 gp. Written upon the back wall of the chamber, in large golden embossed letters, is the phrase “TEST OF GREED.” This will likely make players nervous! The PCs can collect a certain amount of coinage per person, based upon the Dungeon Mood. If the mood is Positive, the PCs can collect 100 gp each without ill effect; if the mood is Neutral, they can collect 50 gp each. If the mood is Negative, they can get only 25 gp each. Going over this amount causes the remaining coins in the room to become tiny animated creatures with teeth, acting as 4 Insect Swarms. Nothing else remains of the coins once the swarms are destroyed, leaving the PCs with whatever they had already collected. Curiously, the golden letters on the back wall can be pried off, and are worth 20 gp each; behind the letter G is a small cavity holding a leather bag, an empty Bag of Holding. If PCs take money but not too much, the Dungeon Mood increases by 2; if they take too much, it decreases by 2. If they take nothing, the Dungeon Mood decreases by 3 – again, the Chaos God hates a coward! If they take the letters on the wall (and bag) but nothing else, the Dungeon Mood increases by 3, due to their cleverness.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:11 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Still playing #Dungeon23 catchup!
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  1. 12. Corridor of Night. Beyond the central door of the Giant’s room, the PCs are faced with a corridor of inky blackness through which no normal light can penetrate. Only the Candle of Mal’khar can illuminate this blackness, revealing a relatively small but twisting maze of passages. If the Dungeon Mood is hostile, the PCs will find themselves stalked by a Wraith in the twisting corridors; otherwise, they are able to maneuver the passages with some unease but no ill effects. Anyone attempting to enter the darkness without the Candle will stumble out again after 1d4 rounds, 1d8 HP poorer, with no recollection of what happened other than a feeling that they were stalked through the darkness. Such PCs are Frightened for an hour afterwards.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:12 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  #Dungeon23 catch-up time, again!
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  1. 7. Deadly trap. The 10’ wide corridor here seems to stretch onwards for quite a ways, but this is an illusion to draw the players into the deadly trap, which depends on the current Dungeon Mood. If the mood is positive, the PCs find themselves suddenly bowled over by a collection of spectral puppies, who prance around and lick them happily before vanishing in a flash of light, leaving the PCs with 5 bonus hit points. If the mood is neutral, a single, slow-moving and rusted spear trap springs from the wall, targeting one random PC. The trap, due to its poor condition, requires only a DC 10 Dex save to avoid, and it causes only 1 hp of damage – the spearhead is broken off and missing. If the Dungeon Mood is hostile, the ceiling opens up above the PCs, spilling a tub worth of rot grub on top of them. Each PC must make a DC 15 Dex save or be infected by 1d4 parasites, which must be dealt with in the usual manner.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:12 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  A big #Dungeon23 room! Not perfectly conceived, but gets the idea down to develop later.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:12 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  One more catchup #Dungeon23 for now!
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  1. 9. The Way Forward. The passage north of Room 1 leads to a massive, shining glass portal, that gives off its own light. Written upon it is the following phrase, which will appear to each reader as if written in their native language: The Bell of Savamor will open the way with its dissonant tone But to claim the Bell, one must gain wisdom from the book of Anapho The Book of Anapho lies past darkened passages very far Only illuminated by the Candle of Mal’khar If the complete Bell of Savamor is rung in this room, the glass portal shatters, leaving the room in darkness. If the PCs have no alternative light sources already prepared, they are beset by a pair of Shadows; otherwise, the way is clear for them to pass to the 3rd level.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:13 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Gotta catch up on #Dungeon23! A lot of rooms so far are deliberately inspired by some of my weird hobbies.
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  1. 4. Air plane crossover. The corridor opens up suddenly into a vast open space, where blue sky appears to be all around – including below. A breach into the elemental plane of air, perhaps? There is another doorway level with the first, about 50’ away, and no immediately obvious way to get there. There is a tremendous wind upwelling from below, and anyone who asks – and makes a Perception DC 12 check – realizes that the air is strong enough to support them on their bellies to float to the other side. An Athletics or Acrobatics check is needed to progress every 10’, and a max of 10’ per round. When the first PC makes it over halfway across, the party is set upon by two air mephits that blended almost perfectly into the blue sky. If a character tries to cross wearing heavy armor, they find themselves too heavy to fully float, and they sink 1’ per round, potentially becoming lost forever if they are not rescued soon. This possibility can be recognized with a Perception DC 12 check, again.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:13 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Okay, these two rooms catch me up on #Dungeon23. A setup for a big room tomorrow, I think.
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  1. 1. Corridor of choices. Beyond the Air Plane, there is a four-way intersection. On the floor, in a very ornate mosaic pattern, directions are written. To the left is written “Here be dragons,” to the right is written “Deadly trap,” and ahead is written “Test of Insight.” 2. Here be dragons. True to the warning sign, this 50’x50’ room contains ten dragons – faerie dragons, to be precise. The chamber is outfitted with playthings, bedding, food, and perches for the cat-sized creatures. If anyone can speak Draconic or Sylvan, they can communicate with the good-natured beasts, which are always happy to welcome visitors. They describe that they live a life of luxury here, where all their needs are attended to; food magically appears every day for them, matching whatever they desire, and if they wish hard enough for some new item or toy, it appears within several days. These dragons have been here for a long time, and have seen many explorers pass their way – none have returned, sadly. With a DC 18 Persuasion check, the PCs can convince one of the dragons to accompany them as a companion, though it knows nothing about the area outside its chamber.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:14 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Okay, level 2 of my #Dungeon23 megadungeon is the testing level for new initiates, with tons of dangerous trials. I'm already behind in writing it, so let's do at least one...
  
