Coolest Underground Dungeons

[The_Magician]

I am alot more comfortable with creating castles, labyrinths, etc, than creating underground dungeons. I am creating an adventure that would have a mountain underground dungeon in the beginning of it. Can anyone point me to a good module with a cool underground dungeon that I could use and modify? The adventure itself doesnt have to be great. I am only interested in the dungeon itself.

 

[devilbat]

The obvious would be the Forgotten Realms Undermountain. Here's a link :http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ru/20050309a

Don't know how big you want it, but that should help.

 

[scadgrad]

I'd give Undermountain a miss unless you want to develop all that empty space yourself. TSR really ripped us on that one since it's basically a huge, yet empty and unfinished, map.

I'd say check out Tomb of Absythor from Necromancer. It's a strong mix of caverns and dungeons all located beneath a tall hill in the Stoneheart mountains. I've ran it twice actually and my current group has been plugging away at it for about 4 or 5 months now. It sounds like it would be perfect.

Barring that, you might want to give Rappan Athuk a look also by Necromancer games. It's just massive and has both cavern and dungeon areas as well. It's certainly earned it's nickname: the Dungeon of Graves and though no where near as random and deadly as ToH, it'll probably claim a high body count.

If you can wait a bit longer, you can play through EGG's original Castle Greyhawk now in production by Troll Lord Games. With a projected 7 volume set it should feature all the caverns and dungeons you'll ever be likely to need.

 

[Hand of Evil]

See my sig for maps!

 

[howandwhy99]

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords. Definitely.

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1317&

 

[BlueBlackRed]

I'll be the fanboy that will suggest The World's Largest Dungeon.

I'm expecting our group to finish it sometime near the end of the year.

 

[Deadshot]

The Forge of Fury had a nice dungeon that was set in a mountain. It might be right up your alley.

 

[Psion]

I am alot more comfortable with creating castles, labyrinths, etc, than creating underground dungeons. I am creating an adventure that would have a mountain underground dungeon in the beginning of it. Can anyone point me to a good module with a cool underground dungeon that I could use and modify? The adventure itself doesnt have to be great. I am only interested in the dungeon itself.

Does this mean you are really only interested in a map? If that's the case, you may want to browse though WotC's map-a-week archive. Or, if you are in it for a few dolloars, go to www.rpgnow.com and look at 0one games' adjustable PDF maps.

I wouldn't recommend Undermountain or WLD if you just want a breif foray as opposed to a long adventure it iteself, though.

 

[The_Magician]

Does this mean you are really only interested in a map? If that's the case, you may want to browse though WotC's map-a-week archive. Or, if you are in it for a few dolloars, go to www.rpgnow.com and look at 0one games' adjustable PDF maps.

I wouldn't recommend Undermountain or WLD if you just want a breif foray as opposed to a long adventure it iteself, though.

No. I am interested in the Dungeon, with it's inhabitants, echology and natural dangers&features.

 

[Psion]

I'd give Undermountain a miss unless you want to develop all that empty space yourself. TSR really ripped us on that one since it's basically a huge, yet empty and unfinished, map.

I don't feel at all ripped off by Undermountain. It's not like they didn't give you a nice, packed adventure book full of encounters and room descriptions, some of them very cool. They just gave you extra space to work with beyond that.

Calling undermountain a ripoff is like declaring a nice feature packed multi-story house a "ripp-off" because it happened to include an unfinished basement.