dungeon23 week 29 - demon haunted underground

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The second half of the abandoned demon mansion. You know what? This is a little anticlimactic. I never know how to "end" dungeons - I just don't think in terms of narrative arcs when designing them. The most interesting part is aboveground, and while there's some weird shit down here underneath, the main part of interest is above with the possessed researcher.

To make this more interesting I'd have the possessee take their time in getting down and perhaps be stronger, so they could chase the PCs round this underground area. Maybe there could be some interaction with the room details.

I'll give this week credit, there's an angel trapped in a glass bell inside a cage. That brings up some questions from the outset - the original owner was the general of a demon army with occult powers, but why are they keeping an angel here? Simple sadism? It is a witness to something? It was being questioned? Can angels suffer mental trauma from imprisonment? Is it really an angel? (The glass bell is a Sandman reference which I would expect most of my players to get, doesn't matter if they don't.)