Gabe's Own D&D Game in his Dwarven Forge Tiles >. <

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Gabe used his Dwarven Forge tiles to build a series of interconnected rooms and passageways that would serve as the night's "zone", then began his own D&D game in this mini gaming world. His players could explore the dungeon however they like. And it also includes Quest System!

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I used my Dwarven Forge tiles to build a series of interconnected rooms and passageways that would serve as the night's "zone". I picked up some fake spider webs,LED tea lights and rubber spiders from the halloween isle at the store. I spread the webbing all over the tiles and used the spiders sort of like set dressing just to give the impression that they were constantly surrounded by scurrying bugs.

From the craft store I got a little bag of red crystals that I think are supposed to go in a floral arrangement. I distributed these throughout the dungeon for the players to collect.

When the game started I had the lights turned down so that the entire dungeon was lit just by the tea lights.

Gameplay wise I tried some new stuff as well. I had my players roll initiative once at the beginning of the night. I explained that they should think of the dungeon as an "open world" that they could explore however they like. However they had to navigate the entire night using their character's movement and doing it in their initiative order. Essentially the dungeon was an elaborate game board, like a fantasy version of Monopoly and they were moving their pieces around it. I also let them know that if they tried to take a short rest they would be attacked by the spiders that were crawling all over the walls and ceiling. This basically made the entire night one encounter.

As they moved through the dungeon they were occasionally attacked by roving groups of spider minions. They also took time to harvest the crystals which ended up being more difficult than you might think. These crystals were extremely fragile and filled with a strange energy. Picking one required a successful nature,arcana or thievery check. If a character failed the check the crystal shattered and dealt damage. The invoker actually ended up bloodied just from crystal damage not long into the night.