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RPGaDay 2025 24: Reveal

Today’s random table is a d8 of ways that a secret door reveals the next area. Let me know what you think!

d8 Reveal of secret passage
1 Stones in the wall slide backwards and then to the side.
2 An illusory wall ripples like a pond as PCs step through it.
3 A bookcase pops out slightly, and can now swing as a door.
4 Stones in the wall slowly slide downwards, dust settling.
5 A panel in the floor pops up, and enters into a small passage.
6 A passageway is hidden behind a heavy tapestry.
7 Stones give way to a smooth tunnel, going down like a slide.
8 A panel opens up underneath the PCs, causing them to fall down.

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