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== Table of Contents ==

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! DUNGEONEER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE:  WHAT IS IT? !! 6
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| The Mystery of the Underdark || 6
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| New Rules for Underground Play || 6
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| The denizens of the Underdark || 6
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| The Underground Campaign || 6
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| Using this Information || 6
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! OVERVIEW OF THE UNDERDARK || 7
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| Natural Underground Locales || 7
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| Unnatural Underground Locales || 9
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| Hazards of the Underearth || 11
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! MOVEMENT RULES FOR UNDERGROUND PLAY || 12
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| Ability Checks || 12
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| Proficiency Checks || 12
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| '''Swimming''' || 12
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| Holding One's Breath || 12
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| Moving in Water || 13
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| Effects of Moving Water || 14
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| '''Climbing''' || 14
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| Climbing Surfaces || 14
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| Encumbrance || 15
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| Climbing Success Rates for Non-Thieves || 15
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| Climbing Modifiers || 16
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| Climbing Tools || 16
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| Rappelling || 16
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| '''Jumping for Non-Acrobats''' || 17
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| Jumping Modifiers || 17
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| '''Using Rope''' || 17
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| Crossing a Chasm on a Rope || 17
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| Swinging Across || 18
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| Belays || 18
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| Roping Together || 19
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| '''Bridges''' || 19
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| Permanent Bridges || 19
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| Impromptu Bridges || 19
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| '''Falling (Expanded Rules)''' || 19
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| Stopping a Fall || 20
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| Landing || 20
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| Sliding Down Slopes || 20
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| '''Spelunking''' || 20
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| The Tight Squeeze || 20
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| '''Excavation''' || 21
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| Rubble || 21
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| Solid Barriers || 21
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| '''Fatigue and Exhaustion''' || 21
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| Effects of Fatigue || 21
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| Effects of Exhaustion || 22
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| '''Movement Effects of Darkness''' || 22
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| '''Movement on Slippery Horizontal Surfaces''' || 22
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! PROFICIENCIES !! 23
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| '''Nonweapon Proficiencies''' || 23
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| Success and Failure || 23
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| Construction Time || 23
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| Artisans, Craftsmen, and Other NPCs || 24
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| Optional Bonuses || 24
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| Craftsman Proficiencies || 25
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| Adventuring Proficiencies || 26
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| Experience Points for Proficiencies || 29
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! COMBAT RULES FOR UNDERGROUND PLAY !! 30
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| Fighting on Walls and Other Sheer Surfaces || 30
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| Fighting on Bridges and Ledges || 30
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| Grabbing an Enemy || 30
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| Fighting in Water || 32
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| Fighting in Narrow Passages || 32
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| Fighting in Darkness || 32
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| Spellcasting in Darkness || 32
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| Rules for Mounted Combat || 32
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| '''BATTLESYSTEM™ Game Options Underground''' || 34
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| Extremely Narrow Frontages || 34
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| Combat Modifiers || 34
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| Formation Modifiers || 34
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| Morale Effects || 34
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| Ventilation Effects || 35
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| Flying Effects || 35
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| Line-of-Sight Effects || 35
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| Cave-ins on a Battlefield || 35
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! THE UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT !! 36
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| '''Air Supply''' || 36
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| Duration || 36
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| Fire || 36
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| Smoke || 36
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| Poisonous and Noxious Gasses || 37
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| Ventilation || 37
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| Odor Detection || 37
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| '''Cave-ins''' || 38
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| Causes of Cave-ins || 38
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| Random Occurrences of Cave-ins || 39
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| Cave-in Chain Reactions || 40
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| Effects of Cave-ins || 40
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| Defensive Point Values of Underground Formations || 40
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| '''Hypothermia (Optional Rule)''' || 42
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| '''Magnetic Effects of Lodestone''' || 42
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| '''NPC Reactions to Long Underground Adventures''' || 42
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| '''Structural Decay''' || 43
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| '''Underground Waterways''' || 43
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| Standing Water || 43
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| Flowing Water || 44
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| Water Temperature || 45
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| Access to Underground Waterways || 45
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| Underground Water Travel || 46
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| '''Mining''' || 48
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| Where to Mine || 48
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| Types of Mines || 49
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| Excavating a Mine Tunnel || 49
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| Shoring a Tunnel || 50
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| Products of a Mine || 50
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| Quality of Mine Products || 51
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| Calculating the Value of a Placer Mine || 53
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| Smelting Ore || 53
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| Finishing Stones | 53
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| Duration of a Mining Site || 53
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| Inherent Hazards of Mining || 53
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| The Claim || 53
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| Hireling Loyalty || 54
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| Natural Hazards || 55
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| Unnatural Hazards || 55
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! NEW EQUIPMENT !! 56
