LITRPG inspired Dungeon Fantasy

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Originally Posted by blacksmith

I am thinking about a new campaign with LITRPG inspirations. So Dungeons are viewed as resources of treasure/loot and managed, with them being a form of genus loci who draws power from the ritual blood sacrifice of having adventurers delving in them.

I actually have a DF game I am creating with something similar in mind. The world is a Labyrinth of dungeons, with very few safe places for people to rest. There are several sanctuaries that people start at.

Originally Posted by blacksmith

I see this as having few to no intelligent normal races in a delve with also no need to have a ecology or anything like that. It opens interesting possibilities and other things as well.

I think the same way. Every intelligent race come from a sanctuary, none are found in dungeons.

Originally Posted by blacksmith

Like what would a martial art developed to fight specifically in Dungeons look like?

There would be tactics and strategies for dealing with certain creatures and environments, but i don't think there would be anything like actual martial arts for dungeons. Don't get me wrong, there would be Martial Arts, it would just be used more likely against other intelligent beings.

Originally Posted by blacksmith

Has anyone tried this and how did it work for them and what do others think about this as the explanation of dungeons?

This approach is very good in my opinion for GMs to create a quick world, no need for a lot of details. In fact, making the PCs learn about the world is great story telling and lets them help flesh it out!

Originally Posted by blacksmith

There certainly is room for non dungeon adventures as well, new discovered ones, politics around them and so forth but it seems like it could work nicely.

It does! Why do the dungeons exist? Where did they come from? what do the powers in charge know about them? All great gaming points.