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Building adventures
Danger Level
The DANGER LEVEL of a Dungeon is determined by 2 factors – the Party
Leader Level and the Danger Factor. When a player uses a story in the
Town Phase to “Start an Adventure”, they are the Party Leader for the
upcoming DUNGEON PHASE. Their current level is the Party Leader Level.
The Danger Factor is set by the Adventure (from +0 Dangerous, to +3
Nuts!). Add the two together to get the DANGER LEVEL.
The higher the DANGER LEVEL, the more likely the Adventurers are to die –
mostly because the monsters are that much harder to kill. Of course, as the
dM, your mission is to kill them, but you at least want it to be sporting!
Level Reward
Whenever a Party defeats an Adventure, they gain a reward in Gold Coins
(plus the McGuffin). An Adventure is usually “defeated” when you beat the
Boss Monster (the Big Bad). Defeat usually involves beating a critter to
death, but if the party can “get around” a monster without killing them (by
lying, stealing, cheating, or pure luck) it still counts as a defeat – as long as
they accomplish the goals stated in the conflict.
Example: The conflict of the Adventure is that the Furious Feline Females of
Frigidor have filched the fish barrels for the forthcoming fish-flinging festival
(say that three times real fast). If the party can get all the fish back – they
have “beat” the adventure. It doesn’t matter if they get it back using
thievery, stealth, tricks, or smushing the Furious Felines into catfood.
Monster Union regulations require that all Monsters carry around sacks of
Gold Coins, strings of gems, or other such cash like rewards. Monsters that
carry around convertible tax-sheltered debenture instruments are not really
getting into the spirit of things.
The size of the reward is determined by the overly complicated mathematical
formula below:
DANGER LEVEL x 300 GC
How the party wants to split the haul is up to them. Most parties will just
split things down the middle, but parties may want to give out more of the
loot to players that really kicked some bootie – or to players that need to
make a big purchase or are close to a new level.
BUILDING A DUNGEON WITH DANGERS!
So, you’ve got a Module worked out from the MADLIbrary. You’ve gotten a
Danger Level. You’ve got a McGuffin, and you got the reward. When do I
get to ram monsters up my player’s faces? Well, now actually. Here is
where you get to fill the dungeon up with Dangers…
A Danger is an element that makes up a Dungeon – like a room, a trap, the
minions, and of course, the Big Bad. As the dM you get a number of
DANGERS equal to the complicated formula below:
½ of the Number of Players (rounded up) + the Danger
Level
…or if you speak Excel(lent) High Nerdish:
#Danger=roundup(#players*.5)+DangerLevel