I Tried Rolling Up a Random Dungeon From The DMG Tables!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2022
- My players found a cave they were about to enter as the session ended. This was the perfect opportunity for me to try something I had wanted to try for a while. I decided to roll up a random dungeon using the tables in the Dungeon Masters Guide. Roll for rooms, exits, passageways, smells, furnishings, monsters, loot, magic items, stairs, traps, tricks and more. This took me quite a long time to put together and after I played it through with my players (who didn't clear it even after almost 30 hours of play) I realized I needed to adjust. The random table rolling method is great for the basic skeleton of your dungeon but adding specific details, monsters, npcs and what not is what makes a dungeon immersive. Having the rolled map and basic population makes it easy to incorporate specifics that link to your players' characters and the greater story. Definitely a fun experience and a great way to learn how to make a dungeon and plan a dungeon crawl!
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That is the great thing about multiple levels, each one can be separate and entirely different as well as progressively more difficult. This allows the PC's to determine when they've had enough, (unless they are foolhardy). Enjoyed watching this.
Thanks! I agree, I love being able to have multiple levels that can change thematically, mechanically or even just in difficulty. It adds a great depth of integration into dungeons. Cheers
I only used the original AD&D DMG, it had random tables as well. The results were ... random but sometimes I had to "fix" things. This harkens back to early days when dungeons were just a collection of rooms which didn't have much of a theme or storyline, and it was expected that monsters would stay in one room all the time. 😋 Dungeon Geomorphs were released around that time, that was when people didn't really use miniatures yet and players drew maps on graph paper. Things have changed quite a bit since then.
Yea I've had to "fix" things as well to make it run smoother but hey that's a small price to pay to run a cool dungeon that your players enjoy aha
When I was bored I'd do this for solo adventuring with the original AD&D DMG.
I literally did this as an exercise with the intent to do this. So intrigued to see how yours turns out because mine was a mess...
It actually turned out super well, what part of yours ended up being a mess?
@@RabbitholeHobbies it really did. I'll have to go back and see where I fouled up. Lol. Great job.
@@kingsfan2099 Yea I'd be interested to see someone else's roll up and how it worked
Pretty glorious stache you got there. Im trying to emulate the great Don Frye, but i think you have to be blessed by the gods themselves to achieve those heights of glory.
Aha thanks again my dude! The Don Frye Stache is a great stache to strive for, I wish you the best of luck with that journey! I'm not sure about being blessed by the gods but I for sure got the stache from my dad, hopefully one day mine will be as glorious as his.
Great video! Have always wondered if those tables were actually useful. I am going to have to try this now.
Thanks! You definitely need to do some finessing to make the rolled dungeon make sense for your narrative but it's a really great way to make authentic feeling maps, at least in my opinion. Good luck with your dungeon building!
Cool maps Bro! Nice due diligence with the cross hatching. do you stream your games? I'm subbing
Thanks dude! I'm glad you appreciate the cross hatching. We don't stream our games, but we have talked about it aha thanks for the sub!
Is there anywhere we could see the dungeon (and key to the various rooms) online?
Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to digitizing this yet,
Nice... I'm experimenting with a similar approach, except I'm using a "greatest hits collection" of tables from AD&D, 3rd ed. and 1st ed. Pathfinder. I'm curious as to how long it took for you to generate/populate the dungeon and I'd love to hear more of your takes on the topic. - Thanks
Oh sweet! I'd be interested to see the final result of that. I've considered doing a follow up video or two for this dungeon, mainly going more in depth about the process of tweaking the population process while running it and actually running it. I'd say pre - game I spent about 7 hours generating the dungeon and then another 3 or 4 (hard to tell) adjusting during game play.
I will take a few pics and send them to you,I love making dungeons
@@shawnbrunelle5449 Yea hit me up on Instagram @rabbithole_hobbies, I'd love to see some dungeon pics
Greatest hits table collection, you say?
@@jessefoutz597 might have to grab a copy eh?
This video made me so happy. The 5e DMG genuinely has some of the best random dungeon tables, I use it all the time for my ACKs campaign.
This comment made me so happy! Aha I'm glad you liked the video. I love the random dungeon tables for 5e honestly, this one was a bit time consuming but you can bang out dungeons so quick if you need one. I've never tried ACK, I don't know too much about it but I have heard it's super fun. What do you like most about it?