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:14 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Entrance to level 2 of #Dungeon23!
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  1. 1. Entrance to the trials. The stairs from the first level spiral down into this grand circular chamber from the North. Open corridors lead east, west, and south. The walls are decorated with overwhelming scenes of humans and demihumans interacting with various monsters. (Think Garden of Earthly Delights). A human is seen approaching a fiery figure for a hug, someone appears to be dancing before a skeleton, which looks repulsed, another figure juggles before a demon that is on its knees, another figure is mooning an owlbear, which is falling backwards, an elf is looking through his index finger and thumb at a human-size giant, and a halfling stands on their head, watching an animated suit of armor fly into the air.
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  2. These are not mere decorations, but actual actions PCs can use against creatures on this level. Hugging a creature of fire (grapple attack) automatically extinguishes it and destroys it. Dancing before undead will acts as a Priest’s turn ability at 5th level. Juggling before an individual demon will cause it physical pain, 2d10 force damage each round the juggler can maintain their action. Mooning any monstrosity will cause it to fall asleep if it fails a DC 18 CON save. Using index finger and thumb to “squish” a giant will have the effect of a Reduce spell on it (no save). Standing on one’s head in front of any construct will cause it to fly to the ceiling, taking 1d6 falling damage for each 10’ and causing it to land prone.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:14 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Next two rooms of Level 2 of #Dungeon23!
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  1. 2. Test of Confidence. In the center of this small chamber is a dais. On the opposite wall is a door, and above the door is written: “Place your confidence in the God. Leave your weapons here.” There is no direct consequence to following or ignoring the rules, but following the instructions improves the Dungeon Mood by 3 (max 5) and ignoring the instructions reduces the Dungeon Mood by 3 (min -5). 3. Zombie fisticuffs. This 30’x50’ room at first appears to be empty, with only a single door at the far end. When the PCs enter, however, zombies burst from the ground, one for each PC present. The difficulty of the encounter depends upon the prior actions of the PCs and the Dungeon Mood. If the PCs gave up their weapons, and the Dungeon Mood is positive, the zombies have only 5 HP each. If the PCs gave up their weapons, and the Dungeon Mood is neutral, the zombies have 10 HP each. If the PCs kept their weapons, and the Dungeon Mood is neutral, the zombies have 15 HP each. If the PCs kept their weapons and the Dungeon Mood is hostile, the zombies have full HP and do an extra point of damage on a slam attack (1d6+2). In this case, the zombies seem particularly enraged to the PCs. The dancing technique of room 1 can be used to turn the undead; the door at the opposite end of the room will only open once all the zombies are turned or destroyed. The zombies have no treasure, but are wearing the tattered clothes of former Chaos God cultists.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:15 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Okay, caught up with #Dungeon23.
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  1. 28. Mad sculptress room. This massive 50’x 70’ chamber contains perhaps two dozen statues, a variety of humans, demihumans and beasts. Concerned characters will likely expect a medusa, but in fact the creature who lairs here is a reverse medusa – all the same stats, but instead of a petrifying gaze, its gaze brings life to one lifeless statue per round, as desired. This insane creature, formerly a human sculptor, was “blessed” by the chaos god when she prayed for greater skill to make her creations come to life. She remains out of sight near the rear of the room for the first few rounds, bringing her statues to life to attack the party. At the back of the room is a door to her bedchambers and a table containing sculpting equipment. 29. Sculptress bedchamber. This room contains a bed, nightstand, dressing table, and wardrobe. The mirror on the dressing table has been shattered. The wardrobe contains a variety of unremarkable clothes piled haphazardly. Anyone who removes all the clothes from the wardrobe finds a Figurine of Wondrous Power at the bottom, an Ebony Fly.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:15 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Really making an intense segue into horror in my #Dungeon23 rooms.
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  1. 30. Infernal banquet. This large room, 60’x60’, used to be the welcome banquet hall for the temple. It has an adjoining kitchen that is 15’x60’. There is still a welcome banquet of sorts, though the PCs have a very different role! There are two long tables in the center of the room, and these tables are staffed by zombie guests, 20 in total. The tables are set with cutlery and complete place settings, though all are worn and tarnished with age. 8 zombie servers and cooks serve the tables, and when the party enters, they attempt in pairs to grapple and restrain party members. If they are successful, they take that member to the table, where they are placed in front of two zombies who attempt to feast (treat their cutlery as a dagger for damage). The zombie guests will not stand up to attack unless they are directly attacked themselves by a non-restrained party member. The kitchen area is mostly barren, though under one of the two (non-operable) stoves is a magical kitchen knife that serves as a +1 dagger. If the tableware is inspected, one goblet turns out to be extremely tarnished silver and is worth 15 gp.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:15 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Finally #Dungeon23 of the month, thus ending the level! Onward to level 2 tomorrow.
