Re: [DF] Reverse Dungeon
I’d rip off the movie Pitch Black and dump them in a plane of shadows.
Leave them amid a bunch of rubble of several buildings with some other survivors and require them to stay in the lighted area to avoid limitless swarms of minor monsters. Toss in a weak light mage if needed, a few women a children to protect, and the obligatory idiot NPCs to die horribly to show everyone how serious the situation is.
Force them to drag their loaded carriage through craggy mountains towards a distant gleaming point of light they can only hope is an exit portal. Let them worry about diminishing food/water/firewood supplies and tempt them to linger and waste time on gems embedded in the rocks and magic items hoarded by the monsters. Add in the obligatory dungeon-merchants in the form sapient/peaceful monsters willing to help/trade. Let the PCs make a fortune trading the precious light/fire magic gems and items they’ve found in exchange for worthless yellow rocks, gems and non-light/fire magic items.
Finish the adventure with a shadow dragon boss monster trying to rip the exit portal wider so he can get through. Make him extremely tough, but have him distracted by the portal and soldiers on the other side trying to stop him from passing.
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