
Required Category | Rooms/ Halls |
Required Tag | none |
Status | Legacy |
XP Bonus - Active | 10xp |
XP Bonus - Legacy | 30xp |
XP Bonus - First | 1xp |
XP Bonus - Second | 1xp |
Quest - Five Room Dungeon
In association with Johnn Four, and all the fine folks subscribed to his Roleplaying Tips Weekly mailing list at, we bring you our first collaborative Quest.
Room One: Entrance and Guardian - There needs to be a reason why your dungeon hasn’t been plundered or why your adventurers are the ones for the job.
Room Two: Puzzle or Roleplaying Challenge - A trial that cannot be solved by steel alone.
Room Three: Trick or Setback - Build tension through tricks and setbacks and give them a double-dose of gameplay such as more combat or another roleplaying challenge.
Room Four: Climax, Big Battle or Conflict - The final combat or conflict of the dungeon.
Room Five: Reward, Revelation, Plot Twist - The dungeon is complete but what is it about this dungeon that made it different or memorable. What kind of mystery have they discovered, what kind of reward have they won, and what kind of information have they recovered?
Read Johnn's Full Article: 5 Room Dungeons for more tips and thoughts on how to write one, an example is the Library of the Ancients.
Submissions to the quest will each earn an extra 15XP can be inputted on the site as normal or can be emailed to Johnn at roleplayingtips.com.
Prizes for this quest include a D&D Icons Gargantuan Black dragon from Legend Games, MyInfo Personal Reference Software licenses from Milenix Software, DCC #46 Book of Treasure Maps – DCC #$7 Tears of the Genie - #50 Vault of the Iron Overlord from Goodman Games, and 1 on 1 Adventures #5 Vale of the Sepulcher - #6 Shroud of Olindor - #7 Eyes of the Dragon - #8 Blood Brothers - Advanced Adventures #3 Curse of the Witch Head from Expeditious Retreat Press. Winners for these prizes will be chose randomly so every submission has an equal chance of winning. Also, all the quest submissions will be combined and edited with what the folks at Roleplaying Tips come up with and they all will be offered back to the community.
------------ Strolen's Citadel Quest, Five Room Dungeon was an awesome collaborative success. The total amount of quest submissions between Johnn's Roleplaying Tips and the Citadel was a whopping 87 Five Room Dungeons! The winners of this set were chosen randomly so congratulations to all. But here are those that won a gift from the sponsors: Gillian Wiseman Tyler Turner Nik Palmer Daniel Burrage Uri Lifshitz Clayton Blanchard Jean-Christophe Pelletier Jason Kemp Pirate Queen Wulfhere Valadaar Thewizard63. Congratulations to Everybody!!!
Official Submissions 21
Name | Title | Type | XP | |
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JohnnFour | Library of the Ancients by: JohnnFour Here is an example 5 Room Dungeon to inspire your contest entries. In your campaign, you'll need to flesh out some of the details, but this skeleton format is perfect for GMs to pick up and customize for their own memorable sessions. |
Dungeons Water Rooms/ Halls |
195 |
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Scrasamax | Bedizens Traveling Dungeon by: Scrasamax A traveling dungeon of canvas and props... |
Dungeons Plains Rooms/ Halls |
375 |
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Dragonlordmax | The Tomb of Agellar by: Dragonlordmax This is the tomb of an ancient knight, later made politician. He fought in countless battles, and his fabled armour is said to have been buried with him. |
Dungeons Plains Rooms/ Halls |
200 |
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valadaar | Of Pines and Roses by: valadaar A tough climb for a source of wonderous healing... |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
145 |
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Siren no Orakio | Skanda Biologicals by: Siren no Orakio Skanda Biologicals is one of the world's premier producers of Awakened Biological Systems. Now, the party has been asked to penetrate their fortress, and destroy their research. But, can they find the force of will to do so? |
Locations Establishment Any |
130 |
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Strolen | Saving Plague by: Strolen The players have a chance to cure the plague that has sprouted up upon their travels. Will they choose to do the right thing and help bring health back to the region? |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
125 |
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Stomphoof | Cultist Cell by: Stomphoof A cell of cultists hidden in a city. These people seek to bring a dark god of antiquity back into the world. Can you stop them? WILL you stop them? |
Dungeons Other Rooms/ Halls |
185 |
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Wulfhere | Place of the Embalmers by: Wulfhere Before the honored dead are placed in their sarcophagi of alabaster, they come to the Villa of the Embalmers. |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