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| '''Costs and Weights''' || 56
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| '''New Equipment Descriptions''' || 56
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| Transportation Equipment || 57
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| Equipment for Proficiencies || 57
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! IMPROVING PLAY !! 59
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| Expedition Planning || 59
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| Using Beasts of Burden || 59
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| Using Watercraft || 60
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| '''Fighting Effectively''' || 60
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| Creating Diversions || 60
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| '''Speeding Play''' || 61
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| '''Creative Underground Spell Use''' || 61
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| '''Languages of the Underdark''' || 62
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| '''Mapping Techniques''' || 62
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! THE UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT !! 65
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| Features of the Underground Game || 65
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| Nature of the Underground Environment<br />and its Denizens || 66
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| A Brief History of Underground Cultures || 68
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! UNDERGROUND GEOGRAPHY: !! 69
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| '''Domains in Three Dimensions''' || 69
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| Surface Terrain || 69
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| Temperature || 70
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| Humidity || 70
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| Size || 70
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| Origin || 70
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| Access and Egress || 70
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| '''Theories on the Nature of the Underground''' || 70
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| The Hollow Earth Theory || 71
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| The Swiss Cheese Theory || 71
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| The Isolated Pockets Theory || 71
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| The Partial Connection Theory || 71
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! THE CULTURES OF THE UNDERDARK || 73
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| '''Values and Objectives''' || 73
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| Drow || 73
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| Kuo-Toa || 73
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| Duergar ||73
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| Mind Flayers || 74
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| Aboleth || 74
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| Derro || 74
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| Cloakers || 74
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! LANDS OF DEEPEARTH !! 75
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| Connecting Passages of Deepearth || 75
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| Area Details || 75
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| '''Map of Deepearth''' || 76-77
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| '''Individual Area Key''' || 78
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| 1. The Great Lake || 78
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| 2. Surface Lands || 78
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| 3. Upper Caverns || 79
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| 4. Cathedral Caverns || 79
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| 5. Enclosed Caverns || 80
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| 6. Caverns of the Ancients || 80
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| 7. Grand Canyon of Deepearth || 81
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| 8. Fungus Forest || 81
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| 9. Caverns of Doom || 83
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| 10. Sunken Swamp || 83
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| 11. Outpost of the Illithids || 84
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| 12. Combat Zone || 85
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| 13. Empty Caverns || 86
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| 14. Reclaimed Caverns || 86
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| 15. Upper Lake of Deepearth || 87
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| 16. Mid-Level Caverns || 87
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| 17. Lower Lake of Deepearth || 88
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| 18. Steam-Heated Caverns || 90
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| 19. Chambers of Fire || 90
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| 20. Lava Caves || 91
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| 21. Elemental Vortex of Fire || 92
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| 22. Lands of the Deep Gnomes || 92
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| 23. Lower Grand Canyon of Deepearth || 93
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| 24. Domain of the Duergar || 94
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| 25. Windpipe || 94
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| 26. Hallowed Grounds || 95
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| 27. The Melting Pot || 95
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| 28. Realm of the Drow || 95
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| 29. The Dark Realms || 97
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| 30. Interplanar Whirlpool || 97
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| 31. Darkness || 98
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! UNDERGROUND ADVENTURES:<br />CAMPAIGN CONSIDERATIONS !! 99
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| Challenges for the DM || 100
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| The Fine Art of Juggling || 100
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| Designing the Adventure and the World || 100
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| '''Worlds of Adventure: The Importance of Setting''' || 100
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| Basic Characteristics || 100
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| '''Plot and Counterplot: The Importance of the Story''' || 103
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| The Story Structure || 103
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| Multiple Story Lines || 105
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| Story Elements || 106
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| '''Techniques of Story and Campaign Design''' || 109
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| The Linear Adventure || 109
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| The Open Campaign || 110
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| The Matrix Campaign || 110
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| '''Running the Game''' || 111
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| Preparing for Play || 111
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| The Dungeon Master as Master Storyteller || 112
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| '''Help from the Players''' || 113
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| Rolling Up Player Characters || 113
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| Providing Ideas for Adventures || 113
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| Character Class Responsibilities || 113
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| Controlling Henchmen, Hirelings, and Other NPCs || 113
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! MAPPING YOUR SETTINGS !! 114
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| Basic Mapping Considerations || 114
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| Perspective Mapping || 114
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| Selecting a Grid || 114
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| Selecting a Starting Point || 115
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| Drawing the Map || 115
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| Mapping Symbols || 115
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| Horizon Lines || 117
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| '''Geomorphic Mapping''' || 117
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| Using Geomorphs || 117
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! COMPILED TABLES !! 121
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! PERSPECTIVE MAPS !! 124
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! INDEX !! 128
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Abbreviation	DSG +
Author	Douglas Niles +
ISBN	0-88038-272-4 +
Identifier	1e +
Item Code	2019 +
Media Type	Hardcover +
Page Count	123 +
Publication Date	1986 +
Publisher	TSR +
System	Dungeons and Dragons 1e +
Title	Dungeoneer's Survival Guide +