Category: megadungeon

More Fantasy Figures

Are these good guys or bad guys?  Sometimes it can be hard to tell.  They are all from the DemonWorld line of figures, that’s for sure.   Wizard, Barbarian Warrior 3, and Barbarian Princess  That center figure could be a male or female.  You don’t often see that kind...

Complete Mini-Megadungeon

Just in time for DMs day, here’s my present to all you hard working, handsome, and under-appreciated DMs out there in internet-land.  With all 14+ levels of the Mini-Megadungeon are complete, I went ahead and bundled all of the relevant posts into a single PDF document for ease of...

Megadungeon Bonus Post: More Secrets

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the dungeon… When I run this dungeon, the entrance looks like this*.  There is a narrow path up to the left side of the mouth shaped cavern that leads down to the dungeon proper. Even after carving up that amazing...

Megadungeon Level 10: The Mad Lich’s Prison

At long last, the very core of the MegaDungeon – a prison for a mad lich.  The lich was once a fire wizard who burned his way into this inner sanctum in pursuit of  a safe place to hide his phylactery.  He found it, but the Dungeongod tricked the...

Return to the Megadungeon: The Dragon Sublevel

A couple of years ago, this blog presented readers with the first ten levels of a miniature mega-dungeon.  The series ended abruptly when the hard drive on which it rested gave up the digital ghost.  Over the last few months a few loyal readers have asked for an explanation,...

Roll All the Dice – Starting Equipment

Whereas; Purchasing equipment for those first level D&D characters is sometimes a tedious exercise in juggling weight and cost and when can we just get to the dungeon already, Whereas; Most of a character’s generation is already random, Whereas; Choosing the right niche item “just in case we meet...

Megaduneon to be Named Later – Overland Player Map

As if this blogger didn’t have enough irons in the gaming fire, I’ve been inspired by the likes of Peter Dell’Orto, Dyson Logos, and a host of others to start in on a new megadungeon.  As with so many others, it may never see the light of an adventurer’s torch....

The Dungeon: Level 9A – The Lich’s Doorstep

Waaaaaay back at the beginning of this article, it was hinted that The Dungeon is nothing more than an elaborate prison for a Mad Lich.  The Mad Lich is locked deep inside Level 10; this level and level 9 combine to serve as an effective the ‘lock’ on his...

The Dungeon: Level 9 – Forge of the Fire Giants

The Pool of Fire has been commandeered by a larger than usual Fire Giant, named whatever you need him to be named, and his three young apprentices.  These black stone caverns have high vaulted ceilings that allow the giants and their phoenix pet plenty of room to stretch.  The...

The Dungeon: Level 8 – Spider Warrens

These caves and cold, dank, and unfriendly.  The halls of this level are only 6 feet high, but the cavern roofs vault high above.  The rough and uneven floor is covered by a thin layer of hard scrabble that makes finding your footing tricky.  Not so for the eight...