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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:33:00 No.14789790 View View Reply Original Report

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So in a campaign I'm running soon, I'm rockin' a labyrinth with classic minotaur guardian. The problem being, running mazes is usually boring, and from my experiences being a player and going through one, they are boring to play through.
I've tried to spice it up a bit with the bigger more important rooms kind of stuck in the middle so they are found more often.
Anyway, what are some suggestions for running mazes/labyrinths? Experiences running/playing mazes welcomed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:35:00 No.14789809 Report

Quoted By: >>14789974

mazes are boring because "I put my hand on the left wall and follow it. We will eventually find the exit."

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:46:00 No.14789950 Report

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Which is why I was hoping for suggestions on making them not boring. And actually that wont work in mine, it passes over and under itself so you can just go in circles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:46:00 No.14789961 Report

Quoted By: >>14790088

Never done something like this before, but can give one piece of rather pedantic information.

Mazes have dead ends and you can get lost in them
Labyrinths are just fancy shaped paths, you can't get lost, just keep going.

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:47:00 No.14789974 Report

Quoted By: >>14790027

>>14789809
That doesn't actually work you idiot.

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:49:00 No.14789994 Report

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House of Leaves.

That is all.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:51:00 No.14790025 Report

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Read this.

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:51:00 No.14790027 Report

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>>14789974

why not? assuming there is a path from entrance to exit you will eventually find it. mazes that shift will fuck you up, of course.

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:52:00 No.14790053 Report

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The last time my DM tried to run a giant labyrinth, I rolled a massive Dungeoneering check and just busted my way through the walls.

I was pretty happy he let my character sequence break that badly.

Anonymous

well..

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:53:00 No.14790056 Report

Quoted By: >>14790088

Try giving your players an item that will guide them at the end of the maze. A Magical Compass or something. Then, add choices in style of "should we take a detour and take some risks/prizes or keep going until we find an exit?". Be sure to add VITAL side-rooms in those choices, so they are forced to go back, still giving them the impression of the oppressive maze.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:55:00 No.14790088 Report

Quoted By: >>14790099 >>14790175

>>14789961
After googleing pedantic... I guess I'm running a maze, not a labyrinth? (Not my OP pic, that was just one I found)
>>14790053
Problem with that is most of the rooms are... not vital per-say, but pretty important, and the exit is also the entrance, so...
I let my players do stuff like that, problem being the minotaur will bust around from time to time so they can't really just sit there and wail away on the walls for hours at a time.>>14790056

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:56:00 No.14790090 Report

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The obvious way to make a maze interesting is to put things in it. Have a blank map you give them, or better yet give them blank graph paper and map it out as they go. Have a completed map for yourself in advance that has various encounters, treasures, obstacles, hazards, NPCs etc.

The maze itself shouldn't be difficult, but getting through it efficiently (and alive) can be. You can spice it up with illusions, puzzles, a timer, locked doors and hidden keys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:56:00 No.14790099 Report

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>>14790088
"Problem with that is most of the rooms are... not vital per-say, but pretty important, and the exit is also the entrance, so..."
was supposed to be at the end of that

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:59:00 No.14790125 Report

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>>14790090
Well they usually map stuff themselves as they go.
I guess the problem I'm having is that if the maze isn't difficult, its basically hallways with choices between rooms. But if it's too hard, then it just takes forever to get anywhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 04:02:00 No.14790175 Report

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>>14790088
what about the simple 4 magical seals door at the end of the maze ( so the door closes when they enter ) ? Let them find the seals, and try to add some .. "spice" in the process. Something that they will find interesting, strange items that maybe you can use later in the campain. It might be cliche', that door, but a maze is, by concept, a dungeon of patience.

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