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  1. 1. Visitor’s Temple. This room, 40’x60’, was the public facing prayer temple. 8 pews are lined up in facing the long end of the room, long abandoned now. At the long end, there is an altar of obsidian, and behind it is a bronze platform with a massive golden statue of the God of Chaos upon it. (The statue is enchanted and basically indestructible; any attempt to pry pieces off of it invokes a 24 hour curse upon the defiler, with a WIS DC 15 save to avoid.) There are small keyholes in the altar, platform and statue that can be observed by anyone who closely inspects them; these keyholes fit the keys found throughout the level. If all are entered and turned, they open a secret door at the back of the chamber to the second level. But before dealing with that, they will have to deal with the two Priests of Chaos, who are undead and still attend to the statue. They look desiccated like liches, but have stats equivalent to Priest NPCs. Each of them carries an obsidian mace of chaos +1, which has a 1 in 8 chance to cause a random effect on a strike (table to be done later). This chaos effect only works if the wielder is Chaotic.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:16 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Got way behind on my #Dungeon23! Will catch up more this week.
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  1. 26. Topologically weird hallway. This hallway, which is 10’ wide and has an inner diameter of 30’, is a perfect circle with the only seeming door being the one which was entered. However, this is actually a multiply-connected hallway space. Traveling clockwise around the corridor goes from door 0 (wood) to door 1 (iron). Continuing clockwise passes through the following sequence of doors: 0. Wood 1. Stone 2. Iron 3. Copper 4. Silver 5. Gold After Gold, one returns to the wooden entrance door. Beyond each door is the following:
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  2. 1. Stone. A 30’x30’ room lies beyond the door, and at its center is a beautiful statue of a man, 7’ tall, with elongated nails. This figure is a beautiful gargoyle, which attacks with its elongated nails and hidden teeth. 2. Iron. This door opens into a 10’x10’ unlit room, containing only a single wooden chair in its center. Anyone who is foolish enough to stay in the room alone in the chair, closing the door with the lights out, gets a horrifying feeling they are not alone. They are Frightened for an hour, and for the next month they wake up Frightened, convinced someone was watching them while they sleep. 3. Copper. This room contains a fountain with clear water, and the bottom of the fountain contains what appears to be 75 cp. Anyone removing a coin from the bottom, however, will find that they are actually gp, and only appear to be copper in the water. 4. Silver. This room is 40’x40’ and unnaturally dark; torches and nightvision are half as effective. The ceiling is 40’ high, and at the top are a pair of silver-colored giant spiders, who attack when victims enter the middle of the room. The webbing of the spiders, threaded at the top of the room, is actually made of silver, and about 50 gp worth of silver thread can be collected. 5. Gold. This 15’x15’ room contains a sword embedded in a stone, though it can be easily pulled out. The sword is actually a cursed Sword of Vengeance, however.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:16 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Another #Dungeon23!
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  1. 27. Room of skins. This grisly 15’x25’ room has what appear to be complete human skins hanging upon the walls lengthwise, 6 in all, 3 on each wall. At the far end of the room hangs a reddish skin that appears to be the skin of a demon. If anyone touches the demon skin, the human skins on the wall detach and float to attack. Each skin has move 20, 10 hp, AC 10, and a suffocation attack (+3 to hit, grappled if successful, suffocation on second and following rounds for 1d6 damage. Grapple can be broken with a DC 13 Athletics check). The demon skin radiates magic, and can be worn, though it is a grisly sight. Wearing it provides a +2 bonus to AC as well as resistance to fire. However, it also causes disadvantage on any Charisma type checks (with the exception of Intimidation). The skin can be sold to a specialist in demons for 400 gp.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:17 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Gotta play #Dungeon23 catchup. Here's the 23rd...
