Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition Random Dungeon Generator

I have started on this and only now and again for a few days, given ran out of holidays and had to go back to work a week or so ago.

However, it is doing the basics.

https://github.com/bluetyson/ADnD1e-Random-Dungeon-Generator

What it is not is something that generates a box image and fills it in a la donjon or others. It is a translation of the procedural tables. The TLDR version is it can do X number of rolls. If a stair/elevator or whatever goes down, it follows that and keeps going. If empty rooms have secret doors, it will fill this in recursively, but not follow any of those randomly in particular. The key output is being used for debugging, but will be turned into room descriptions. Rooms can ‘not fit’ and be chopped off, so the default size might not reflect the plot.

Definitely bugs here or there as just started, and some events are pretty rare so there will be plenty of oddball edge cases. Things I am aware on and working on eventually are here https://github.com/bluetyson/ADnD1e-Random-Dungeon-Generator/issues

e.g. no actual rolled monsters/treasure from DMG tables as yet. No Pools, that sort of thing.

Basic legend code is at the bottom

Here’s a level 1 and level 7 from a 200 ‘Rolls’ test. Level 7 being the one the players would want to get to.

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [10, 13], ‘water’: ‘S’, ‘fancy_shape’: ‘H’, ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 4, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘L’, 3: ‘O’, 4: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45BA’, 3: ‘A’, 4: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 4], ‘fromdoor’: ‘Y’, ‘contents’: {‘monster’: {}, ‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 0, ‘silver’: 4400, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 0, ‘platinum’: 0, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 0, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Bloody Great Chests’, ‘protection’: ‘hide’, ‘hide’: ‘Secret room nearby’}}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitstype’: ‘door’, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [9, 12], ‘water’: ‘S’, ‘fancy_shape’: ‘H’, ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’, ‘secret_door_dict’: {1: {(3, 6, -4): ‘xmin’, (2, 6, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 2: {(3, 9, -4): ‘xmin’, (2, 9, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 3: {(11, 0, -4): ‘xmax’, (12, 0, -4): {‘beyond’: ’45BA’, ‘loc’: ‘xmaxloc’}}, 4: {(11, 6, -4): ‘xmax’, (12, 6, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘A’, ‘loc’: ‘xmaxloc’}}, 5: {(11, 10, -4): ‘xmax’, (12, 10, -4): {‘beyond’: ’45BA’, ‘loc’: ‘xmaxloc’}}, 6: {(4, 0, -4): ‘ymin’, (4, -1, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘yminloc’}}, 7: {(6, 0, -4): ‘ymin’, (6, -1, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘yminloc’}}, 8: {(9, 0, -4): ‘ymin’, (9, -1, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘P’, ‘loc’: ‘yminloc’}}, 9: {(4, 10, -4): ‘ymax’, (4, 11, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘ymaxloc’}}, 10: {(8, 10, -4): ‘ymax’, (8, 11, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘P’, ‘loc’: ‘ymaxloc’}}, 11: {(9, 10, -4): ‘ymax’, (9, 11, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘A’, ‘loc’: ‘ymaxloc’}}}, ‘secret_door_count’: 11}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [1, 2], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’, ‘secret_door_dict’: {1: {(2, 7, -4): ‘xmin’, (1, 7, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 2: {(2, 7, -4): ‘ymax’, (2, 8, -4): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘ymaxloc’}}}, ‘secret_door_count’: 2}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

Key: 5

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘L’, 2: ‘R’, 3: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’}}

Key: 6

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’, 2: ‘A’}}

Key: 7

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [1, 1], ‘fromdoor’: ‘Y’, ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’, 3: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45AB’, 3: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 4, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘L’, 3: ‘O’, 4: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’, 4: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 4], ‘contents’: {‘trap’: {}}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 2], ‘contents’: {‘monster’: {}, ‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 0, ‘silver’: 0, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 0, ‘platinum’: 0, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 7, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Stone Jars’, ‘protection’: ‘hide’, ‘hide’: ‘Magic: Invisibility’}}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitstype’: ‘door’, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

Key: 11

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 5], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

Key: 12

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 5], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’, 2: ‘A’}}

Key: 13

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 0, ‘silver’: 0, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 0, ‘platinum’: 700, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 0, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Coffers’, ‘protection’: ‘hide’, ‘hide’: ‘Secret: Loose stone – in wall’}, ‘secret_door_dict’: {1: {(13, 3, -7): ‘xmin’, (12, 3, -7): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 2: {(14, 4, -7): ‘xmax’, (15, 4, -7): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xmaxloc’}}}, ‘secret_door_count’: 2}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

Key: 14

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

Key: 15

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 2], ‘contents’: {‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 8000, ‘silver’: 0, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 0, ‘platinum’: 0, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 0, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Loose’, ‘protection’: ‘guard’, ‘guard’: ‘Poison needles: handle’}}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘R’, 3: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’}}

Key: 16

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 6], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’, ‘secret_door_dict’: {1: {(14, 8, -7): ‘xmin’, (13, 8, -7): {‘beyond’: ’45BA’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 2: {(14, 6, -7): ‘ymin’, (14, 5, -7): {‘beyond’: ’45AB’, ‘loc’: ‘yminloc’}}}, ‘secret_door_count’: 2}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

Key: 17

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 6], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘L’, 3: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’}}

Key: 18

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [9, 13], ‘water’: ‘W’, ‘fancy_shape’: ‘H’, ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

Key: 19

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 6], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 4, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’, 3: ‘L’, 4: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45BA’, 3: ‘A’, 4: ’45AB’}}

