Inspirational Images: Real World D&D Locations

Reynard · 17th February 2009, 03:45 AM

Now *this* is a dungeon.

I imagine it looked something like this where Beowulf swam to find Grendel's mother's lair.

If you can't put this in an adventure, you need to go back to DM school.

And, finally: a wizard lives here. or a vampire. or a vampire wizard.

Silverblade The Ench · 17th February 2009, 07:14 AM

Ok, some fun ones

Niagra falls whirpool:
try boating on that in D&D
http://www.bergq.dk/images/Niagara%2...0Whirlpool.JPG

rest are form Scotland:

The Corryvreckan Whirpool (it's too big to see really except from the air)

You Tube

sure many folk will recognize Eilean Donan castle

The Rannoch Moor is one of the most damn eerie places I know of, again, pictures can't do it justice

a broch in Scotland (fortfied clan house from before Roman times iirc)

The isle of Skye

Stirling Castle

Dunnottar Castle

Rechan · 17th February 2009, 07:32 AM

I can't even tell what that third image is, Reynard. A pile of crystals?

As for real life inspirational images...

Greyshad: Wonders of the World
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Charger28Alpha · 17th February 2009, 07:38 AM

Rechan,

Look closely at the area a little below, and a little left of the center of the image with the crystals.

Rechan · 17th February 2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Charger28Alpha

Rechan,

Look closely at the area a little below, and a little left of the center of the image with the crystals.

Yes, I see the guy. I'm just trying to get an idea of what the place is. It seems just like some crystal pillars fell over. Is that a cave? Some ruins?

Charger28Alpha · 17th February 2009, 07:59 AM

I missed the guy first time I looked at image, figured you might have done the same.

It looks like a cave, brown walls are visible behind the crystals. The guy is there to give
a sense of scale.

Reynard · 17th February 2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Charger28Alpha

I missed the guy first time I looked at image, figured you might have done the same.

It looks like a cave, brown walls are visible behind the crystals. The guy is there to give
a sense of scale.

It is in facta cave, in south america I believe. The crystals grow so large because it is hot, humid and full of minerals. Here's a link to tell you more.

avin · 17th February 2009, 12:30 PM

Always find this place intriguing:

Yucumã Salt in southern Brazil / north Argentina frontier. The river just bends to its side, causing a 3Km horizontal waterfall.

GOt a book full of world inspiring pictures at my father's house.

Phaezen · 17th February 2009, 12:43 PM

Kings Blockhouse, a small fort on the side of tablemountain overlooking the city.

A view from the fort

And here is the Taal (Afrikaans Language) Monument, which would make an awesome wizards tower

Phaezen

D.Shaffer · 17th February 2009, 12:58 PM

The Sedlec Ossuary always seems to get trotted out, so why not again?

The Outside

Coat of Arms

Pillar

Chandelier

Klaus · 17th February 2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reynard

Now *this* is a dungeon.

I imagine it looked something like this where Beowulf swam to find Grendel's mother's lair.

If you can't put this in an adventure, you need to go back to DM school.

And, finally: a wizard lives here. or a vampire. or a vampire wizard.

Names, I want them names!

Khairn · 17th February 2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klaus

Names, I want them names!

I recognize the 2nd photo as the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, but the other 3 escape me.

BigCat · 17th February 2009, 03:54 PM

Crypt of the Capuchin monks:

Xyxox · 17th February 2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rechan

Yes, I see the guy. I'm just trying to get an idea of what the place is. It seems just like some crystal pillars fell over. Is that a cave? Some ruins?

It is, in fact, a cave that is actually the inside of a super huge geode.

Here's a smaller geode:

Reynard · 17th February 2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Klaus

Names, I want them names!

Sorry -- they all came from random google image searching. Maybe you can back track by searching the image file names themselves, since I didn't change them when I uploaded them to my flickr photostream?

Haffrung Helleyes · 17th February 2009, 05:04 PM

I visited the Capuchin Monastery on my first trip to Italy back in 1996... It is really eerie! Mark Twain wrote about it in Innocents Abroad.

Ken

hafrogman · 18th February 2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Klaus

Names, I want them names!

Looks like the first one, the cliff dwelling, is in Mesa Verde National Park, in Colorado. It doesn't really seem to have a specific name, except perhaps "Cliff Palace", made by the Anasazi people though if you're looking for a fun name to throw out there.

InVinoVeritas · 18th February 2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Khairn

I recognize the 2nd photo as the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, but the other 3 escape me.

I thought it might be the "other end" of the Causeway, Fingal's Cave in Scotland.

Reynard · 18th February 2009, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InVinoVeritas

I thought it might be the "other end" of the Causeway, Fingal's Cave in Scotland.

^^^ That? That's awesome.

dnoonan · 18th February 2009, 02:01 AM

I wrote an adventure site last year based on the Cave of Swallows. Add a treacherous walkway on the interior surface, add some beasties, and you're good to go.

Here's a video clip from

Planet Earth

:

--David Noonan.
nnnooner.blogspot.com