Gwydion
May 19th, 2016, 19:21
Good afternoon, everyone. This is my first post to the forum so be gentle! ;) I've learned so much from reading all the posts here I thought I would (hopefully) give back something of some interest. I've been trying to come up with samples of traps built as NPC's and I found a few, but not a lot. (Apologize in advance if I missed them!). So, I built my own for now and thought I would share and see if anyone else finds them useful. I tried to keep the organization consistent and for now I built for lower levels (I say lvl 1, but probably 1-3?). I also categorized as "setback" or "dangerous" taking clues from page 121 of the DMG. I got my inspiration from donjon's random generator (which is awesome) and tried to flesh out a few more details myself. Some are almost straight out of the DMG. I don't know that I handled the rune traps appropriately as I just went with what felt right. Also, I did not add in the XP as I thought each DM may adjust the DC's, etc and in some cases may not want to include any XP.
Anyway, would love to hear if anyone finds these useful. I'm going to work on more as, well, it's just fun! BTW, I'm an older (40's and leave it at that) player who started with AD&D back in the mid 80's but never really found a group to play with. So, now I'm trying my hand at DM'ing for the first time with my wife and two girls! So far we are having a blast.
Thanks again to everyone who posts here. I've really learned a lot and appreciate all of you!
UPDATE - I've revised my file upload to ensure I've only referenced SRD material and am including a copy of the OGL related to the SRD. Any feedback is appreciated as I plan on working on more and uploading them when finished. Thanks!
Anyway, would love to hear if anyone finds these useful. I'm going to work on more as, well, it's just fun! BTW, I'm an older (40's and leave it at that) player who started with AD&D back in the mid 80's but never really found a group to play with. So, now I'm trying my hand at DM'ing for the first time with my wife and two girls! So far we are having a blast.
Thanks again to everyone who posts here. I've really learned a lot and appreciate all of you!
UPDATE - I've revised my file upload to ensure I've only referenced SRD material and am including a copy of the OGL related to the SRD. Any feedback is appreciated as I plan on working on more and uploading them when finished. Thanks!