Offbeat Megadungeon - stocking method

Made a perchance generator for stocking my two-week megadungeon

 https://perchance.org/ephemeral-palimpsest-2wmd-stocker

Note: may contain alterations/updates since the stuff mentioned in this post

couldn't help myself from revisting some past thoughts about dungeon room typology, the traditional BX stocking method, and weirdness I felt with it. I wanted to decouple some aspects and kind of redefine what traps and specials meant, and add some stuff i think should be part of the stocking process even if only as a reminder to add them because they make dungeons cool.

But the classic proportions of empty, monsters and treasure is about the same

here's the full method I intend to use as it is currently - the perchance generator has some refinements beyond this

Architecture Stocking

1. landmark (mundane but unusual aspect)
2. trap (1-4 blocker, 5-6 complicator)
3. interactable (to open door or cause effect elsewhere)
4. secret (one connection is hidden/secret, or a secret compartment)
5. verticality (connection or otherwise)
6. unique architecture/effect ("special")

Unique Features

• detail landmarks, interactables, and unique rooms
• this is the most important step. don't use crap tables for "special" rooms. actually apply some imagination and inspiration.
• create "windows" between some close rooms - unpassable by mundane means but allows "previews" of other places

Faction Stocking

• place tyrant lairs - prefer big rooms in lower levels
• place faction/tyrant lieutenant HQs - prefer dead ends (or make connection into a secret escape route)
• determine faction territory extent according to strength/numbers
• create contested rooms where two factions would overlap
• place faction room types
• apply faction's adaptation of the architecture type

Faction room types by distance from HQ:

• leader's room, maybe with escape route
• vault (always has treasure, and something else the leader/faction values) - usually behind leader's room
• elite guard's room/post (outside leader's room and/or vault)
• stock storage
• sleeping room
• commons
• utility/workshops/buffer
• guard posts

Occupant Stocking

advantage if faction room

1.  monster (unintelligent)
2.  Unoccupied
3.  Unoccupied
4.  Unoccupied
5.  resident
6.  wanderer

Content Stocking

advantage if occupant, trap, or dead end

    1-3: Empty
    4: stock item(s) (common supplies, mundane but maybe useful items)
    5: unusual item (problem solving item or just weird)
    6: treasure

Treasure Type

advantage if in a faction's vault

1. coinage
2. gem (or other highly-value-dense item)
3. weapon/armor(?)
4. artifact (valuable but heavy)
5. magic or powerful item
6. roll again twice (explode)

Treasure Values 

• (if GP = XP) 
• (maybe move/integrate with treasure rolling)
• for each treasure
• http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/2015/09/stocking-per-moldvay-part-2.html
• make it dynamic, factoring in party levels, leveling cadence desired, etc?

Emitter Zone Placement

• create and place emitters
• extend emission zones (remember verticality)
• emphasize emissions in unoccupied rooms

Thematics

• apply themes to anything obvious, but don't force it

Challenge Synthesis

• detail traps
• detail faction drives/needs/goals
• find the rooms with the most interesting stuff going on
• integrate the elements into an OSR style challenge