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DUNGEONS

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Thank you for downloading 5 Room Dungeons. It contains 87 short adventure seeds you can drop into your campaigns or flesh out into larger adventures. All dungeons in this PDF are submissions from the 5 Room Dungeon contest co-hosted by and Strolen's Citadel. Dungeon entries had to follow the 5 Room Dungeon template, which is provided at the start of this book (it's a great recipe for crafting your own quick dungeons too). Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. Your great entries are now inspiring and helping game masters around the world. Thanks also to the volunteers at Strolen's Citadel for their hours of editing.

5 Room Dungeons ? 2019 Roleplaying Tips Original Five Room Dungeons Format: Johnn Four Cover artwork ? 2015 Dean Spencer, used with permission. All rights reserved. Internal illustrations from the Very Old School Art Pack: Arthur Rackham, Charles Folkard, Dugald Walker, Edward Burne Jones, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Elmer Boyd Smith, Garth Jones, George Soper, Harry Clarke,

Herbert Cole, Howard Pyle, Noel Patton. Other non-attribution stock art has also been used.

Layout: Craig Judd Editing: manfred/Peter Sidor Contest Co-Hosting: Strolen's Citadel

Thanks to Roleplaying Tips Game Masters for sharing their boundless creativity and wonderful creations.

And special thanks to Roleplaying Tips Patrons who, with their amazing support, are helping GMs around the world have more fun at every game!

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Contents

Chapter 1: The Five Room Dungeon Recipe... 7

Why Like 5 Room Dungeons?........................ 8 The 5 Room Dungeon Format...................... 10

Chapter 2: Five Room Methods & Advice...... 14

How To Create Five Room Horror Dungeons................................................ 15

Example GM Move With Threats Using Lord of the Rings............................................. 18

A Simple And Fun Way To Run Army Battles..................................................... 21

Make Your Encounters Intense.................... 24 How to Avoid a TPK When GMing Intense

Encounters.............................................. 26 Psssst, How To Tell A Secret........................ 28 Spikes Of Danger Tease Your Players While

Filling Them With Fear........................... 32 How To Create Your Own Plot Factory,

Part I....................................................... 35 How To Create Your Own Plot Factory,

Part II...................................................... 37 How To Create Your Own Plot Factory,

Part III.................................................... 39 How To Create Your Own Plot Factory,

Part IV..................................................... 41 The Elvis Hook For PCs................................ 43 How To GM Genius NPCs............................. 45 A Quick Tip On Session Prep....................... 49 Use The Feature Method To Make Adventure

Design A Whole Lot Easier...................... 51

An Example Of The Creature Feature For Your 5 Room Dungeon Designs....................... 53

5 More Adventure Feature Types For Your Adventure Designs.................................. 56

The Subtle Gap You Should Close for Better Storytelling............................................. 58

Chapter 3: The Community Collection of Five Room Dungeons...........................62

The Sanctuary of Sumuho........................... 63 Crossbones Island........................................ 69 Spawn of the God-Egg................................. 72 Foray into the Forest of the Frog King......... 79 Diamonds and the Deluge........................... 83 Bedizen's Traveling Dungeon...................... 86 Of Pines and Roses...................................... 90 The Tomb of Agellar.................................... 93 Place of the Embalmers............................... 97 The Nobleman's Daughter..........................103 Skanda Biologicals......................................107 The Spirit Never Dies..................................111 Saving Plaque.............................................115 Raid on Tantalus IV....................................118 Revenge of the Urn Beast...........................131 The Mercenary Shrine................................136 The Cursed Keep of the Wastelands............142 Lord and Killer............................................148 Upshi Rises.................................................150 The Wizard's Challenge..............................153 St. Nathanial - Harbinger of Doom.............158

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