390 |
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Thewizard63 | Foray into the Forest of the Frog King by: Thewizard63 Enter the Kingdom of Frog King in search of Treasure. What deal will you have to strike to get out alive? |
Dungeons Forest/ Jungle Rooms/ Halls |
140 |
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Stomphoof | The Pirate Ship Deathwail by: Stomphoof Once a mighty pirate ship, Deathwail was captained by the dreaded pirate known as simply as Redeye. A man prone to unspeakable acts of Violence, Redeye and his ship Deathwail were finally destroyed in a horrible battle. However, Redeye was not to be counted out. Prior to the battle, he had plundered an ancient tomb, and had found a relic which he had kept. This item was cursed, and when he and his crew died, it brought them back in a horrible mockery of life. Enslaved by this relic, the pirates scour the waters, looking for souls that can be fed to the evil relic |
Dungeons Water Rooms/ Halls |
140 |
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Cheka Man | Revenge of the Urn Beast by: Cheka Man A rare form of Undead seeks the help of a band of PCs. Will they be up to the challange? |
Dungeons Other Rooms/ Halls |
100 |
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Ancient Gamer | The Mercenary Shrine by: Ancient Gamer In the ramshackle town of Spear Malice only a single building still stands. It has defied the Great War and its spears of light; nuclear blasts that devastated the entire state, and ever since then it has defied the onslaught of time. Its halls have not yet been breached, and a wealth of technological treasure await, ripe for plunder! But there are others who crave this treasure; others that will do anything to claim it. |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
385 |
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Cheka Man | Upshi Rises by: Cheka Man Do the PCs dare to go and raid the tomb of the Pharaoh Upshi? |
Plots Hired Single-Storyline |
90 |
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Thewizard63 | Wizard's Challenge by: Thewizard63 A local Wizard, rumored to have lost his mind, like he has his hand, Has issued a Challenge and a prize for all. Simple-Enter his tower and find him to claim your prize. |
Dungeons Any Puzzles |
265 |
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Dragonlordmax | The Sledge by: Dragonlordmax The TheoRgs are known for being amongst the biggest, toughest, and most generally unpleasant sentients in the galaxy. And this is their nightclub. |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
150 |
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CaptainPenguin | The Cursed Keep Of The Wastelands by: CaptainPenguin The Great King long ago ceased attempting to police the wastelands of his Border Marches, and these debatable lands fell into the hands of petty counts, retired generals, and warlords, who constructed and then abandoned many keeps ripe for plunder. |
Locations Fortification Desert |
320 |
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manfred | The Towers of Wisdom by: manfred It is said wizards don't work well with others of their kind. Once they have a tower, woe to anyone not recognizing their superiority, that is the rule. But to every rule is an exception. Once, there were three wizards, on friendly terms, that built their towers closer than anyone before. The towers are lost, the knowledge therein may be yet reclaimed. |
Dungeons Any Rooms/ Halls |
150 |
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Drackler | Lord and Killer by: Drackler A five room dungeon with the appropriate clashes of steel, smooth talking, and betrayal. |
Dungeons Other Rooms/ Halls |
90 |
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Chaosmark | Crossbones Island by: Chaosmark Yar...I do indeed know of Crossbones Isle, stranger. But ye'd be better suited to avoid that place like a widowed wench. |
Locations Area Water |
165 |
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Wulfhere | Spawn of the God-Egg by: Wulfhere The Earth shifts, revealing a horror beyond time and reason... |
Dungeons Mountains Style |
250 |
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Dozus | The Sanctuary of Sumuho by: Dozus The powerful wizard Sumuho styled himself as a god and was worshipped far and wide. After his fall, his vast temple sank into the desert long ago. What secrets lie in the Sanctuary of Sumuho? |
Dungeons Desert Rooms/ Halls |
350 |
Quest Submissions 1
Name | Title | Type | XP | |
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Scrasamax | The Hydro Club by: Scrasamax Somewhere along the line, someone decided that a giant swimming pool would make a great place for a rave club |
Locations Establishment Water |
105xp |