DUNGEON DRESSING: FLOORS 19.

Glyphs cover the oor’s entirety; any attempt to study

them reveals them to be nothing but gibberish.
20. Metal grates line this oor; investigation reveals an
The dungeon’s oor is the one feature with which eight-inch-tall crawlspace underneath.
every adventurer will interact.

M A J O R F E AT U R E S M I N O R F E AT U R E S & D R E S S I N G

1. This oor is comprised of an eight-by-eight array of 1. Fresh guano coats the oor.
alternating squares of black and white marble; the four 2. The oor shows evidence of a heavy rectangular object
centre squares reverse the pattern. dragged from one door to another.
2. A round oor sits in this perfectly square room; the gaps 3. In a dark corner, a cluster of ve-foot-tall purple fungi
in the room’s corners created by the oor’s arc reveal grows in damp earth.
another hidden room underneath with no other obvious 4. Charred insect carcasses litter the oor; a handful of the
entrances or exits. insects re exively twitch.
3. This stone oor slopes downward to the east; the 5. A 10-foot square section of the oor glows red and
western side sits one foot higher. becomes warm to the touch, but it deals no damage to a
4. The cobbled stones comprising this oor seem more at character touching it.
home in a city street than a dungeon. 6. A thin coating of grease covers the oor. Characters
5. This tiered oor has six-inch-tall steps every ve feet; the moving at full speed may fall prone.
centre square has a shallow circular indention. 7. Long grooves mar the oor’s surface as though a large
6. The marble oor does not meet the wall on any side; the and powerful clawed creature pawed at it. The stone is
two-inch gap separating the oor from the wall reveals a scrapped and splintered.
narrow trench of unknowable depth. 8. A ten-foot-high ant mound has erupted through the
7. Pitted and old, the agstones comprising this room’s oor; thousands of ants swarm nearby.
oor have a diseased crumbling look. Investigation 9. Crude chalk arrows mark a seemingly random path
reveals the stone is easy to scuff, bash or cut. along this oor.
8. Mahogany slats securely fastened to one another 10. Broken shards of glass, set so the pointy sides are up, jut
comprise this oor’s surface. from the oor; treat them as caltrops.
9. This polished steel oor’s mirror-like surface clearly 11. One section of oor gives slightly when a character
re ects the images of all treading upon it. weighing more than 150 pounds crosses it.
10. At regular intervals, cof n lids jut from the oor’s surface; 12. The oor suddenly ripples as if some large creature
prying the lids open mostly reveals empty cof ns or moved just below it.
centuries-old corpses. A few of the cof ns, though, might 13. The oor constantly cleans itself; blood, dirt and other
hold guardian undead. minor detritus dissolve within two rounds.
11. A circular seal dominates this marble oor; the seal has a 14. A hole pierces the oor in one corner as if a rodent had
blue edge broken through by a golden roc. chewed through it from underneath.
12. The metal oor echoes with a tone, which increases in 15. “Danger” is scrawled on the oor in fresh blood.
pitch as a character proceeds toward the far door. 16. A thin layer of pebbles covers the oor, making moving
13. This transparent oor has the hardness of stone and silently here dif cult.
reveals another room below with the same dimensions 17. A series of two-foot-tall wooden barricades dot the oor.
as this room. 18. The oor is uneven and in bad repair.
14. An etched map covers the oor; this map could show 19. Something has removed the top of the oor; the new
another level of this dungeon, the location of a hidden surface bears indentions indicating the oor was carved
treasure or another location altogether. into a jigsaw puzzle before removal.
15. In each corner of this room, a soft light emanates from 20. Insubstantial tentacles erupt from the oor and grasp
the oor, illuminating nothing more than the section of ineffectively at the characters.
oor where it glows.
16. Thick, plush carpet covers the oor; the carpet has a
strange, almost hypnotic, pattern.
17. This “ oor” comprises several wooden planks over a CREDIT
deep pit. One of the wooden planks is rotten.
18. Each ve-foot square section of oor lights up with a This is a short system-neutral extract from GM's Miscellany:
different colour and sounds a different tone when Dungeon Dressing. The book is available in 5e, System
something weighing more than 50 pounds steps (or Neutral and Path nder 1 editions. The OSR edition will be
lands) on it. available in early 2023.

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