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  1. 23. Painting room. This room has a single massive painting, 5’x7’, on the wall opposite the door, and other smaller paintings around it. The views of these paintings depend on the dungeon mood. For a positive mood (2 to 5), the scenes are all of blissful pastoral scenes, and the large painting is a peaceful glen. The large painting can be entered in this case, and serves as a safe place to rest. For a neutral mood (-1 to 1), the paintings are all extremely boring still life images, with the center painting a very detailed but otherwise unremarkable depiction of iron rations. For a hostile mood (-2 to -5), the room is quite dark, and all the paintings are of gloomy cemeteries at night. The center painting shows a single grave, which will spit out a Wight to attack the party.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:17 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Here's #Dungeon23 for the 24th. Just a silly little trap to keep the players on their toes.
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  1. 24. Tilty trappy hall. This 10’ wide corridor has a slope upwards 30’ to the door on the opposite side. The floor is covered with oil, making it a rather slippery climb – DC 8 Acrobatics check to stay standing while climbing the first 15’ of the slope. When over half the weight of the party is past the halfway mark, the hallway suddenly tilts the other way, like a see-saw. All party members must then make a DC 15 Athletics check to stay upright. This isn’t a particularly bad problem, unless one of the party members drops a torch, which causes the oil to ignite, causing d6 fire damage per round for 3 rounds or until people escape.
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:17 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  Okay, managed to catch up on #Dungeon23!
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  1. 25. Reliquary monster. This 30’x30’ room, beyond the Tilty Trappy Hall, has a dais at the far end and upon this dais is a golden statue. The statue possesses a glass dome for a face and a human skull lies within. This skull represents the remains of one of the most favored priestesses of the temple, and of course it animates to destroy those who violate its sanctuary. Treat the golden statue as a Helmed Horror, with 70 hp, and it makes two claw attacks for 1d8 damage instead of a sword. If both attacks hit, the animated statue injects a chemical that turns the victim to gold. Treat as a Medusa’s petrifying gaze, with DC 14 CON saves. When the statue is destroyed, its gold disintegrates, leaving only the skull, which has itself turned to gold and is worth 300 gp. (Monster based on the Skull of Mary Magdalene in Villa Latta.)
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- Skulls in the Stars (drskyskull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 17:11:18 UTC Skulls in the Stars
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  This #Dungeon23 room is the follow-up to yesterday's room.
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  1. 20. Offering chamber. This chamber served as a storage room for local offerings to the deity. These were minor offerings, and were transported quickly to the lower levels; all that remains since the abandonment of the temple is 310 sp, 800 cp, 25 gp, 3 quartz gems worth 10 gp each, and a key made of bronze, of similar style to the obsidian and gold keys in earlier rooms. Taking any of these offerings (with the exception of the key) shifts the dungeon mood one step towards hostile.
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  #Dungeon23 room for today! Can't believe we're getting close to a whole month of this already. This one starts to show the consequences of the "dungeon mood."
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  1. 21. Room of respite. This room is one that reacts to the current dungeon mood towards the party. If the mood is positive (2 to 5), they find that there is a luxurious, fresh banquet laid out on a table in the center of the room. Eating a full meal conveys the equivalent of a Bless spell upon the diner. If the mood is neutral (-1 to 1), the banquet is a plain wooden table with stale bread and water upon it, that conveys no benefits other than the basic sustenance. If the mood is hostile (-5 to -2), the luxurious banquet is present, but is in fact a larger than normal Mimic with 80 hp.
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  A weird one for #Dungeon23 to start the week.
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  1. 22. Garden of eyes. This room, 30’ by 50’, has a dirt floor and a winding flagstone trail passing through it from the door on one long end to the other. Most striking in the room, however, are the plants, which appear to be countless dandelion-sized growths, except that they have a white eyeball instead of a flower at their top. These eyes will watch the party as they pass through the chamber. Near the middle of the room is a robed human corpse, with one of its eyes missing and a bloody dagger in its hand. Anyone disturbing the body causes a planted Eye Hound to burst from the earth and attack. Treat an Eye Hound as a Hellhound, except it has no bite attack (its entire head is a giant bulbous eye) and instead of a flame breath it has a Corrupting Gaze attack, 2d6 necrotic damage + DC 13 CON save each round or take an extra 1d4 damage (until the save is made). The corpse has a small pouch with three 50 gp pearls inside it. If anyone thinks to actually do it, any character who removes one of their own eyes and plants it will be rewarded instantly by an Eye Hound bursting from the ground. This Hound will be perfectly loyal to the character. Planting any eye other than one’s own results in another small eye plant emerging from the ground. Causing deliberate damage to the “crop,” say by burning it, causes two hostile Eye Hounds to burst from the ground and immediately attack.
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  Today's #Dungeon23 entry coming at ya.
