I will be seriously considering this as the feedback I got from this project is absolutely phenomenal.

Thanks so much!

Its a great campaign setting on its own, AND can be incorporated in to almost ANY other setting, published or homebrew. Its totally Awesome.

@D_Luck: Thanks for your kind kudos and very insightful suggestions. I too have lost track of a campaign’s core idea and diluted it. Too often it was because I lacked time to prep and chose published adventures that had no thematic link to the campaign.

This time around, I’ll keep an Elemental theme and will try to frame all adventures through the motivations and maneuvering of the various factions of the dungeon and the city.

It’s huge not only geographically but also intellectually. I don’t know if it happened to you before, but never forget what sparked this. The idea. Keep it center to your story. Either the story of the evil force trying to release itself, or the city versus the dungeon. I don’t know what came first.

I lost focus while DMing/Creating a campaign a long time ago. At one point I’ve let the reason why I created that adventure get pushed aside by an avalanche of other good ideas, from me and my players and the first idea never got realized. The game got so far away from the point I was aiming for that the campaign itself finally collapsed. (Not the game, just the campaign) There’s a demon of madness still waiting somewhere on an Island south of Pan Tang. He could have destroyed the young Kingdom so much faster then Elric… nian… nvm.

Collapse. I like that word. You mentionned that the outside world was clueless of what was happening. If you need an idea to introduce a group of player to the this place. A group of dwarf could cause the land where the group is camping to collapse into the ground. The dwarves, trying to help them, bring them back to the city and are introduced to it’s citizens.

Have fun!

Brings back memories of escaping Menzoberanzan and the Underdark.

…and bioluminescent hallucinogenic fungi.

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Wow, I didn’t expect that reaction! Thanks. Stay tuned and we’ll see how far this baby will go!

You need to strike a balance between recognizable concepts and original ones.

Let’s just say that we got some chocolate in peanut butter and the mix is awesome!

Hmm…suddenly I like Acid Sharks, too!

I especially like how you can see hints of 4E design philosophy in Dungeonscape. The alternate class features presented for the paladin (the various spirits) are similar mechanically to several 4E powers, traps as the focus of encounters that take the whole party’s efforts to stop are a staple of 4E, and monsters are even broken up into various roles (although there are far more roles in Dungeonscape than 4E)!

@Hexmage: I’m busted! That’s where I got the inspiration for the Dungeon as a Sentient being. You can be sure that Dungeonscape will be close by when I prep for that game. That source book is excellent and stays useful across all editions.

Heck, I’m going to make me some Acid Sharks for sure!

One that is similar to your idea is the concept that dungeons can be formed by the chaotic energies of the Abyss. That could easily be retooled into being caused by the Primordial and its connection to the Elemental Chaos.