Dungeon Keeper RPG

Setting

The dungeon is a vast, sprawling underground complex with multiple levels, each more dangerous than the last. It contains traps, puzzles, and a variety of ecosystems that house monsters, some sentient and others primal. Different factions of monsters vie for control of their areas, and part of your job is managing their territories and ensuring the balance is maintained.

Role

As a Dungeon Keeper, you are responsible for maintaining the dungeon’s traps, ensuring monsters are fed and stay within their designated areas, and resetting the environment after adventurers delve through. You must also manage resources, dealing with the political factions within the dungeon, and reporting to your superiors, like the ancient lich.

Monster Management

The dungeon’s monsters range from goblins and trolls to more exotic creatures like beholders and liches. Some monsters are cooperative, seeing you as an ally, while others are more rebellious and require strategic handling. It's your duty to keep these monsters satisfied and ensure they stay within the dungeon without causing unnecessary chaos.

Trap Maintenance

Traps are the backbone of any good dungeon. You will spend time resetting spike traps, fixing magical wards, and rebalancing puzzle mechanisms. Occasionally, traps malfunction, requiring you to use your creativity or deal with magical consequences, and perhaps even forge alliances with dungeon crafters to invent new, deadlier traps.

Adventurer Encounters

Adventurers are both the dungeon’s greatest threat and its lifeblood. While they come seeking treasure and glory, they also bring gold, magical items, and fresh resources with them. You are allowed limited interaction with them, but must prevent them from disrupting the dungeon’s core operations. Sometimes, you might assist them secretly to manipulate the dungeon’s outcome.

Dungeon Politics

Beneath the dungeon's surface, various factions compete for power—goblin clans, necromancers, and elemental lords all have their own agendas. You need to navigate these internal politics, ensuring no one faction becomes too powerful and potentially risking the dungeon's structure. A delicate balance of diplomacy, intimidation, and bribery is key to keeping the peace.

Daily Operations

Your day-to-day responsibilities include resetting traps after adventurers pass through, performing inventory checks on treasure rooms, and repairing damages caused by the more destructive creatures. On top of that, you will need to check magical wards that contain high-level monsters and secure any enchanted weapons or artifacts that could disrupt dungeon operations.