Key: 20

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’, ‘secret_door_dict’: {}, ‘secret_door_count’: 0}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

Key: 21

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 4], ‘fromdoor’: ‘Y’, ‘contents’: {‘monster’: {}, ‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 0, ‘silver’: 0, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 1925, ‘platinum’: 0, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 0, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Stone Jars’, ‘protection’: ‘hide’, ‘hide’: ‘Magic: Invisibility’}, ‘secret_door_dict’: {1: {(0, 8, -7): ‘xmin’, (-1, 8, -7): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xminloc’}}, 2: {(2, 8, -7): ‘xmax’, (3, 8, -7): {‘beyond’: ‘Room’, ‘loc’: ‘xmaxloc’}}, 3: {(0, 8, -7): ‘ymin’, (0, 7, -7): {‘beyond’: ‘A’, ‘loc’: ‘yminloc’}}, 4: {(0, 11, -7): ‘ymax’, (0, 12, -7): {‘beyond’: ’45AB’, ‘loc’: ‘ymaxloc’}}}, ‘secret_door_count’: 4}, ‘exits’: 0, ‘secretdoors’: ‘check’, ‘exitlocations’: {}, ‘exitdirections’: {}}

Key: 22

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [1, 2], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 4, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘L’, 3: ‘L’, 4: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’, 4: ’45BA’}}

Key: 23

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’}}

Key: 24

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [1, 2], ‘fromdoor’: ‘Y’, ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘S’, 2: ‘O’, 3: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’, 2: ‘A’, 3: ‘A’}}

Key: 25

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 3, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘L’, 3: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45AB’, 3: ‘A’}}

Key: 26

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [28, 39], ‘water’: ‘N’, ‘fancy_shape’: ‘H’, ‘contents’: {‘monster’: {}}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘S’, 2: ‘L’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’, 2: ‘A’}}

Key: 27

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 2], ‘contents’: {‘treasure’: {‘type’: {‘copper’: 0, ‘silver’: 8000, ‘electrum’: 0, ‘gold’: 0, ‘platinum’: 0, ‘gems’: 0, ‘jewellery’: 0, ‘magic’: 0}, ‘store’: ‘Metal Urns’, ‘protection’: ‘hide’, ‘hide’: ‘Secret: Inside non-storage item’}}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’}}

Key: 28

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 4], ‘contents’: {‘level’: {}}, ‘exits’: 4, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’, 3: ‘L’, 4: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45BA’, 3: ‘A’, 4: ‘A’}}

Key: 29

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 4], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45BA’}}
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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’, 2: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 4], ‘contents’: {‘trap’: {}}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ‘A’}}

Key: 10

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 5], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

Key: 12

{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [3, 5], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’, 2: ‘S’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45BA’, 2: ‘A’}}

Key: 13

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [2, 3], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 1, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘R’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ’45AB’}}

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{‘shape’: ‘R’, ‘size’: [4, 4], ‘contents’: {’empty’: ‘Y’}, ‘exits’: 2, ‘exitlocations’: {1: ‘O’, 2: ‘O’}, ‘exitdirections’: {1: ‘A’, 2: ’45BA’}}

legend_dict =  {}
    legend_dict['O'] = "Outside Entrance"
    legend_dict['C'] = "Corridor/Passage"
    legend_dict['R'] = "Chamber/Room"
    legend_dict['D'] = "Dead End"
    legend_dict['d'] = "door"
    legend_dict[':'] = "direction of Door"
    legend_dict['wm'] = "Wandering Monster"
    legend_dict['sd'] = "Secret Door"
    legend_dict['st'] = "Stairs"
    legend_dict['ch'] = "Chute"
    legend_dict['cm'] = "Chimney"
    legend_dict['td'] = "Trapdoor"
    legend_dict['pi'] = "Pit Trap"
    legend_dict['pd'] = "Pit Trap: Secret Door"
    legend_dict['ps'] = "Pit Trap: Spikes"
    legend_dict['pc'] = "Pit Trap: Crushing Walls"
    legend_dict['el'] = "Elevator Trap"
    legend_dict['ar'] = "Arrow Trap"
    legend_dict['sp'] = "Spear Trap"
    legend_dict['df'] = "Door Falls Trap"
    legend_dict['sf'] = "Stone Falls Trap"
    legend_dict['gs'] = "Gas Trap"
    legend_dict['bw'] = "Blocked Wall Trap"
    legend_dict['ol'] = "Oil Trap"
    legend_dict['m'] = "Monster"
    legend_dict['t'] = "Treasure"
    legend_dict['p'] = "Pool"
    legend_dict['c'] = "Treasure: Copper"  
    legend_dict['s'] = "Treasure: Silver"
    legend_dict['e'] = "Treasure: Electrum"
    legend_dict['g'] = "Treasure: Gold"
    legend_dict['p'] = "Treasure: Platinum"
    legend_dict['G'] = "Treasure: Gems"
    legend_dict['j'] = "Treasure: Jewellery"
    legend_dict['M'] = "Treasure: Magic"

One Reply to “Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition Random Dungeon Generator”

richard says:

January 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm

Ok, looks like that messes up the page as too big, so if you need the categories etc., go to another post.

e.g.

https://cosmicheroes.space/blog/index.php/2023/01/16/dungeon23-011-ruby-base-level-11-key-01-2-2-2-2-2-2/

An illustrative example, without having to bother hosting it elsewhere. Ever get a later one I really like, can add it as pages.

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