Dungeon Master Cheat Sheet
While I did not write this document specifically, I contributed greatly to it’s creation and the ideas within.
Intro:
A master thief, a genius in your craft but in your years of in the business you had heard rumors of a vault no thief had ever been able to break into. They called it The Vault of (PLACE), said to hold treasure equal in value to that of entire nations. That's what the rumors said, many even doubt the existence of the Vault as no one has ever even found it and lived as far as we know. So when a mysterious man slipped you a letter which was seemingly a job request to steal from this believed myth, curiosity got the better of you. The letter only contained other than the job, a date and time, according to the map it was the middle of nowhere but couldn’t let a life changing opportunity like this slip by.
Beginning:
You're in a creepy looking forest, the thick fog hiding your surroundings as you struggle to scan for your employer. You start to see some silhouettes getting closer, carefully you approach then a voice called out. “Are you here for the job?” the voice calls out. Out from the fog a (RACE) (GENDER) in what appears to be a company outfit emerges. “We’ve been waiting, now come and join the other” they say before turning and walking away. You swiftly follow after them walking, after a few minutes of walking you see 3 more silhouettes in the distance. You're now face to face with 3 others you can tell just at a glance they are also thieves just like you, anticipation glimmers in their eyes. “We can now begin” proclaimed the ______.
(describe players and their roles)
“My boss has invited you all here because you are the best of the best and they want you to pull off a heist which the world has never seen, a vault that has never been robbed in the hundreds of years since its creation. Your mission is to infiltrate and escort me to the main safe, in which I will retrieve the object of interest for my boss. You 4 are free to take whatever other treasure you want, think of it as a bonus for completing this mission. Any questions?”
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Entering: (Once players are ready to go in)
_____ turns around and begins a chant, The ground below you starts to shake then suddenly a passageway emerges from beneath the ground. ____ walks over to the large door putting their hand up to it, the door shines a bright blue before swinging open “This is as far as my clearance will get us not the rest is up to you.
Guards down hall way 1:
You enter a long blue dim hallway with walls engraved with a silver draconic pattern, The hallway takes a turn.
(Peeking around the hallway reveals a pair of Guards, They will fire on unauthorized)(____ will not be shot)
Spells to avoid a fight: (Culling Words, Trickster’s Blessing, Hypnotic Gaze & Naturally Stealthy)
Mimic room 2:
After checking the door you find that it is seemingly unlocked, The room is filled with gold and other rare materials. “This room is where employees such as myself drop off treasure and other valuables to be deposited, this is the farthest I've been into the building as my job is just to deposit the gold and such” ____ states. There are many valuables such as expensive jewelry, a large marble statue, an ancient looking chest with gold patterns engraved into it and a painting with women seemingly of royal descent.” The object of interest is in the main vault. While I’d advise against filling your pockets just yet, that choice is up to as long as you can complete your job I can care less what you take.”
(the statue is to big to take, everything else and be taken, The chest is a mimic so any spells that gain info that’s cast on it will reveal that information, The painting is a relic)
Laser puzzle 3:
You enter a jet black room, suspiciously empty. You can see the door at the end of the room.
Spells to avoid:(Natural Acrobat, Step of Wind, Relentless endurance (will put you to 1 HP))
Flood room 4:
The room is lined with a white and cyan marble with 2 waterfalls on both sides almost like the entrance to a mermaid's royal palace, it sends chills down your spine but you're not sure if that's due to your own nerves or cold air in the room.
(upon further inspection you find there a drains in the corners of the room, you can inspect the door and find that its sealed air tight and algae can be found on the outside of the fountains, if they choose to look in the water spewing from the fountain they can see a lever in side. Pulling it will stop the water for about 1 turn)
Messing with the door:
The door behind you slams shut. The water begins to overflow from the fountain filling room. Barracuda pour out the fountain ready to devour you.
Solutions:
To fully stop the water and drain the room, both levelers in both fountains must be pulled at the same time
Characters with ways to destroy terrain like the Demo can act fast and destroy the door
Sleeping guard 5:
Puzzle solved:
The door unlocks and slowly slides open, its a T-shape room you can see the vault door straight ahead. However you start to hear a noise “ snort HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
The room to the left appears to be an office, a sleeping guard with his feet kicked up on the desk snoring away hat covering his face from the bright lights and glowing gold and white walls. To the right there's a room with gold and other valuables. Also a suit of armor in the right corner.
(The armor upon inspection has a relic belt)
Solutions:
(Intimidation, Hypnotic Gaze or seduction)
Fails:
Destroy the vault door without dealing with guard
Interact with to many things in the room without dealing with guard
(ALARM PROTOCOL if fail)
If door was destroyed:
At the entrance to the next room of the with a suit of armor in the corner. You see a vault door straight ahead, “what the!” a guard confusedly shouts as rushes out from one of 2 doors of the on the right,
“I need to call for backup!”