@@RabbitholeHobbies Aw man, ACKs is one of the many retroclones (it does the BASIC rules, or more accurately B/X since it goes to level 14 for most character classes.)
I like old-school DnD because character combat abilities (which are much fewer in number) don't out compete creative problem solving and the game looks more like a natural conversation rather than a rigid game, it's actually best played with the "game" part under the hood (for when the DM needs it) and instead players telling you what their characters are doing.
ACKs is great because it's got a lot of tools to help build a sandbox (and it gets pretty detailed with optional info on trade routes, supply/demand based of terrain, etc) and it's got procedures for when players eventually become lords of their own castles, mage towers, thief guilds, etc.
That's really neat I'll look into it. The more I play 5e, the more I realize I might like some of the older editions. I end up customizing so many of the rules and mechanics to fit my (and my players) play style and i keep finding out alot of those changes are rules present in older editions. I really like the sounds of the ACK optional info you mentioned to add depth into world building and for additional downtime activity possibilities. Very cool thank you for commenting, I'm fired up to learn more always!
No grid?
This map is for my reference as they explore. Typically one of the pcs is designated by the party to draw a map out as they explore. This also means that PC can't be focused on trap detection or observing for enemies.
@@RabbitholeHobbies thanks for explaining. So is combat theater of the mind?
@@jayteepodcast Yea for the most part, especially in Dungeons when it's fairly straight forwards. I do have dungeon tiles and miniatures for bigger or most complex combat encounters where it becomes difficult to keep track of everything.
Crimson Dragon Slayer D20!
I'm unfamiliar with that, what is it?
Whats with all the dust flying around you? lol
Hmm 🤔 I'd have to watch the video again to sure, I'll get back to you on that aha
Spoilers for Baelfire's companions!
Or not. You cleverly waited until they played it before releasing the video.
Looks amazing though.
@@trothaksharkpuncher1059 Aha 🤣 yes that was planned lmao did you comment before watching the whole thing?
@@RabbitholeHobbies yeah, I like to comment while I'm watching and it's fresh.
@@trothaksharkpuncher1059 That makes sense aha
Dude!!!! I just that a month ago it was the best. Don't waste your time with fifth ed. 2cnd edition is the better choice . piece. love your channel keep it up
Yea it was a great time, and thanks dude I really appreciate that! We've only ever played 5e and we love it so I'm curious what about 2nd edition you think is better? I have been curious about trying other editions...
@@RabbitholeHobbies If you are interested in other editions (specifically older ones), search for "Questing Beast What is the OSR" on TH-cam. He was my gateway drug. It isn't for everyone, but as a 5E player I discovered I loved Old School D&D and have never looked back.
@@sirtyz Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely look into it, the more I read into older editions the more I start to like some of the rules and mechanics more and more aha
@@RabbitholeHobbies some things that draw me in to older editions and retroclones are
-very quick chargen, doesn't take half an hour to set up like 5e
-simple class chassis i.e. each class has a very well defined roles in a party, cleric is a healer/curse remover, fighter fights, rogue deals with traps, you know what the wizard does, etc
-high lethality, being careless will result in losing your character very quickly, so players have to go in with a CoC mindset
-mapping and resource management mechanics make it so anyone can pick up and play whenever they want to, no need to compromise 4 hours of every week for the next year
-megadungeons make my autistic brain happy
@@jimjimmy8900 Go on.. this is starting sound more and more appealing aha
Have you ever had a real life priest join your D and D session?
No I can't say I have, have you?
@@RabbitholeHobbies no but it would be interesting if I did
I mean I wouldn't tell a priest they couldn't play... my table is open to anyone a) with an interest in the game and b) whose not a dick
Looks like youve got the eclectic chennl. TH-cam algorithms do not reward renaissance men. If this is hobby project no big deal, if you want to get youtube famous i would split this into two channels. The content is actually cool though.
Thanks dude! I appreciate the insight, I have heard that before. Who knows what the future holds but for now narrowing my focus and sacrificing making the content I want to make to appease the algorithm is not high on my list of priorities aha. I get bored doing the same thing all the time, diversity is the spice of life 😎
@@RabbitholeHobbies oh i agree completely. the channel is pretty cool, its basically all of my hobbies, lol
@@thehermitthetower1126 I knew I wasn't the only person who had a billion hobbies aha. That's another reason I went the direction I did, I figured lots of people would find it relatable to be interested in so many hobbies.