need some help spicing things up.

[NecroticBanana]

Hey all. currently running a new group of new players thru a 3.5 game. they've mostly plundered a ruined wizards lair, and have discovered that there are more passages (premade adventure with room to grow) problem is they got a hankering for an extra session, so i ran them thru everything i had, and now they wanna come back and explore the rest. I just need help adding some flavor to the place. i've got 24 hours to write this, and i dont want it to just be a "blah" random dungeon...or at least make it seem like its not.

they just hit 3rd level and the group consist of a goliath barb2/fighter1, a dread necro 3, and a rogue 3. obviously theres gonna be plenty of traps. any monsters need to be within there CL but with enough HP to stand up to the goliath...who is taking advantage of an upsized great axe. i dunno if i wanna go throwing rust monsters at em or anything just yet lol. maybe a mimic, or some elementals....i dunno i just need a little "huzzah" from you guys..any help?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Massive underground theater.  The wizard put heavy value on entertainment, and used many illusionary recordings of performances, battles, et cetera.

Unfortuanately, the enchanted curtains have been eaten by moths, which have grown to an enormous size and possess magical powers of their own.  Worse, the magic from the moths has now worked its way up the ecosystem.

[veekie]

Dire Rats with some SLAs and speech.

Non-sentient.

[RobbyPants]

Maybe the wizard had a death trap "maze" (it doesn't actually have to be a maze) where he'd watch prisoners stumble through and get slaughtered by traps and creatures.  2E had rules that minotaurs could go for a long time without food (over 100 years, IIRC), so you could always retro-rule that.  So, they get to the sealed door, the rogue picks the lock, and they unwittingly let the minotaur out and it starts hunting them through the rest of the dungeon you create.  Don't have the minotaur just sit there in the boss room waiting to be found.  Have it stalk them and attack right after they set off a trap, or something.

Also, minotaur might be a good fit for your requirements.  A CR 4 monster for that group should be tough but not impossible.  It should also have enough HP to soak up a couple of the goliath's attacks.

[bihlbo]

Dire Rats with some SLAs and speech.
Non-sentient.

This reminds me of a very entertaining touch that my old GM threw into a dungeon. Awakened maggots! He basically just used dire maggots (Small sized) and gave them minimal intelligence so they could speak. The maggots had very energetic personalities and acted as if they were already agile, swift flies, not quite aware that they were a bloated worm-like thing. Much like the penguins in Madagascar.

GM: As the maggots inch away slowly they cry things like, "Flee my brothers!" "Flee, yes flee!!" "For the shadows, brothers!" "What are the strange, flickering bright things they hold?"
Druid: Can I try animal empathy to get them to help us out? I bet they know this place well.
GM: Sure... (later) Yes, they seem to want to help you out. "May we burrow into the large one's innards?"
Monk: "No, I'm afraid he'll need his innards. Maybe you can help us find someone else his size that also still needs his innards."
GM: "Ho, but we are the only ones here who need your large friend's innards!" "Yes, it would be warm in there!" "Brothers, charge! We will feast on his warm innards!" The maggots start to slowly turn toward the half-orc and start to crawl in that direction.
Fighter: "No, I think what he means is..."
Cleric: "Stop trying. Maggots! Show us how to get through this wall and we will give you a corpse to burrow in and feast on!"
GM: "Brothers, I have a plan!" "What is it brother? We drain them of fluids and dance like mosquitos?" "No, we let these lumbering beasts find us a meal!" "Yes brother! This is a safer plan than charging." "We will show you our tunnel, beasts!" "Kill us something large and meaty, foolish servants!" The maggots start to slowly turn toward the wall and crawl back into the shadows.


So anyway, steal this if you care to. It'll make for a fun alternative way to get XP.

[BowenSilverclaw]

Dire Rats with some SLAs and speech.
Non-sentient.

This reminds me of a very entertaining touch that my old GM threw into a dungeon. Awakened maggots! He basically just used dire maggots (Small sized) and gave them minimal intelligence so they could speak. The maggots had very energetic personalities and acted as if they were already agile, swift flies, not quite aware that they were a bloated worm-like thing. Much like the penguins in Madagascar.

GM: As the maggots inch away slowly they cry things like, "Flee my brothers!" "Flee, yes flee!!" "For the shadows, brothers!" "What are the strange, flickering bright things they hold?"
Druid: Can I try animal empathy to get them to help us out? I bet they know this place well.
GM: Sure... (later) Yes, they seem to want to help you out. "May we burrow into the large one's innards?"
Monk: "No, I'm afraid he'll need his innards. Maybe you can help us find someone else his size that also still needs his innards."
GM: "Ho, but we are the only ones here who need your large friend's innards!" "Yes, it would be warm in there!" "Brothers, charge! We will feast on his warm innards!" The maggots start to slowly turn toward the half-orc and start to crawl in that direction.
Fighter: "No, I think what he means is..."
Cleric: "Stop trying. Maggots! Show us how to get through this wall and we will give you a corpse to burrow in and feast on!"
GM: "Brothers, I have a plan!" "What is it brother? We drain them of fluids and dance like mosquitos?" "No, we let these lumbering beasts find us a meal!" "Yes brother! This is a safer plan than charging." "We will show you our tunnel, beasts!" "Kill us something large and meaty, foolish servants!" The maggots start to slowly turn toward the wall and crawl back into the shadows.


So anyway, steal this if you care to. It'll make for a fun alternative way to get XP.

Fuckin' saved

[veekie]

bilbo wins thread.

[bihlbo]

bilbo wins thread.

I'm not a hobbit. It's Bihlbo.