(Combat begins)
(The room on the right contains more treasure, Left is a office with an alarm if they make it start ALARM PROTOCOL)
Open the door:
(If the Alarm is triggered you must destroy the door, the guard knows the password)
Vault dragon room:
You enter a room the room filled to the brim with gold and other rare objects, “Now would be your chance to grab anything that catches your eyes” ____ says
(inspecting the back wall you find a cave where a sleeping dragon lies, there is a scroll that’s a relic)
____ walks over to the center of the room and starts chanting, from the ground a pedestal emerges on it a blue egg and walks towards the vault door. All of a suddenly the alarm begins to blair! The room is filled with red lights and you can hear gears turning in the walls. You turn to see the vault door beginning to close and ____ heading down the hall of the previous room.
Suddenly you hear a loud noise from behind the wall as a dragon busts through
(Begin both Hidden Traps, Traitor Chase, ALARM PROTOCOL & Dragon Chase)
Failed to stop:
You see the door is about to close but you are able to just make it out in time, you look around but that Traitor is long gone with both the egg and hand and your pride. At least you aren't leaving empty handed though as you look at the valuables to have taken with you. Better than nothing you mutter as you disappear into the fog.
Stopped NPC:
You tackle ____ to the floor and grapple the egg from their hands, it seems to be unharmed thanks to the thick scale-like shell of the egg. “You Imbecile give that back! Do you have any idea how much those cost!” shouts ____ .
(You now have a choice to leave the egg for or take it for your own financial gain?)
Steal:
You suddenly dash towards the exit egg in hand “Your right this is too valuable to pass up! I think I shou-” before you can finish your witty comeback ___ is incinerated by the dragon that is currently making its way towards you.
(Continue with Hidden Traps, Traitor Chase, ALARM PROTOCOL & Dragon Chase)
Leave:
You drop the egg and back away hands in the air to show no hostility towards the beast. Suddenly a crack forms on the dragon's egg and claws start to pierce the thick shell. A baby dragon emerges from the egg and begins to flap its wings and head towards its parent. “NO MY DRAGON” ____ shouts, “Now it's already imprinted onto its mother, a pet dragon sells for billions.” Before ___ could say another word the dragon blasts ___ with its fire breath. You fall back in horror as the dragon opens its mouth, you expected the fire to be hotter yet it's wet? You open your eyes to see the dragon licking you, The dragon makes a motion almost to say hop on to you and your party. Suddenly the dragon bursts through the ceiling as if it were a thin piece of paper placing you all countless feet in the air, the view is breathtaking. The dragon proceeds to fly to the end of the forest where it lifts you and the rest of your party off before taking to the skies with their newborn following shortly behind.
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Events:
Alarm protocol:
Suddenly the lights shift to a red filling the room dying it completely red, then an ear piercing alarm starts to play from all around you. “You fools set off the alarm” ____ yells, “we don't have much time we need to hurry before the exit closes off. (You have ___ turns to get out)
(This can be activated by hitting the alarm at the office)
Dragon Chase:
Once the Dragon is woken up it will chase after its egg dealing damage to anyone it temples. It's too strong, so escape is recommended.
Traitor Chase:
Catch ___ before they make it out and seal you inside.
Hidden Traps:
(applies to all rooms water room and before)
The slots in the wall emerge and turrets protrude from them firing at anyone without clearances
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Objective endings:
Loyal Pawn:
made it out with NPC: You run out of the entrance “This way” ____ yells to you as you run out the entrance as you two make off with the egg. “Sold to number 33 for 30 million” the auctioneer yells as he hands off the egg to the highest bidder, you turn your head to ___ sitting next to you ready to collect their payment. It turns out that ___ wasn’t just some goon entrusted with the mission but the boss themselves. “After this I doubt I’ll see you again” says ____ “after the stunt I just pulled many powerful people we were after my head, It's time for me to disappear” they say as they get up. They hand you a poach full of gold as they walk off never to be seen again.
NPC made it out: As the door closes sealed shut there's no way out. After waiting what you can only guess was an hour the door opens and in floods at least 50 armed guards. No trials no jail just right to prison. From your window cell all you could see was the cold tundra the view on the inside was not much better as your cell didn’t even have the bare minimum, “Lunch” yelled the guard as a lunch tray was slid under the door. You devour the meal as meals come almost weekly. You hear a bang at the cell door the sound unforgettable as the sticks the guards use on you. The door open and in walks the guard “You ready for another go” proclaims the guard but with a familiar voice? You look up to see ___ as he gives you a wink, “so do I have your answer?” __ says as you both crack a smile with anticipation.
Else: I failed. You think to yourself from your cell not only did you let the boss down but you ever since that day your life has spiraled down out of control, fallen from your great status to a lowly drunk spending a night going cell to cell stuck in an endless system. This is it rock bottom. It would have been better to be locked up in some famous jail at least then you’d have some respect, but now you're nothing but a lonely drunk.
