Dungeon Generator Updated: Now with More Reasonable Room Sizes!

Late last week, after becoming dissatisfied with the sprawling nature of the hallways and the rather over-sized rooms (an experience Jeff from Saxe-Bearstein also had), I revised the most recent version of my dungeon generator. I did some testing last night and it definitely appears to work better. I'll continue to test it tonight, but thought I'd release it into the wild as well.

Please give it a try and let me know if you find any weirdness!

No Budget No Frills Pencil and Paper Dungeon Generator 

ver 4.1

Tools needed:

• an ordinary deck of playing cards, jokers removed
• d4, d6, d8, d10
• graph paper and pencil/pen or electronic equivalents

Instructions:

• Shuffle your deck of cards
• Place your starting room with more than one exit on your graph paper
• Draw a card
• Ace = Stairs up or Exit in X squares (player's choice or roll 1d6. 1-3 Stairs, 4-6 Exit)
• 2 = Stairs down or Exit in X squares (player's choice or roll 1d6. 1-3 Stairs, 4-6 Exit)
• 3 = Straight Hallway for X squares w/ Trap (Roll 1d6. 1-3= pit trap, 4-6 other trap)
• 4 = Straight Hallway for X squares
• 5 = 4-way Intersection in X squares
• 6 = Turn Right in X squares
• 7 = Turn Left in X squares
• 8 = T-intersection in X squares
• 9 = Room(draw a door and then proceed to room generator)
• 10 = Room (draw a door and then proceed to room generator)
• Jack = Room (draw a door and then proceed to room generator)
• Queen = Dead end in X squares or Draw Again(player's choice)
• King = Reshuffle deck and draw again

I've had equally good results ignoring the King, waiting until all 4 Kings are drawn to reshuffle, and with using every King as a reshuffle trigger. 

• Add the indicated item to your map (for rooms see the Room Generator).
• Where it says "X squares", roll the appropriate die:
• Hearts = d10
• Diamonds = d8
• Spades = d6
• Clubs = d4
•  Keep in mind that you may need to be creative or fudge it a bit if there isn't room or you run into the edge of the paper.
• If playing solo, resolve any encounters.
• Repeat

Room Generator

• Roll the die specified, and then modify according to the Room Dimensions Modifier below:
• If room card is Hearts then d10 x d10 squares
• If room card is Diamonds then d8 x d8 squares
• If room card is Spades then d6 x d6 squares
• If room card is Clubs then d4 x d4 squares

Room Dimension Modifier

• If the values of both room dice are equal, do nothing.
• If one value is odd and one is even, divide the larger value in half and round it up. 
• If both values are even or both values are odd, divide both in half and round up.

Additional Room Exits: 

• Roll 1d4. Subtract 1 from the result. This is how many additional exits are in the room. Place randomly or wherever makes sense given the dungeon's layout.

Room Content
(or use the room content generator included with the rules you are using)

• Roll 1d6:1-2 Monster
• 3 Trap
• 4 Weird/Unusual Stuff (talking statues, magic fountains,etc.)
• 5-6 Empty 

Secret Doors

When rooms and/or corridors abut without a means of passing between them, you may check for a secret door.

• Roll 1d6. On a 1 there is a secret door.
• Roll 1d6 again:
• 1 - One-way, in the direction you're going
• 2 - 5 Both directions
• 6 - One-way, opposite the direction you're going.