Newfallen

I made decent progress on the first floor of “Newfallen” this weekend. Most of the ceiling has been added. I’ve sketched out the Gynok Moltar encounter, but I think I need to make it a little easier. The druid is now Pham Willowbark, who appears in most of my other EQ adventures. The plan is for each room to be its own little mini-adventure. I’ve decided to use the Befallen quest “Plight of the Undead” as the model for my Befallen revamp. It’s one of the newer Befallen quests – and by newer, I mean only a decade old. Unlike classic Befallen, this one has minibosses and a final boss. The original quest begins with a trip down into the well… I’m going to split that up a bit. ...

[gallery ids=“11328,11327”] At +Todd Edwards /Winin’s suggestion, moved my dungeon inside, built inside the largest empty cave room. Now, making an entire dungeon that fits into one room is more of a challenge than I was looking for… but I can snake a hallway into another cavern if I really need it. Anyway, now that Newfallen is inside, I have control over lighting. There’s nothing more that sets the mood for a dungeon than lighting, and not working on lighting is one of the more common beginner foundry mistakes. For instance, see my original Befallen, where I had no clue. Anything you let the foundry do FOR you, like lighting or adding room decoration, just means your quest will look just like someone else’s quest. ...

[gallery ids=“11332,11333,11334,11335”] More work on “Newfallen”. Added some walls so I could see how the map was looking. There will be a few more rooms. This is an outdoor map (yay for horses in dungeons!) but I want it lit like an indoor map. This is tough because the dungeon ceiling pieces are one-sided, and light from the sky shines right through. I put an opaque rock over the entrance, but rocks like that ruin the minimap (remember, sparkly is useless in custom maps, players will need the minimap). ...