Stock Block (noun, verb): the phenomenon where you're stocking a dungeon, and can't think of what should go in a particular keyed area.
"Room 10 is really stock blocking me."
Why yes, I am filling out some sections of my megadungeon. Why do you ask?
Owlbears? Ninjas? Vampires? Vampiric ninja owlbears?
ReplyDeleteix-nay on the description of oom-ray ive-fay.
DeleteOl-lay.
DeleteOle? Some kind of killer bull? I like where you're going with this.
DeleteCan't go wrong with cows.
DeleteAnother thought - Rasputin, as imagined by Boney M. How will pour brave heroes fare against "Russia's Greatest Love Machine?"
Know what really screws with players?
ReplyDeleteA room filled with exactly no things.
That's where you are wrong! They love them. They go back to them over and over and over to check for secret doors and gold.
DeleteAh, but we don't think so different - you really are screwing with them if they wont let it go!
DeleteSurely, if the room exists in the dungeon, it *must* have something in it, right?
*takes 20 on Search until he dies of starvation*
Exactly one copper coin or a Cheap dagger, and a note "I wuz here ferst, suckerz!" with an illegible signature.
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