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  1. 17. Magnetic corridor. This corridor, 10’ by 50’, has two pillars at 15’ and 35’ centered right in the center of the passage, and acted as security for the inner chambers of the temple. Each of these is a magically enhanced lodestone, with powerful metal attraction properties. Anyone wearing metal passing within 5’ of a pillar (essentially walking by it anywhere in the corridor) must make a DC 16 Athletics check or have the metal pulled to stick on the pillar (possibly taking them along, if they are wearing metal). It requires a DC 20 Athletics check to free someone or something stuck to a pillar. Beyond the far door is a wood golem, that enters the room to attack if it hears anyone get stuck to a pillar (otherwise, it will attack when the party enters the far door). A small opening, 2.5’ diameter, lies near the doors on either side of the chamber. They are openings to a small tunnel that stretches the length of the corridor. It can be used to transport metal gear from one end to the other, provided a rope or other mechanism can be threaded from one side to another. The tunnel is too small for medium sized humanoids, but small humanoids could go through it in a very tight fit. Near the center of the small tunnel is a ring of jumping that was lost by someone transporting gear ages ago.
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  Ooops catching up on #Dungeon23.
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  1. 18. Skeletal orchestra. This large room is fitted with many wooden chairs, facing a thick crimson curtain that is closed when the party enters. The curtain cannot be moved until the full party enters. When they do, the curtain suddenly parts to reveal a skeletal orchestra with ten members, who immediately start playing. Treat each two members as a spellcaster, and they can cast the following spells at will by their playing: Otto’s Irresistible Dance, Confusion, Dissonant Whispers. Spell save DC is 13 for each. Skeletons will attempt to make all players dance by default, though at least one will use Dissonant Whispers each round. Confusion will be used on targets that are immune to charm effects. When one skeleton of a pair is killed, any current spell effects break and the DC for future spells is DC 10. Most play normal musical instruments, but one woodwind player is using Pipes of the Sewers, as can be found after it is killed.
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  Okay, all caught up. These last two are a little sloppy just because I want to get ideas down on paper and keep up the schedule. #Dungeon23
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  1. 19. Trick door. This door, which leads to the offering chamber on the temple level, is a locked door with 5 slots above it that can fit metal letters that lie in a pile scattered before it. There is a mirror on the opposite wall to the door. The letters available are C, E, A, T, D, L S, H, O. If the letters are used to spell “CLOSE,” nothing happens (unless the door is open, in which case it will close). If the letters are used to spell “ESOLC”, i.e. “close” backwards, as would be read in the mirror, the door opens. If the letters are used to spell “DEATH,” forwards or backwards, one Shadow materializes for each person in the room. (They should have known better.)
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  Here's #Dungeon23 for the 15th.
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  1. 1. This chamber has three doors: the entry door, and two doors to the left and right. The room is empty except for a vertical 10’ diameter shaft that goes 50’ up into the mountain the temple is built in. Walking through either of the side doors brings you out the other, but with gravity upside down. This is the easiest way to collect the golden key hanging at the top of the shaft, which will be the bottom of the shaft when gravity is reversed. Returning through a side door reverses gravity again. Note that this reversal only occurs for things passed through the door; someone who collects the key while upside-down and takes the key through the door will have normal gravity for themselves but a key that will fly to the ceiling. This gravity effect persists outside this room; careless adventurers could find themselves flying into space if they opt to leave the dungeon upside down.
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  Latest #Dungeon23 entry just dropped.
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  1. 16. Miniatures room. This large 30’ x 40’ room contains an entire desert temple complex (of a God of Law) rendered in miniature, with the walls painted in exquisite detail to show surrounding terrain. The temple complex is surrounded by miniature soldiers, who are laying siege to the temple. On a tower in the center of the temple complex is a large red gem. If this gem is taken, or the miniature soldiers are attacked, they become animate, and launch attacks in groups against the players. There are 4 squads of melee fighters, and 4 ranged fighters; treat each squad as a Bandit, with the same stats except only a 10’ movement speed. The gem is a ruby, worth 200 gp; however, it is also magical, and if attuned to, it provides the ability to perform an Uncanny Dodge, like a rogue, once per short rest.
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  13. Interview room. This room has a fancy gilded door on the opposite wall from the entrance. However, when all PCs enter the room, the door vanishes and a Bearded Devil appears, sitting at a desk. In an interview voice, he asks the PCs to explain why he shouldn’t kill them. (cont)
  
