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Adventure, Basic, Dungeons & Dragons, Dyson's Delve, Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord, Map, One Page Dungeon

Dyson's Delve - Level 1
For the next while I’ll be focussing on a mini megadungeon. I’m looking at 11 levels or so, but each level being relatively small (200 feet x 200 feet at most). Each will be posted with a plain map that you can use yourself, as well as fully stocked one-page-dungeon PDF of the level for B/X D&D (or Labyrinth Lord).
And since I can’t come up with a good name for the dungeon, I’m going with the egotistical choice of calling it “Dyson’s Delve”.
The stocking of the dungeon has been done pretty much using the B/X rule books as given. Most monsters have treasure according to their treasure type, and monster appearance is based on the “level” of the dungeon using the tables in the Basic and Expert rulebooks – although the level of the dungeon is set by my XP calculations of the adventure thus far, not based on the physical level below ground (so levels 1 and 2 of the dungeon have level 1 encounters, and level 3 and 4 have level 2 encounters and so on).
The first level of Dyson’s Delve is meant for level 1 characters. It is a small dungeon complex and crypt area under an old ruin, with a set of caverns linked to it through some giant rat tunnels.
You can download the One Page Dungeon PDF here.
Or just use the map (click on the map to see it at full scale, 3oo dpi).
This is perfect! I love mega-dungeons, but my players are not such huge fans. I’m hoping this will strike a balance that we can all enjoy.
— Castellan
As if your geomorphs weren’t awesome enough!
Man, I can’t wait to see the entire dungeon.
Very cool, I was toying with doing a similar thing myself and it looks like you beat me to the punch! Very cool map, and the size is perfect. If I figure rightly, each level would be just about a nights worth of playing (or a couple if you have short sessions). Perfect!
We just “cleared” this level in our second session. Next session we will start investigating Level 2. I’m posting the (abbreviated) adventure logs this week at Bugbears for Breakfast (http://bugbearsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/). This dungeon has been great fun and the timing was great for easing our new DM into the role.
Thanks again for these!
Patrick W.
Has anyone made an adventure for these level’s of Dyson’s Delve?
The entire Dyson’s Delve is available as a PDF – this level is stocked right here (click on the link to the one page dungeon), and all 11 levels are stocked and ready for use. Check out the “Dyson’s Delve” page linked to on the right hand side of the page.
I just ran the first level of Dyson’s Delve at a con this weekend. It was wonderful! Love it!
My Torchbearer conversion can be found here: http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/showthread.php?13685-Dysons-s-Delve-Level-1
404, still have this torchbearer conversion anywhere?