True Goblin:
Small: With the money from the heist you weren't able to indulge yourself in your endless greed, not allowing this to be the case you decided to invest you share of the money in a Gnome skin care company all you had to do was put a bit of money into the company then something about recruiting like at least 3 more people to help getting me a share of the recruitees income, sounds like an absolute steal.
Medium: Having enough money to splurge you decide to take a vacation where you meet a halfling named Nietspe and his lovely wife, you guy hit it off great going from party to party snorting as much pixie dust you could take, before you knew it you had dipped well into saving and needed cash. Your dear friend Nietspe decided to help you out. All you had to do was just help him with his “alleged” dwarf trafficking ring and now the authorities and very powerful people are after you for a whole different reason.
Large: As you lie there in the sun you wonder if money truly can buy you happiness, “Of course it can” you proclaim as you leap up and cannonball into your pool on your yacht. After making it out of the bank with all the gold you could ever need you ended up investing it and almost tripling its value of the past year pushing you to the upper echelon of society where now can loaf around all day and make millions, seems like money can truely buy happiness.
Baby Sitter:
Completed: After completing your job you receive letter days laters in the mail, You show up to the location listed where you find another letter and shovel you open it saying “I'm a man of my word just in case something happened I buried your bonus below here and had someone in advanced prepare your letters” You proceed to dig and not to long after starting you hit something hard where you find a chest filled to the brim with gold.
Got caught: So you messed up the client to you specifically not to be found out I don't know how its even possible to do that, one job man. I doubt you get your bonus.
Failed: You Royal screwed up, the job was supposed to be simple but you didn't expect your job to be that hard. Not only did you have to fight a dragon but watch this grown adult like a babysitter and to no one's surprise they still died. No wonder someone was paying you to look after them. All you can do is pray for the best and hope no one comes after you for your mistakes.
Good Health:
Healthy: You look yourself up and down the mirror scanning your body for even the smallest scratch, hours pass as you finally finish your daily check. “Not a single scratch” you loudly shout to yourself as you release a breath of relief, your temple is safe and clean. And with your share from the heist you should have enough funds to keep your body looking and working in tip top shape not having to stress another day, can't have a gray hair or even worse a wrinkle .
Okay: 23 24 25! You squeal in horror as you look at yourself in the mirror counting the scars covering your body. “No no no” you mutter to yourself “this won't do, I need to fix this” you think to yourself. In the reflection in the mirror you eye your bag of cash, “there's nothing some gold can't fix, even if I need to spend it all” you say to yourself as you grab it ahead to find someone able to fix you.
Poor: “I'm hideous” you scream as you look at a mirror see your body scared up swollen and bruised “No amount of money was worth this” you shout as you use your coin pouch to smash the mirror “I'm a freak, a monster. I'm basically a goblin looking like this” I must hide myself at all costs. You dawn a cloak and mask to hide your hideous appearance and vanish into the night to live in solitude.
Soak In Red:
Many: You skip out of your room happily as you head on out in the dead of night. Fog filling the streets, chatter in the background you smile as you skip towards the chatter “another victim waiting” nothing better for a murderer like yourself.
Few: You hit in your room foot tapping against the floor and bite your nails, ever since the heist you've been on high alert as you sure a few guards saw your face, getting caught is not an option so until then you must lay low and suppress those urges.
None: “I sentence you to death!” the judge proclaims during your trial. After all these years you were finally caught, this is the end. You think as you blankly stare from the chair watching the families of those you tore apart though a pain of glass, hate filling their eyes. The last thing you see before everything goes black.
Pinky Promise:
Kept: You head home as you approach you here laughing through the door, it brings a smile upon your face knowing you didn’t have to ruin your perfect life.
Broken: You hear your family laughing through the door, your heart drops knowing that you couldn’t keep your side of the promise. You look down at your hand, while the blood is gone you think to yourself you’ll never be able to hold them again, you're not worthy you think as you leave into the sun set.
Deadman Walking:
Failed: You failed, you were not able to stop him, you knew they had something else planned and you still failed your one chance at revenge and you blew it just like that, they will never pay for what they have done.
Success: You got your revenge you had seen it once before and you weren't going to let it happen to you or anyone else ever again. No matter how much ___ plead you knew you had to stop it regardless and with your share from the heist you can finally fix your face and live a normal life.
Relics Of The Past:
All: You stare probably at the exhibit you just finished putting together, painting on display persevered and in mint condition. In walks a large group of children in awe of wonder displayed in front of you, after claiming they were anonymously donated and proceed in as ancient artifacts there was no way for them to be taken back, now you get to show a new generation of children the wonders of the past.
Few / None: You sit there alone watching your failed attempt of a museum burning as some vandals set fire to it for their own amusement, you ponder if everything you went through was even worth it. The world is doomed, there is no hope for them you think, there is no point in this. You walk off and give up on your hopes and dreams.