Random Dungeon Tiles and Descriptions

I've created a set of geomorphic map tiles with full Line of Sight and paired them with a set of story templates and tables to generate the contents of the tile. The tiles and contents are meant to be generic so you can use the tiles and descriptions with your game system of choice. The tables contents were mostly created by LordEntrails and are used with his permission.

Random Dungeon Tiles and Descriptions contains 27 tiles, 14 story templates and 33 tables for $4 (400 Forge Coins). While the set is aimed towards solo play, the geomorphs and descriptions can be used in any game. Also included, is an Index of Tiles to allow you to quickly find and drag and drop the tiles onto your map. The index has a link to the story template paired with that type of tile. You can find everything here on the FG Forge.

The solo play exploration engine is driven by first placing the level's starting tile, then using an early or normal exploration table which output the tile number to place and it's paired story template to chat. You can see how this works in the Getting Started video here.



If you have any questions or see any typos or other problems, please let me know in this thread.

Edit: Added an alternative Early Exploration - No Rooms table bringing the total tables to 28. I also added an explanation about the table to the Book at the bottom of 1.3 Placing tiles, generating descriptions.

Edit: Added a new boss/treasure hoard tile and supporting templates and tables - bringing the number of tiles to 27, templates to 13 and tables to 33. Updated the book to explain how to use the new tables.

Edit: Added a new End Hall story template, bringing the total templates to 14.

Reserved.

This is now released on the Forge.

Session 04 in this Let's Play: Solo demonstrates the use of these tiles and descriptions if you want to see them in action.

I've added an alternative table for Early Exploration that excludes rooms. To see the new table if you currently have the RD1 Random Dungeon Tiles module open you may need to go to modules, click the Activation Button and right click on the RD1 Random Dungeon Tiles module and select "Revert Changes" The new table is called Early Exploration - No Rooms.

If you have been messing with the tables you should make a copy of any table you have changed before you "Revert Changes" because it will restore the original tables. Let me know if you see any typos or other problems.

I tweaked the Early Exploration - No Room table to use a physical d20 instead of a random d18 and made the table slightly more likely to generate tiles that do not snake upon itself and "soft" dead end. The update should be live now.

Now that I've been exploring with the set for a while, I felt it need a dedicated room tile where a monster (group) treasure hoard could be located. To make that happen I added a tile, a chest template to put the treasure in, an end room w/boss template and supporting tables. If you have changed your tables you should make a copy so they don't get over written.

There are likely to be some more changes to tables as I am talking with Tempered7 on how we can add some non monster "encounters". The best practice is to make a copy of a table first then change the name of the table and modify it that so any update doesn't overwrite it.

I will be making a video on the future on how to customize the tables for you game / system.

Fixed a bug where the Hoard Tile in the List of All Tiles didn't have a link to appropriate story template. Added the link.

Edit: should be live now.

I've adjusted the tile description tables. I used the tile descriptions in a side dungeon in one of my normal campaigns and found myself skipping some of them. I felt you need some more "normal" descriptions to let the "special" descriptions shine. Right now it takes somewhere between 40 to 50 tiles to create a level and I want a majority of them to have a "vanilla' floor, wall or ceiling. The floor, wall and ceiling descriptions are generated independently so having one tile with all vanilla descriptions should happen maybe 1 in 10 tiles. I'll make another pass though after I spend some time using the new tables.

I've updated the story templates so you can't have a challenge on a dead end hall. Challenges as implemented in this tile system are: Pass this challenge and advance down the corridor. If the corridor doesn't continue this makes no sense. The changes should now be live.

In preparation for doing some Quest prototyping I did some regression testing and fixed a bad link in the Early Exploration - No Room table. I made some more bug fixes where end hall story templates were not linked to end hall table entries. This should be live now.

Let me know if you find any problems with the tables or links.

Now that I created two levels in actual play, I've increased the chances of floor features and added another 20 entries to the table as well as increasing the chance of ceiling features. I also did a pass over the module's Book text and updated it slightly - hopefully making it clearer. I also added some placeholder text for the upcoming quest system.

Quest Locations now appear, they are meant to be used with the upcoming Quest system which I plan to start play testing in my next Let's Play series. For now you can just ignore them or use your own system.

The changes should be live by now.

I've uploaded a small update. I've fixed a few typos and decreased the odds of a door being locked.

The changes should be live now.

Also, I am planning on increasing the price of the RD1 module(s) by $1 when I finish implementing the Quest system. I'm currently play testing quests in my "Let's Play Solo!" series and I expect to finish iterating over them within a month or so.

So you can save a buck if you Buy Now! And that is my hard core sales pitch. :) Happy gaming and let me know if you spot any typos or have any questions about the module.

I've just released another update that is live now. The boss room tile's stairs were counter clockwise instead of clockwise to match the starting tile of the next level down. Truly a cosmetic bug, but now fixed! :D I also fixed a logic error in one of the tables.

I've released a new update, that should be live now. I have updated the End Stairs Down tile to have clockwise stairs instead of counterclockwise.

I've released a new update that should be live now. The Door and End Boss Room Templates have been corrected to allow the chance of "stuck" doors. I fixed a table description typo and corrected link text in the story templates. I also tweaked the chance of "exotic" floor surfaces decreasing the chance of them appearing to 1/6th from 1/4th.

I had to re-install Windows and while this module as it exists was backed up, the development campaign for quests which which will eventually be added to this item will need to be recreated. This means the quests probably won't be play tested and ready for another month or so. That is when I'm planning on increasing the price of this item by $1.

I've released a new version that fixes a bad range in the RD Floor Surface table and fixes some typos in the RD Floor Feature table. The fixes should be live now.

Just when you think you've got it all down, "To err is human, to forgive, divine". as Alexander Pope said.

I uploaded an old tile assets file last time when I uploaded the table and template changes for the last update. I've now (hopefully) uploaded the most recent files. The update should be live now.

Hi Griogre, thanks for having done these!

I was looking for a way to play Ker Nethalas in FGU when I stumbled upon your pack. Are you aware of this (excellent!) solo dungeon crawler?
I know Alex, the author of the game, is always looking for creative people to help get some spotlight on his game and as you've been putting in tons of work on your set here, you should consider making a Ker Nethalas pack, if you are interested at all.

You're welcome on the tiles. :)

I hadn't heard of Ker Nethalas until you mentioned it - I just took a look at it on DriveThru and it looks interesting. I've wish listed it and will take a longer look at it when I get some time.

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You're welcome on the tiles. :)

I hadn't heard of Ker Nethalas until you mentioned it - I just took a look at it on DriveThru and it looks interesting. I've wish listed it and will take a longer look at it when I get some time.

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It is one of the most famous niche dungeon crawlers, with grimdark on the side.
It satisfies both backstory / RP and combat with a deep lore and good mechanics.
Can be played as 1 PC or 4 PC as 1 Player.

If you add it into the FGU catalogue, I'll be first to buy it cause that is a dear system to me. Only in Ker Nethalas I am able to scare myself pantless at night xD

It sounds like a great system. Sadly, a lot of DriveThru.rpg titles can't be ported because they have an exclusive license with the site. I don't know what the situation with that product is though.