Ideas and Wishes for Monthly Dungeon Symbols

Ralf

Hi folks! I'm looking for some ideas for Mike's monthly symbol sets, specifically for dungeon/floorplan/battle maps. Anything you're missing and would love to see added?

JulianDracos

Taking a quick look at SS4, there does not seem to be anything for ice or snow. You can use VC, but that is it.

Next, the symbols all see very 'western' in style. Perhaps adding some interior items that reflect Middle Easter or East Asia would be nice. It certain fits with some of the overland city styles.

I suppose items suitable for something more modern like Call of Cthulhu could be helpful

Royal Scribe

I am so glad you asked, because you know I've been keeping lists! You can check out some of my ideas in this thread, but here's a recap of some highlights:

Interior

• Thrones - Ornate metal and stone; "elven" (wooden with art nouveau flourishes); "evil" (skulls, spikes, etc.)
• Regalia - Crowns; scepters; orbs
• Couches - Both "regular" and Roman-style (I think SS4 only has chairs that I make extra wide for couches)
• Mage/Sage Furnishings - Globes, astrolabes
• Ornate Staircases - Maybe modular so you can construct your own (left, right, and center for bottom, middle, and top, in stone and wood, with and without varicolor carpeting)
• Musical Instruments - Upright and on their side (lutes, harps, harpsichords, drums)
• Ancient Tombs - Think Indiana Jones-style stuff, like idols

Exterior

• Gardens - Varicolor flowers, rose bushes, berry bushes, exotic/carnivorous plants
• Tiltyard - Quintain, pell, horse armor
• Topiary - Bushes trimmed to form the shape of animals and mythical creatures
• Statues - Riding and standing free. Royalty plus archetypical character types (sword fighters, archers, mages)

Building Construction

• Flagpoles - Upright and on their side, separate from flags for flexibility
• Flags - Varicolor top-down and on their side
• Gargoyles and Grotesques
• Clocktower - Clock hands on side of building; bells for belltower
• Spires
• Façade Ornamentation - I don't know the proper term, but here are some pics I took to illustrate

Ricko

I think buildings are still a bit lacking in the cities. Specific oriental, Greco-Roman, African and Meso-American buildings would be a great addition to the collection.

As for the floorplan, battlemap, dungeon:

Library, Church (more variety of statues and idols).

Loose items: Weapons and armor, robes, staffs, bows, etc.

More decorative elements for gardens and squares, flowers

Casino and gambling items

Ruins and rubble

Graves, tombstones, ruined temples, shrines

Image patches with different ground textures like Sue did in forest trail

Roots and vines

Rope bridge

Tents and huts

Ruined stairs

More floor symbols, whether sacred or cursed (circular, triangular, loose runes, etc.).

Craters

Sleeping bag

Luxury furniture

Royal Scribe

I had another idea: Hunting Lodge Trophies.

Taxidermied wall-mounted heads of typical hunting prey (deer, bears, boars, maybe mythological creatures)

Bear-skinned rugs

Weapons display rack

thehawk

Royal Scribe said:

Façade Ornamentation - I don't know the proper term, but here are some pics I took to illustrate

'Handholds'

mutant

Graveyards: Variety of tombstones based on SS5 Vegetation; Marble tombstones; Variety of crypts and mausoleums from same catalogue; Vines or ivy that can be laid on top of crypts/mausoleums; gothic fencing with gates; dying vegetation; huge dead tree with corpses hanging from it; statues eroded and/or broken.

Outside: Modular cliffs with top, fill, and bottom that allow for different height cliffs; waterfalls and splash of waterfall into pool below; More types of trees (tropical and alpine); Cave entrances (also with stream)

Others: Modular catwalks, Modular piers, scaffolding, hanging lantern posts.

More to come...

Frosty

What about an overland Fey Symbol set to help draw FeyWilds or even alien landscapes.

Ricko

Taking advantage of the launch of "ups and downs" last month, perhaps it would be good to complete this package:

Rustic curved stone staircase

Rustic curved earth staircase

"Polished" staircase: Straight and curved

Wooden staircase: Straight and curved

Ruined staircase: Straight and curved

Rope staircase

With just the current package, making a more curved staircase or even a curve in the staircase ends up with a very rough finish.