February Mapping Challenge, several dungeon floors
JimP
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This is the Efreeti Volcano area for B4, The Lost City. We could also put it in The Bleakness for the Atlas. ( So I'm also using this for the arcology bits. )
Preliminary map. I was trying for levels of a volcano, but to me its just looks like different meltedness, if thats a word, of lava.
The above is no longer true. This is a 500' x 400' dungeon, preliminary map. Entrance and exit for level are shown. The passage between them is not necessairly straight forward. Each square is 10 feet across.
Preliminary map. I was trying for levels of a volcano, but to me its just looks like different meltedness, if thats a word, of lava.
The above is no longer true. This is a 500' x 400' dungeon, preliminary map. Entrance and exit for level are shown. The passage between them is not necessairly straight forward. Each square is 10 feet across.
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Which way is it going, Jim? Higher is lighter, or lower is lighter?
I don't think a volcano map fits very well with the whole mega-dungeon setup for the February challenge though, as it kind of imposes a structure on all the other levels. Don't let me dissuade you from making the map though, looking forward to seeing what you can do here, and it will easily fit in the atlas, just pointing out the issues related to the challenge.
This particular dungeon has multiple levels. Some efreetis, some humanoids who are trying to keep away frm the efreetis and not get killed by the lava or heat.
Kinda busy Thursday evening.
The water feature is a trap. The wide corridor is a distraction. Using Bogie items for dungeon dressing. map is 500' x 400'.
Room lower right has boulders for a hopeful rampart.
The rectangular room upper left, the cracks drop the character stepping on them 15 feet. And 20% they are full of water.
The small mushrooms near the spiral stairs down don't attack. There is a magic mouth that whispers a smal lquiet phrase 'come closer. please come closer'. If a character gets within5 feet of the mushrooms they will spray Be Happy spores on the character. The spores do no fdamage, but the character will grin for hours, and want to find a place to shed hair and skin so more mushroom spores will grow. So other people will become happy.
The corridor leading to the room, the stairs go down 10 feet and have 5 feet of water in the passageway. Then stairs go up. There is a mixed trasure of various items in the lower left corner.
Only 2 wooden doors, the rest are stone or metal. I'll mark them in the last map.
Note that the room dimensions were chosen so a ad&d 1e bullseye lantern wouldn't light up the opposite walls for rooms larger than 80 feet.
Room 1) 50' x 60' Spiral stairs form above level. A) fountain
East door) reinforced wood.
South Door) reinforced metal, is open but can be closed.
Water area between rooms 1 and 8 is a ditch. The water looks swift but is illusional.
Room 2) Circular, 80 across. Coin mites mixed in with the silver coin pile. water is about 15 feet deep. Coin mites will attack anyone disturbing their coins. 1 hit point damage per bite. Hit with something flat, or Cure Disease, will get id of them. A) small box. It might have a monster, a trap, or a treasure in it. Or all three.
Room 3) 10' x 20', has three empty barrels. Scribbled on the side: "We beat you to the treasure !"
Room 4) 40' x 120' Two small piles of wood. Apparently a monster died defending the wood piles, and two adventurers died trying to take them.
South door) metal, swung open, cannot be moved.
West door) secret
Room 5) 100' x 90' Boulders and rocks looks they are set up for a defense line. A) A window, with the sunlight shining through. An illusion depicts a nice field with some trees.
North door) One not otherwise marked is a secret door.
Between room 5 and room 6 is a puddle of water. It could be shallow, it could be 20 feet deep. Up to the referee.
Room 6) 70' x 60' empty. A ranger might find tracks leading back towards the puddle.
Room 7) 30' x 70' Inside the cage is a spiral stair going down. A ' wide tunnel leads to room 11.
Metal door on east side, can be closed, but it is very squeaky.
Room 8) 70' x 60' A) cage partially covers a trap door. Drop is less than 5 feet, no secret doors.
East and West doors are wood. The door leading to the steps down into water is a secret door.
Room 9) 70' x 70' A castle wall, with crenolations. The two square towers are solid rock, except one of the viewed from the north side looks like someone dug a hole and then hastily covered it up. Digging into it reveals a small wood chest with small gems and a few coins in it. The round tower has stairs leading down to the back ot the wall. The two small stairs lead up to the wall top.
A grappling hook tossed up to the round tower will remain secure for climbers, but the crenolations will let go, possibly when the character is over the illusionary moat.
Room 10) 50' x 90' A) step on the cracked rock and plunge into 15 feet of water. The moat is a painting. Programmed water gurgling sounds.
The small green trunk may or may not have a treasure, monster, or a trap.
The wall and towers conceal no treasures.
Room 11) 80' x 110' Large spiral stairs goes down to next level. The mushrooms upper left want everyone to be happy. So they spray Happy Spores onto anyone coming with 5 feet. The character so affected will want others to be happy to. Character can save vs. disease, or Cure Disease to get rid of the spores infecting them.
The two wood piles on the west side are torches guarded by two statues.
You still have a lot of time though, the month of February hasn't even begun yet.
Nice-looking drawing so far Jim! Maybe the scale needs tweaking at some point though?
The default text for this template this size map was tiny and unreadable even at 1200 picels.
Ideas for new rooms. Portraits along the walls, room 14, that are frowning. If a character smiles at one of them, they will smile back. If a character then smiles at a third paininting, or a third time, the human looking portrait will smile will then have large teeth. Then the portrait appears to ge reacing for the character then disappears from the painting.
Here is the second one. The dark floor corridors are gravel, not smooth at all like the others.
And The Lake Room on the lower right. With either real, or illusional, coins on the bottom of the clear cool water.
Yes, the way I phrased that last sentence above could be a warning.
Things to do this evening, so I'm uncertain when I'll map more today.
My next maps will be 250' x 200' using a different template.
This map is 250' x 200'. I'll be making several of these.
I may adapt some of these for Dwarf Home as well as submit to the Atlas and February Challenge.
These tile floors are experimental... a bit busy to my eyes. But they are a big change for my maps.
Note that the room dimensions were chosen so a ad&d 1e bullseye lantern wouldn't light up the opposite walls for rooms larger than 80 feet.
The different tiles could have different smoothness or roughness. Example: The terracota ones could have a nice walking surface, the gray ones could have slippery surfaces, and the light brown could be crumbly and require careful walking to move on them.
Room 1) Entrance from above
Room 2) Debris room
Room 6) Cool clear water behind secret doors.
Room 10) Down stairs to next level.
I deleted those and added Inner Glow. The raised walls are gone. So I am unsure how to get the look you mention.