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  ... Any answer that makes an appeal to chaotic results of their actions will placate the demon, who will present them with a 50 gp emerald and then disappear. Any answer that does not satisfy the demon causes him to flip the table and attack. #Dungeon23
  
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  My #Dungeon23 room for the 14th.
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  1. 14. Holy water basin. This room contains a large basin of water blessed by the chaos god. As one may expect, drinking it produces unpredictable results. Each person drinking must roll on the following table with a d20 to determine the effect: 1-3 no effect 4-7 heals 3d6 damage 8-10 causes 1d6 damage (poison) 11-12 causes drinker to spit up gold coins: 2d8 gp 13-14 causes drinker to turn invisible for 1 hour – effect not broken by attacking 15-16 causes drinker to turn transparent, and brittle, like glass, for 1 hour: extra 1d6 damage caused to them by any physical attack 17-18 causes drinker’s bones to become rubber for 1 hour. They remain conscious and not in pain, but quite close to helpless. Movement is 5’, physical attacks at disadvantage and ½ damage caused. 19 imbiber gets effects of bless spell for 1 hour 20 imbiber gets indigestion, causing flaming farts, for 1 hour. 1 in 10 chance of it occurring in any particular round, causes disadvantage to attacks. Does not cause any damage. Within 1d6 rounds of first person drinking, a trio of mud mephits enter the room, having sensed a disturbance in the room they were assigned to protect.
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  12. Priest’s bedroom. This chamber possesses ten bedframes, evidently the sleeping quarters of the priests when the temple was active. Most of the bedding has rotted away, but 3 appear in pristine condition. They are actually the dense webs of Swarms of Spiders, which will attack with advantage if anyone is foolish enough to sit on the bed without looking. (cont)
  
