A 5 room wine ‘n’ dungeon I made as a demo for an ascii dungeon crawler my friend Nick and I are working on. The crawler itself is mostly an exercise to see if we enjoy making games together, but it’s also a great excuse for me to make a bunch of fun dungeons.

This one is themed around Büt the Unquenchable, a demon that offers a beguiling wine to all who offer their cup. In this case, an expired “church” filled with thirsty skeletons.

d4 Hooks

1. A wine collector has a thirst for a devilishly rare vintage buried in his grandfather’s tomb.
2. An aspiring vintner will pay handsomely for an appraisal of the old vineyard on the hill.
3. A friend of yours never made it back from the tavern. Patrons swear he never left.
4. While enjoying the baron’s party you spy a hooded figure sneaking down into the cellar.

d4 Possible Entry Points

1. Below a forgotten speakeasy down a wine-smelling alley.
2. Through a trapdoor hidden beneath a case of an unpopular libation.
3. Through a secret passage in the baron’s wine cellar.
4. Through an impossible door in a barrel of wine.

Environment

• Reeks of sour grapes
• Red-stained granite walls
• 10 ft vaulted ceilings

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[1] Entryway

• Skeleton slumped against a decorated iron door
• Red stained oak barrels
• Muffled squeaks & metallic rattling

Skeleton: White robes stained red. Holds an open key ring up to the lock. In a drunken stupor he dropped his key into a barrel.

Door: Heavy and iron. Locked. Demon (Büt) headed door knocker. Closed speakeasy door grill.

Barrels: Uncorked. Covered in scratches. 2 in 6 contain a swarm of hostile rats. 1 in 6 contains a key to the door. 3 in 6 contain red wine sediment.

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Swarm of Wine Soaked Rats HP 7 | Morale 6 | Hard to hit -d2 | Claw/bite: d2

THE FLOOR IS MOVING! These drunken rodents can occupy the same space as their target (attacks become d4).

[2] Nave

• Cobwebbed wooden pews, some occupied by skeletons
• Stone altar with horned statue
• Eastern door closed and barred
• Western door closed and covered with red gunk

Skeletons: 6 total. Each holds a golden wine-stained goblet. Bones stained burgundy.

• Filling each goblet with wine opens the secret door to the left of the altar.
• Filling a skeleton’s goblet with anything other than wine causes it to awake and attack.

Altar: Wide basalt slab adorned with a plaque reading “A toast to our good fortune”.

Statue: Obsidian. Depicts 6 armed horned creature with unfurled tongues.

Eastern door: Wooden. Sealed with a metal bar.

• Note pinned with a corkscrew: “Our friend thinks himself above us now… We’ll drink to that!”
• Groaning from the other side

Western door: Wooden. Sealed with a red gunk.

• Can be removed with simple tools or fire in d10 rounds (test Strength to expedite)

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BURGUNDY SKELETON HP 7 | Morale 8 | No armor | Bony knuckles d2 or Goblet d4 thrown

[3] Tank

• Terrible rotting smell
• Grey skinned creature holds empty glass bottles
• Bones & bottles litter the floor
• Drains run either side of the room
• Small trunk tucked in the corner

Drains: Lead to the faucet in [4]

Trunk: Brown leather. Locked, key is on the creature.

• Fine clothes. A chipped golden ring.
• RING OF RETURNING
  • Chip off a piece of gold. Twice daily teleport to a chip. Destroyed after d20 chips.

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SPLATZED HP 15 | Morale N/A | Covered in glass -d2 + bleed | Jagged fists d4 + bleed | Bleed d2 damage for d4 rounds. Ignores armor.

[4] Faucet Room

• A large faucet protrudes from the ceiling
• Floor is stained red
• Sticky footsteps lead north down a hallway. A lever is just around the corner

Faucet: Terracotta pipe. 2 in 6 chance to spawn a Sediment each round while activated.

Lever: Turns on the faucet when activated. Covered in a red gunk which can be removed with simple tools or fire in d10 rounds. While gunked, test Strength D14 to deactivate.

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SEDIMENT HP 8 | Morale 10 | No armor | Inebriating tendril d4 + special | Special: target cannot move until the Sediment is damaged.

THERE MUST BE SOME LEFT AT THE BOTTOM… The slime moves like jelly swirled in a glass. Pops into a puddle of wine fine enough for dead men. Its attacks have a 3 in 6 chance of filling a container held by the target with wine.

[5] The World’s Wine Cellar

• Wooden shelves lined with bottles
• Ornate mahogany door with golden hardware

Bottles: Of all varieties. From all ages, and locations. Marked with wax seals and gift tags from many people of note: royalty, tycoons, heroes.

The Octopus Door: Impossibly ornate engraving (not done by a human hand). Golden octopus knocker & cuff port.

• Locked. Leads to nothing if opened by normal means.
• Knocking on the door alerts the octopus.
  • Opens the door’s cuff port if alerted. Extends a tentacle.
  • Opens the door if given a bottle. The door leads to the cellar of the bottle’s donor.

published to SCHISTOSTEGA on: 9/20/2026