Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: dungeon planning Message-ID: <653@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 19:29:18 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.653 Posted: Thu Jan 10 19:29:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Jan-85 06:49:56 EST References: <1020@ihuxe.UUCP> Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 58 Summary: I've always found it useful to have a REAL place/thing to build my out of. I've lost track of the # of times that parties have fought thru the corridors of my parent's 2-story house, with my Uncle's 1-story house used for the cellar. I always know how far away rooms are, hearing ranges, etc. The inside of a school might be a native longhouse; a VW Beetle makes a lovely hut for a goblin (who in my game are very migratory and very low-tech...). University buildings often make fine castles. The U. of Illinois Psychology building, with its 8-story atrium makes a fine site for superhero battles, especially if you have flying characters. (I like this site so much, I'll include a floor plan; it is simple, but there is a lot of variety. Generally I use this for a hi-tech corporate lab/office setup with super-villains burglarizing it; it would make a nice superhero team HQ also. : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X x X X 1 x Lobby with chairs X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X x x X X H x x H X X a x Atrium (glassed in) x a X X l x with trees in a x l X X l x large planter x l X X x x X X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X x x X X x Elevators x 2 X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Building exteriors are all white stone, glass and aluminum, very plain. "1" is a stairway, spiraled with a gap in the center large enough to climb in/have flying characters go up ropes, etc. "2" is also a stairway, but there is no navigable center portion of the stairway. There are 8 floors; the others have offices, etc filling in the areas marked "hall" "elevators" and "lobby". Since none of the areas communicate very well, there is a great deal of room for independent battles if your villains manage to split the superhero team. Note that offices have windows into the atrium area; non-flyers on the upper floors can do neat dangerous things if there is an aerial battle in the atrium. A This is a simple setup, but -- "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less" -- Humpty Dumpty, the noted linguist Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick