designing my first dungeon
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 12:09 pm
Hi! I'm a newbie DM about to design my first dungeon (I've DMed before, but my former games were in other settings).
1) Any advice? I already watched Pointy Hat's video so I know to give the dungeon a theme, to balance combat, puzzles & roleplay and to make sure puzzles have more than one solution. But anything else? Anything special to notice in a horror dungeon?
2) Is there any 'dungeon builder' website I could use to facillitate the process, or should I take out my pencilcase and start sketching?
1) Any advice? I already watched Pointy Hat's video so I know to give the dungeon a theme, to balance combat, puzzles & roleplay and to make sure puzzles have more than one solution. But anything else? Anything special to notice in a horror dungeon?
2) Is there any 'dungeon builder' website I could use to facillitate the process, or should I take out my pencilcase and start sketching?