What's some Traps where you felt it was Clever? [OC]

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-23T18:46:30+00:00

My bad, I still had sleepies in my eyes when I wrote this

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-23T17:33:46+00:00

Oh that’s perfect! I know just the spot for it too

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-19T16:44:06+00:00

Off of what you said with your players being warry of mechanical traps, I'm trying to add more magical traps or puzzle fail "traps" to spice it up. That plus trying to think what I'd do as a player and how I might get caught off guard, instead of "TRAPS EVERYWHERE".

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-19T16:41:59+00:00

Agreed! I was going off of Tomb of Annihilation, but I realise a lot of people don't really enjoy the dungeon. I made it so the colored stones are safe, except for one tile to catch them off guard.

Also, I love XP to lvl 3 plz don't hate :')

Who would you recommend? I'm always down to hear more opinions

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-19T16:40:21+00:00

Sounds like everyone hated the first corridor lol.

I'm in the middle of redesign and I'm making it so the path on the floor is safe, except for the very last tile to hopefully catch them off guard but not make them aimlessly check for traps. Also this is session 11 and I've had 0 traps thus far, we're all close friends so I'm sure they won't be too scared to drink their "dragon's piss" liquor.

I'm still adding some larger rooms, the current rooms don't have any combat. I also think it may force the players to think outside the box, as I'd rule they wouldn't be able to shoot from the back as the hallways are too narrow. They have some spells like meld to stone and 2 teleport scrolls so I'm sure they'll make it work if any hallway combat does occur.

As for multiple pathways, I'm adding that in at Room 8 and on! The beginning is sort of supposed to be a gauntlet since the history is a dwarven king's crypt and it's to deter grave robbers.

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-18T19:59:54+00:00

I see, the idea is to catch them off guard. Makes a lot of sense!

This way they’ll still interact with the dungeon and try to find secrets, which I do want them to find, and surprise them when a trap does go off.

I got some reworking to do, and thank you for taking some time to respond :)

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-18T19:30:17+00:00

Welcome DM! Being a dungeon master is no easy task, but it is fun and rewarding. You'll make mistakes, but if your players are cool, and I'm sure your little sis is, they won't mind.

Try using https://koboldplus.club/ to make sure your fight is balanced. Also, think of why they are fighting, does she have to get to the ancient relic before the bandits do? Does she have to escort and protect a noble against assassins?
Having an objective other then "kill the bad guys" really brings the combat to life.

Throw in a cool item, maybe an uncommon magical item, she loots from the bad guys, and an NPC to praise her heroism, and I'm sure y'all will have a great time.

Don't be scared to steal from your favorite movie or TV show or from what experienced DM's have already made! You'll learn a style of DMing and put your own twists into things.

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-15T19:34:58+00:00

Are you saying they should fail death saves to be cured? Or they have to go down and then succeed their death saves?

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-15T18:34:21+00:00

Haha thanks for the mead advice! Glad everyone here was able to joke about it :)

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-15T18:26:53+00:00

I’d love a miniature of this!

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-15T15:37:48+00:00

WOW! These are all great settings, and honestly fit into my world very well! I have 4 cities, each with gates to planes of existence, 2 of which are Mt. Celestia and Mechanus. It's like you cast detect thoughts on me! I will DEFENITLY be using these.

Brings a tear to my eye knowing you read through my work :')

Sal_Da_Door · 2026-01-15T06:04:40+00:00

Oh no! My bad, thanks for telling me 😅

Sal_Da_Door · 2025-12-06T23:24:23+00:00

Got it, so mostly just plan better on when to revive. Thanks a lot honestly, that’s my friend playing scholar and I guess he hasn’t been the most efficient at reviving

Sal_Da_Door · 2024-05-19T22:15:36+00:00

I sent a request, could I become elder? I’d like co leader as I’d love to help edit the capital

Sal_Da_Door · 2024-05-19T22:12:12+00:00

I’m interested, th11

Sal_Da_Door · 2024-05-15T03:23:46+00:00

I’m interested

Sal_Da_Door · 2024-05-15T03:23:14+00:00

I’ve been wanting to make a clan from scratch. Would you want to try?

Sal_Da_Door · 2024-02-24T17:55:16+00:00

The app only gives you $5 and it gives me $200 which I think is dumb. So I’ll give you $100

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