GM: fill the dungeon
Dungeons
With Dragons
Players: create characters
1
Choose a style for your character: Animal, Clockwork,
Fairy, Lizardfolk, Human-ish, Ogre, Treefolk, or Undead.
2 if you are an expert. Your style, attitude, and role will
Choose an attitude for your character: Brave, Cowardly,
Focused, Mysterious, Patient, Tough, Weird, or Wild.
3
Choose a role for your character: Bard, Druid, Knight,
Mercenary, Priest, Psychic, Rogue, or Wizard.
4
Choose your number, from 2-5. A high number is better
with DUNGEONS (plans; traps; skill and precision; calm,
careful action). A low number is better with DRAGONS (gut
feeling; charging in; power and glory; wild, passionate action).
5
Give your character a snappy adventurer's name, like
Bungo Bullroarer or something.
Your gear includes: a dungeoneering kit (ropes; maps); some
snacks enjoyed by your style; a weapon that suits your
attitude; a tool of your trade, to go with your role; and a
mysterious potion, that only you know what it does. When
introducing your character, tell us about your gear.
Player goal: Survive the dungeon with as much loot in your
hands as possible, consequences be damned.
Character goal: Choose one or make your own: Get Rich, Seek
Glory, Uncover Lost Artifacts, Kill Monsters, Prove Myself,
Discover the Truth, Preserve the Balance, or Stop Bad Guys.
When you use your mysterious potion, describe what it does
for us. If it gives you weird powers, add +3d6 to the next roll
those powers help with. If it heals or protects you, you take no
harm from something that would have killed you.
When the players open a door, roll or choose from this table:
the room is…
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D w/ D is written by Jacob Randolph.
Lasers & Feelings by John Harper.
Dungeons with Dragons is a hack of
1. A long corridor.
2. A small room.
3. A large room.
4. A tall room.
5. A cavern.
6. Outdoors.
its purpose is…
Rolling the dice 1. Sleeping quarters. 4. Prison
2. Monster lair. 5. Ritual Sacrifice
When you do something risky, roll 1d6 to find out 3. Library. 6. Combat Arena
how it goes. Roll +1d6 if you are prepared, and +1d6
it is defended by…
1. Nothing. 4. A person.
help you determine if you are prepared or an expert.
Roll your dice and compare each die result to 2. A simple trap. 5. A monster.
your number. 3. A complicated trap. 6. A lot of monsters.
If you're using DUNGEONS (thought, precision), When the players find loot, roll 2d6 or choose from this table:
you want to roll under your number. loot table
If you're using DRAGONS (passion, power), 1. A mysterious… 1. …new friend, describe them.
you want to roll over your number. 2. A precious… 2. …pile of coins or jewels.
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3. A jeweled… 3. …mechanical device.
If none of your dice succeed, it goes wrong.
4. An unusual… 4. …ring, wand, scroll, or amulet.
The GM says how things get worse somehow.
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5. A talking… 5. …clue, telling what's ahead.
If one die succeeds, you barely manage it. 6. A bag or box full of… 6. …locked, trapped treasure chest.
The GM inflicts a complication, harm, or cost.
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If two dice succeed, you do it well. Good job!
The GM has no power here, tell us how you did.
GM: play the dragon
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Play to find out how they do. Introduce threats one at a time,
If three dice succeed, you conquer. giving them room to breathe as long as they keep on top of it.
The GM will offer you loot or glory, your choice. Build things up. Tear things down. Everything in the dungeon
is disposable. Before anything happens to a character, show
If you roll your number exactly, you get to ask
the GM a question, in addition to getting a signs of what will happen next, then ask "what do you do?"
success on your roll. You can ask about anything you
can see, or about the room ahead, and the GM will Call for a roll when the situation is uncertain. Don't pre-plan
answer honestly, and tell you how you learned this. outcomes - let the chips fall where they may. Use failures to
push the action forward. Every roll must change the situation,
Helping: If you help someone, tell us how, and for better or for worse.
roll 1d6. If you succeed, add it to their check,
and if they get loot or glory, so do you. If you fail, the After 4-6 rooms, end the game with a boss fight, then let the
GM will inflict a complication, harm, or cost on you. survivors bring the loot home and tell us what they do with it.