Rolling all saves to escape the megadungeon (DCC or any other three-saves D&D)

If you end the session still in the megadungeon, as opposed to civilization,  roll a single d20 + your Fort, Dex, and Will separately. For instance, if you roll an 11 and have  Fort+1, Dex-1, Will+3, you end up with 12, 10, and 14.

Of course you may burn Luck on this roll.

There will be a DC set by the game judge. An easy way for them to set it is to make the DC be 10+dungeon level*. Any of the three numbers you rolled that failed to meet this DC spell out your travails as you try to leave.

• Failed Fort? d6 exploding damage; you may die on your way out.
• Failed Ref? Lost an important item somewhere in the dungeon; 10% chance it is in a given area you visit next time.
• Failed Will? You are lost in the dungeon! There is a 10% chance per area entered that another party finds your PC. If you aren't found in a number of sessions equal to your level you are lost forever!

Failures are cumulative, so if you failed Fort and Will and were found, you would be d6 or more damage down and maybe they find your moldering corpse. If you were a baddie, you definitely are an undead thing that needs to be put down.

A DCC way to do random encounters

You enter a few spaces, take some time searching for secret doors, or make a lotta noise busting down a door. Time to make a check, but you are playing DCC, so let's put some mustard on that check.

Game judge, ask the Luck score of the PC that made that choice (go for the lowest luck if multiple people are about to find out).

Roll a d20. This is one of the times you are allowed to roll secretly in DCC, but you must swear to Bobugbubilz that you will not fudge the results unless things are getting boring. If it rolled that PC's Luck or less, frown, ask if they have gloves or if their mother is still alive or if they brushed their teeth this morning, but there is no random encounter.

Maybe throw spoor at the PCs if the roll just squeaked by.

If it failed, there will be an encounter (or anything else from hunger to lantern oil being used up). If you think the party is getting desperate, maybe say, "Would you like to burn some luck?"

Can they know how much? Nope. If they opt in, they have to pay the difference between the roll and their Luck score, but the bad thing does not happen. This time.

If they roll a natural 20, bring out something that could really wreck their shit. It won't necessarily want to kill them (what care have giants for ants?), but say the immortal words, "Roll for initiative."

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Rhyming Boxed Text

Remember when Homer fought the giant spider?

Some people hate boxed text, and others find it useful (I met one of my players when they reached out to complain Wizardarium had no boxes). Others point out that many players zone out when they hear the boxed speech starting.

What if we could spice it up in a fun way that everyone likes? Rhyming room descriptions! I think they're neat.

I'm currently running the Dragon Magazine version of The Dancing Hut (Baba Yaga). What could I say about the first room?

Tho it appears to an old woman's hovel be
It is filled with an air of mystery.

On the rude table flickering weakly
A lantern is set to help you see

The floor is of beaten earth
Six timber walls give small berth

In one corner of this small hexagon
be a basin under a table, no dinner, just the lamp, thereupon

A wood burning stove with chimney rising to the room's center
And a straw mattress with a worn quilt o'er 'er.

There is a door standing opposite... here and there a bit of brick-a-brack:
Pegs, shelves, boxes, combs, and sewing supplies... dare you enter, or go you back?

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