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  ... The unlucky player must also make a DC 13 Dex save or be restrained as a Web spell, with a DC 13 Str save to break free. The spiders do not attack if the beds are undisturbed. In the center bed is the skeletal remains of a wizard; most of his possessions have deteriorated, but his +1 dagger remains. #Dungeon23
  
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  If Law is chosen, a chasme appears to attack the party; if Chaos is chosen, a Helmed Horror appears to attack the party. The overall dungeon mood, assuming a range -5 (hostile) to +5 (sincere), swings one direction positive or negative depending on whether Chaos is helped or hindered.
  
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  11. Priest’s vestry. This room holds old robes of the priesthood of the mad god. There are 6 robes hanging on the walls, and 3 benches around the room, and one cabinet. 4 of the robes have in fact become animated, sentient and evil after the centuries of exposure to the temple. Treat as shadows, but strength drain is replaced with a suffocation attack; once grappled, target takes d6 damage/turn. cont
  
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  ... They will ideally wait for someone to try a robe on to attack (with advantage), but if anyone strikes at them or the party moves to leave, they will attack as one. The cabinet contains 5 miscellaneous liturgical objects that could be sold to a historian for 100 gp total, or 20 gp each object.
  
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  ... On the same round, 4 zombies are teleported to the wall-now-floor. Ranged attacks are at -2 due to confusion of the geometry. When all monsters are destroyed, the room spins down and the doors open. This encounter happens only once.
  
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  10. Contested altar. This 15’ square room has only one door, and an altar on the opposite wall. This altar is apparently contested by two gods, one of law, one of chaos. The image of the statue is divided by a flaming sword, with part of the image of each god on either side. A PC can grasp the hilt of the flaming sword, and force it to be pure Law or Chaos. If this is done, the opposing deity gets angry! cont
  
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  (Might do screenshots for future rooms, so I don't have to use multiple posts.) #Dungeon23
  
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  9. This perfectly circular room, 30’ in diameter, has doors on either side. After the whole party enters, the door closes and the room begins to spin rapidly within 2 rounds, creating a centrifugal force making the circular wall act as the floor. A DC 13 Athletics check can help a character make it to the center of the room before getting “pinned” to the wall, but on round 3 a gibbering mouther is teleported above the center and drops down. #Dungeon23 (cont)
  
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  ... The skeletons will not rise up, and there is no current threat in the room, but let the PCs wonder and play up the ominous nature of the scene.
  
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  8. “Bottomless” well. The center of this room has a circular well 10’ in diameter that seems to have no bottom. However, at the 30’ mark at the bottom of the well, there is a portal that transports anything that passes it to the 20’ ceiling above the well. PCs swimming down and through the portal (which is not visible; the well appears to continue down indefinitely) find themselves falling from the ceiling back into the pool, where they take 1-2 points of damage (DC 10 Acrobatics for half)...
  
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  ... The well is made of tightly fitted bricks; anyone investigating at the 20’ mark and succeeding at a DC 13 Investigation check will notice a brick protruding from the side; if this brick is pulled out, a Ring of Feather Falling is found wedged behind it.
  
