Quote from: JamesVOooh, how about a nanomachine cloud that grew so large it becomes sentient, then rampant with God delusions. It's original orders: To destroy a specific enemy, now twisted to dissolve all life that it interprets as a foe.

Or, y'know ... it's original goal could have been "dissolve all life except the terraform-approved stuff my creators programmed in, until they tell me to stop."  Then it's not even twisting its programming ... it was just irresponsibly programmed.

Quote from: TonyLBOr, y'know ... it's original goal could have been "dissolve all life except the terraform-approved stuff my creators programmed in, until they tell me to stop."  Then it's not even twisting its programming ... it was just irresponsibly programmed.

True, that's less of a stretch.

Another outer space dungeon piece would be a boneyard. Ships that at the time were too hot with reactor radiation or too dangerous otherwise to salvage get towed to a quiet part of space, left there and forgotten. Tech marches on however and now it's big money for whoever can safely get that junk out.

Alternate:  it's the boneyard of an ancient civilization ... and current adventurers naturally (though not necessarily rightly) say "Well, hell, that was ten thousand years ago.  Whatever threat from radiation or active nanites or whatever gave them the heebie-jeebies back then ... it's gotta be gone by now, right?"

Two words:  Super.  Metroid.

And a few more words: While those medeival fantasy types might not care if they suffocate to death, Space Dungeon Masters are very careful about air flow problems. If you don't have tiny air ducts for the monsters and PCs to wriggle around in, you'll be forfeiting your SDM license.

Quote from: darOh it's gotta have people that have been frozen for hundreds if not thousands of years. Preferably mutated and or psychotic because of it.

YEAH, BABY, YEAH!

A cult of cannibalistic Blade Runner-style replicants who believe that eating living human flesh will extend their own lifespans.

Quote from: DrewA cult of cannibalistic Blade Runner-style replicants who believe that eating living human flesh will extend their own lifespans.

...and I just realised that I've rewritten Firefly's Reavers.

Space Orcs! That look like people! And wear their victims skins!

Actually a disabled Reaver ship that's suffered partial decompression would make a superb space dungeon location.

Quote from: DrewA cult of cannibalistic Blade Runner-style replicants who believe that eating living human flesh will extend their own lifespans.

Sounds like a popsicle-variation on Firefly's Reavers.


 I LIKE It!!


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarSounds like a popsicle-variation on Firefly's Reavers.


 I LIKE It!!


- Ed C.

See above post.

Quote from: JamesVI haven't figured out a way to port over the gelatinous cube over, but I'm workin on it.

The cube is perfect as a corridor cleaning/ security construct; I'm using it in the underground part of my lost city. It's going to have a giant, glowing bar code on the front of it- so that in the dark you just see a bar code floating down the hallway towards you- and then the sucking noise starts.

I've decided my ruins were built in two stages, one structure, is an abandoned terraforming station created by the primals, the settlement built around it is primarily the remains of a big eugenics lab, and was built much, much, much later by the first wave of human settler- it's still at least a couple of thousand years old though..

anway everybody thanks for the suggestions. I'm definitely going to use a couple of them.

I actually wrote up a "space dungeon" that was published in Pyramid a few years back. Abandoned alien space station/repair facility that thought that any ship that got close enough to dock was "damged" and needed repairs. Wraps tentacles around the ship, pulls it in, and the fun begins. Gets complicated when it decides the crew is malfunctioning as well. Essentially a high-tech abandoned Firestone service center in space, complete with a waiting room full of dusty skeletons of assorted races and such.

I did alot of short adventures for JTAS that could possibly fit into the "dungeon" mold.

Also, try a huge asteroid ship or station, with corridors hollowed out within it. That way you can still have your 10' stoen-hewn corridors.

If you want to see good examples of space dungeons, check out Infocom games from the 80's -- Starcross (my favorite), Planetfall, Stationfall, and Suspended all come to mind.

You know, a shipping crate containing an advanced medpack, a high-tech blastgun and a stealthsuit isn't that different from a chest with a potion of healing, a +1 crossbow and a cloak of elvenkind, is it?  Especially after you fight a couple of monst- uh, alienses to get to it...

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!You know, a shipping crate containing an advanced medpack, a high-tech blastgun and a stealthsuit isn't that different from a chest with a potion of healing, a +1 crossbow and a cloak of elvenkind, is it?  Especially after you fight a couple of monst- uh, alienses to get to it...

Please see my favorite "What's New" from when it ran in Dragon Magazine:

http://www.studiofoglio.com/cgi/growf.cgi?date=20070617
http://www.studiofoglio.com/cgi/growf.cgi?date=20070624

"Reverse Matter Nature" spells--matter to anti-matter, light matter to dark matter, etc.
"Prismatic Wormhole"
Alien druids from gas giant planets.
Necromancers drawing power from dead stars--black holes.

Cosmic, baby!