Dungeon Master's Guidance 4: Building a Dungeon

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[DukeofBerkshire]

thats 12 years of my sex sex life ill never get back

[repsesper]

@DukeofBerkshire Pesonally, I see no need to divorce my love life from my gaming experiences. If you don't know that "geek" culture is hot nowadays, then you are living under a rock.

[Eldanoth]

What software do you use to build the dungeons? Well done!

[repsesper]

@Eldanoth Well, normally I just draw on grid paper. The digital ones I draw on PS.

[Samwise7RPG]

I had a lot of fun making my Darves Hill Megadungeon with many layers (and levels) of graph paper. I really enjoyed drawing it all up with pen and hatch marks to shade the areas that were not tunnels, rooms, etc. I have multiple story arcs that are running based on the whole dungeon, with many localized stories and NPCs that don't have anything to do with the overall plot. It's a lot of beasties, traps, etc. and it has been a lot of fun with little GM burnout. :)

[repsesper]

@Samwise7RPG That sounds awesome! I've created some similar adventure sites in the past. It is a lot of work, but is so rewarding. Have you uploaded pictures of the dungeon on here or anywhere?

[YourDungeonMaster]

Hope to see a follow up,possibly wilderness version of this vid

[ConvictiveDemagogue]

I'd like to know how you made that map; did you draw and color it by hand, or did you use some computer program to make it happen faster? If the latter is the case, might you tell me what program you used?

[jgtate1]

Im buliding my own dnd rulebook and im having trouble with leveling characters could you give me some tips ?

[monkeyslapper65]

@DukeofBerkshire you have to first have a sex life before you can piss 12 years of it away

[d20critsj00]

checking out people's dungeons is rather inspiring.

[WagerET]

@Outlawstar257 Thanks, this is probably going to help.

[Outlawstar257]

@WagerET I have a similar problem- What i've found is best is to give that person a basic summary of what is going on AFTER you please your other players with immersion. Example: Tell your other players: "The party steps down the spiral staircase, a strange slickness seeps down the stone. Each of you feels like the breath in your lungs is becoming heavy. (Player), You feel uncomfortable going down these stairs." It's not too much, or too little to either kind of player. Hope it helps.

[WagerET]

Hey esper, I recently started DMing - which has been made SOOOO much easier thanks to your DM Gidence videos thank you for posting them - and I was hoping that you could give me some advice. See theres a player in my groupe who isnt all that into emersive gameplay but feels that he needs to know the narative behind what the party is doing, so, my question is; How do I tell the story of the characters with out it seeming to emersive?