DM adventure quandry


3.5/d20/OGL


During a recent discussion with the main two players of my gaming group, it came about that I should run a "5-room dungeon" for 3rd-level characters that is all non-combat. This is partly a reaction to some recent games with some other players that was rather combat-heavy as well as a desire to explore some of the less often used abilities out there. We may add in my youngest girl, who is four but has been around D&D pretty much her entire life.

So, with this in mind, I'm looking for ideas on what sort of adventure or encounters other DMs have run or would suggest running for a non-combat adventure.


Any of, but the latter are generally better, the Challenge of Champions adventures from Dungeon Magazine.

I wish I had more to offer than that, but thats just about all you need.

Oh! The 3.0 Book of Challenges has a lot of traps/physical obstacles/puzzles that could be useful for you.


I was afraid you'd say that. My mags are all packed up and in storage at the moment, since I don;t have room for a decent library. One of my part-time gamers may have the Challenges book. I'll look into it.

But still, that always felt like a tournament or fair rather than an adventure to me...

Grand Lodge

I know that it is not specifically what you asked for, but it was the closest thing I could find...

It is from EN World, and features an old house with a few traps, and a single foe to fight...

Link

-That One Digitalelf Fellow-


How very interesting...thank you for the House! I think even without the note, I would have detected Lovecraft's hand in that adventure.

Grand Lodge

Doc_Outlands wrote:
How very interesting...thank you for the House! I think even without the note, I would have detected Lovecraft's hand in that adventure.

You're quite welcome...

Hope it was of some help to you at least...

Check out the site (there's a link in the PDF), he has some other similar type stuff (though I thought the house was the coolest)...

-That One Digitalelf Fellow-


I had to tweak the link you posted slightly to get it to work, as the internal links in the pdf weren't working for me. I was likely screwing something up, who knows. The main drawback to House is how creepy it is. I'm not real sure the youngest could handle it. Beyond that, the other three would absolutely eat it *up*!

Ok, I got involved looking at CSP's offerings and almost forgot to come back here and finish my reply!! Goooooooooooooood stuff...

Crooked Staff Productions

I'm sure that site will contribute to melting a hard-drive and a printer sooner rather than later...

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