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ArchonShiva · 03-02-2018, 11:49 AM

I also have a few non-combat encounters appropriate to dungeon-based play which can be gleaned form my session reports.

The rescue mission was done entirely without fighting, and the Pressure Plates section is easy to drop into any dungeon. Find a map with some clutter, and make the players aware (anything from skill rolls to a plaque might do) that they can only step on tiles that already have something on them, or they will trigger (bad stuff). Feel free to make all or part of it a no-mana zone (or, more interestingly, maybe a no-Movement college zone) as needed, to keep it an interesting athletics challenge rather than a boring magical one.
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03-02-2018, 11:49 AM	#4
ArchonShiva Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: Non-combat encounter ideas I also have a few non-combat encounters appropriate to dungeon-based play which can be gleaned form my session reports. The rescue mission was done entirely without fighting, and the Pressure Plates section is easy to drop into any dungeon. Find a map with some clutter, and make the players aware (anything from skill rolls to a plaque might do) that they can only step on tiles that already have something on them, or they will trigger (bad stuff). Feel free to make all or part of it a no-mana zone (or, more interestingly, maybe a no-Movement college zone) as needed, to keep it an interesting athletics challenge rather than a boring magical one. link __________________ Per-based Stealth isn’t remotely as awkward as DX-based Observation.