Friday, October 28, 2022

A Promise Made

 

By Ron Parker

One page dungeon contest 2022

No system or level given.


Premise: Your buddy got himself in debt to the boatman on the river Styx and needs you to go settle up for him.


What do we get here?


 A single page gives us 6 keyed locations to explore.


 Usability/formatting


 A journey to meet the boatman on the river Styx is a great set up for an adventure however this is not a great adventure. What this whole things boils down to is a massive stair case the characters have to go down and you roll for random encounters every hour. I like the concept it is just the execution leaves a lot to be desired.


 I'm sure you could probably spice this one up but it will require some work on the DMs part.


 There is also a hint of a railroad here with the way all alternate means of travelling down the shaft are magically cut off. Not great adventure design.



Portability


  You need the river Styx and a boatman or an analogue for this to work in your setting.



Recommendation


  I'd probably just take the core concept of this one and start over.


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