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Visit our websites at www.wizards.com www.DungeonsandDragons.com 2 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 For the DM: The Cloud Castle Crafting the Feel .......................129 DUNGEON DELVERS ...................4 Environment ..................84 Sights and Sounds ..............129 New Character Choices ................4 Ice Palace ..................................84 Developing a Plot ......................130 Character Themes ..........................6 Magic Laboratory ........................85 Underdark Combat Encounters ....131 Bloodsworn .................................8 Maze ........................................86 The Battlefield ........................131 Sample Bloodsworn: Meliera .......10 Mine. 86 Light Sources ..........................132 Deep Delver ..............................11 Prison .......................................87 Skill Challenge: Sample Deep Delver: For the DM: Jailbreak! ...........87 An Underdark Trek ..................132 Karl Deepwalker .....................14 Sewer .......................................88 Individual Checks: Escaped Thrall ............................15 Volcano .....................................89 Making Progress ...................132 Sample Escaped Thrall: Mord .......17 For the DM: Volcanic Terrain .....90 Group Checks: Trapsmith ..................................18 Warren .....................................90 Overcoming Hazards .............133 Sample Trapsmith: Dungeon Denizens ......................91 Dungeon Makers .......................134 Thorry the Unlucky .................21 Aboleths ...................................91 Cultists ...................................134 Treasure Hunter ..........................22 Ankhegs ....................................92 Drow ......................................134 Sample Treasure Hunter: Ella .......24 Beholders ..................................92 Duergar ..................................135 Underdark Envoy ........................25 Carrion Crawlers .........................92 Dwarves ..................................137 Sample Underdark Envoy: Khiira ..28 Cave Fishers ...............................93 Humans ..................................138 Underdark Outcast ......................29 Grimlocks ..................................93 Kobolds ...................................139 Sample Underdark Outcast: Hook Horrors .............................93 Kuo-Toas .................................140 Korag the Clanless ..................31 Mimics ......................................93 Mind Flayers. 142 Races ..........................................34 Mind Flayers. 94 Minotaurs ................................143 Goblin ......................................34 Myconids ...................................94 Wizards ..................................143 Kobold ......................................40 Oozes and Slimes ........................94 Yuan-Ti ...................................144 New Item: Hurler-Snatcher ......44 Otyughs ....................................94 Special Rewards ........................145 Svirfneblin .................................46 Purple Worms ............................95 Scrolls of Power ........................145 Dungeon-Themed Powers ............52 Ropers ......................................95 For the DM: Be Careful Fear of the Dark ..........................53 Rust Monsters ............................95 What They Wish For ..........147 Improvising a Light ..............54 Stirges ......................................96 Dungeon Companions ................148 Secrets of the Deep Guides ...........55 Troglodytes ................................96 Akaana Vir’tlar .................148 Shadow of the Ziggurat .................58 Umber Hulks ..............................96 Meepo ........................149 Seekers of Lost Lore .....................62 Infamous Dungeons .....................97 Thresher ......................150 Thieves’ Guild of Maelbrathyr ........64 Castle Ravenloft ..........................97 Ultok .........................150 From the Vault of the Drow ...........67 Ghost Tower of Inverness ............100 Battle Tactics of Cor Talcor ............69 The Lost City ............................102 APPENDIX 1: BUILD Pyramid of Amun-Re ..................104 YOUR OWN DUNGEON ...........151 CHAPTER 2 WhiteSample Plume Mountain ..............file 106 Linear vs. Dynamic ....................151 STRIVE TO SURVIVE ..................72 Tomb of Horrors ........................108 Rough it Out ............................152 Top Five Rules of Temple of Elemental Evil .............110 Draw it Up ...............................152 Dungeon Delving ....................72 Gates of Firestorm Peak ..............112 Dungeon Synergy ......................153 Further Studies .........................72 Dungeoneers’ Tools ...................114 Unique Challenges ....................153 Expert Delving Tactics ..................74 Adventuring Gear ......................114 Words from the Master .........154 Climbing ...................................74 Using Equipment Effectively .....115 Darkness ...................................74 Alchemical Items ......................116 APPENDIX 2: Secret Doors ..............................75 RANDOM DUNGEONS .............155 Stealth ......................................75 CHAPTER 3 Involving the Characters .............155 Clear the Rooms .........................75 MASTER OF THE DUNGEON ..118 Who, What, Where? ..................156 Rest Stops .................................76 Advice and Tools .....................118 Why and How? .........................156 Sustenance ................................76 Involving the Characters ............120 Populating a Dungeon ................157 Water Dangers ...........................76 Themes and Adventure Hooks .....120 Random Dungeon Example .........158 Traps ........................................77 Exploration and Choices .............124 Hazards .....................................78 Mysteries and Puzzles ................125 Rituals ......................................78 Creating an Dungeon Types ............................80 Underdark Adventure ................127 Cave .........................................80 Descending into Darkness ...........127 Crypt ........................................80 Infinite Scope ...........................127 Death Trap. 82 An Underdark Overview ...........128 Floating Castle ............................82 The Setting’s Role. 128 3 CHAPTER