Jesterface
2013-04-10, 05:03 AM
A recent discussion with my currently primary gaming group (6 players in a level 9 campaign, within my homebrew world's 'Asia') has come to the conclusion that as much as they've appreciated the effort I've put in to make this a fun and interesting game for them, with plenty of depth, the combination of us all having jobs (I work retail and can start as early as 6am, finish as late as 9:30pm, one player works admin in a sofa store, another is a supervisor at our local Toys R Us, two others work retail, one works for a kitchen/bedroom fitting store and one works as a department store early morning cleaner) and three of them all moving house together recently, it's been decided that they'd like to see the climax of the plot, but for it to end sooner than intended. I've no real problem with this, I can tell that everyone's tired from working, as we often don't start till gone 8 and end up finishing around 11. As such, as much as they love the sheer amount of mind screw I've applied, they generally find they're not engaging with my work as much as they'd like to, and I'm kinda glad they've said they wouldn't mind starting a simpler game.
That in mind, I'm planning to run a 2nd level dungeon crawler for them, with Diablo and Nethack in mind as ideas, maybe a splash of Hordes of the Underdark, still in my homebrew setting (somewhere between Bas Lag, Fable II/III's Albion, Eberron and Iron Kingdoms). Keeping things reasonably simple (they're all smart folks who enjoy having fun characters with interesting abilities), I've already started a class list and races list, but wondered if anyone had any cool +1LA races to suggest for the list; currently have Aasimar, Tiefling and Goliath.
Also, does anyone have any cool tips on making an interesting, possibly labyrinthine dungeon? The idea that sticks in my head currently is each 'floor' has two exits, meaning the dungeon just keeps branching and branching. And are there any suggestions as to how the players come across it? Primary thoughts at the moment are "it's a competition to win a prize", "local ruling figure hires them to cleanse a lair of evil" and "stop the BBEG ending life as we know it".
Many thanks!
~J
That in mind, I'm planning to run a 2nd level dungeon crawler for them, with Diablo and Nethack in mind as ideas, maybe a splash of Hordes of the Underdark, still in my homebrew setting (somewhere between Bas Lag, Fable II/III's Albion, Eberron and Iron Kingdoms). Keeping things reasonably simple (they're all smart folks who enjoy having fun characters with interesting abilities), I've already started a class list and races list, but wondered if anyone had any cool +1LA races to suggest for the list; currently have Aasimar, Tiefling and Goliath.
Also, does anyone have any cool tips on making an interesting, possibly labyrinthine dungeon? The idea that sticks in my head currently is each 'floor' has two exits, meaning the dungeon just keeps branching and branching. And are there any suggestions as to how the players come across it? Primary thoughts at the moment are "it's a competition to win a prize", "local ruling figure hires them to cleanse a lair of evil" and "stop the BBEG ending life as we know it".
Many thanks!
~J