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  ... The stasis reestablishes if all PCs leave the 20’ circle. The first time the stasis is broken, the hobgoblins are surprised (they remember fighting a different group of adventurers) but after the first break, they will attack readily in regular initiative order. Clever PCs could use the stasis to rearrange themselves and break stasis at an opportune initiative point. (cont)
  
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  ... The small chest is locked and has a poison needle trap (DC 13 to detect and disarm, 2d6 poison, DC 13 save for half). Within are 23 sp, 10 gp, and a key seemingly made out of obsidian.
  
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  7. Adventurer’s camp. The original purpose of this room is unknown, as it appears to have been stripped of its contents long ago. In its place right now is the recent campsite of a group of adventurers. Their lantern is still warm to the touch, indicating that the camp was very recently active. However, all the adventurers are dead, and completely skeletonized. (cont)
  
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  ... Their clothes and equipment are intact, but their flesh has vanished clean to the bone. It appears that three were in the midst of a long rest, bundled in their sleeping bags, while the fourth was sitting on watch. The group included a fighter, a rogue, a wizard, and a priest, and the supplies that remain are the standard adventurer’s pack for each type, which can be scavenged by the PCs. (cont)
  
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  6. Temporal stasis chamber. This 30 foot diameter chamber has 6 hobgoblins in it, all apparently frozen in place. One looks like they are in mid-strike with their sword. In the center of the chamber is a small chest. The hobgoblins are in temporal stasis, and in that state are invulnerable to any attacks or damage. The stasis ends instantaneously when a PC enters the 20’ circle in the center of the room. (cont)
  
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  4. Tunnel of flames. This tunnel has four pipes along its length, each of which periodically shoots out bursts of flame. The first is active one of three rounds, the second three of four rounds, the third 2 of 6 rounds, and the fourth 5 of 8 rounds. Each round that a player is caught in flame causes 1d6 fire damage. A player can in principle run through all four flame regions in a single round, if desired. (Want to work on the timing of this one, but put rough ones in to give the idea.)
  
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  5. Test of Pain. A magical case stands in one corner of this relatively small room. It contains a number of fancy items, and it is otherwise unbreakable. Two metal rods project from the ground in front of the case, and touching both together causes an electrical current pass through the character, causing 1 point of damage per second. As points are taken, increasingly more valuable items are illuminated in the case, up to a maximum for Boots of Elvenkind at 12 points. (cont)
  
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  ... 1-4 points: 1st item, 5-6 points: 2nd item, 7-8 points: 3rd item, 9-11 points: 4th item, 12 points: boots. When the handles are released (and can be at any time, it is magical electricity), the item illuminated is magically deposited before the character. This case works only once, for one person, and then the entire case goes dark and inactive.
  
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  2. 2. Pool of Goo. The 10’ diameter circular pool is shallow and has what appears to be 50 gp scattered at the bottom. The pool is not filled by water, but a gelatinous cube. There are three decorative floor panels and three plain floor panels around the pool. Any vibration stronger than a coin disturbing the surface of the pool causes the three plain panels to catapult anyone standing on them into the pool. (Can aim to avoid falling into the pool if targeted with a DC 17 acrobatics check.)
  
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  3. Skeleton fencing club. When this room is entered, there are two skeletons involved in a fencing contest with rapiers, with another ten standing on the sidelines watching. If the PCs approach within ten feet without attacking, the two dueling skeletons turn and take up ready positions towards the PCs, waiting for opponents. (cont)
  
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  ... If the PCs engage these skeletons one-on-one, and do not use anything other than melee weapons, the other skeletons watch until the PCs are victorious, and present bony applause, along with one of the skeletons presenting a rapier +1 to the party. If anyone attacks as a group, uses spells, or otherwise does not fight an honorable duel, the skeletons attack en masse.
  
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  Okay, so my overall (vague) #Dungeon23 concept is that it is the massive main temple of an ancient and long dead god of mischief and chaos. (Gives me a little wiggle room to throw nonsensical stuff in.) All rooms are, of course, first drafts, which is the point.
  
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  Entry Temple Level
  1. Door of Attitude. The door has the words “Say something friendly and enter” in Infernal and Draconic. Any direct statement to the door will open it, but will cause impacts further in the dungeon. Answers can be classified as: A. Sincere, B. Hostile, C. Sarcastic
  
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