Lava Cavern of Intense Burning

[Nebulous]

Thanks, although I feel I am pretty lucky to have a good group of players to play with for the last 9 years.

The encounter was a blast. The party did end up splitting up, even though they knew it was a risky maneuver. I think many of them just didn't want even the smallest space to go unexplored. One group even used the wizard to get a rope across one of the chasms, and they just happened to have a rubber band that they used to represent the rope. Even the projector's overlaid grid helped to count the movement across the rope!
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Hey, i see a pushpin in this picture! That really takes me out of the verisimilitude. Just kidding, that is really awesome. But i have to know, how long did the project take start to finish?

 

[Diamond Cross]

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Sorry, just had to.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Awesome!

 

[Joshua Randall]

Incredibly well done.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"Its just a model."



That's nice work there- I'm used to Dwarven Forge stuff, and that's my limit...

 

[Holy Bovine]

Wow. That is the nicest map set up I have ever seen. Well done!

 

[mac1504]

Hey, i see a pushpin in this picture! That really takes me out of the verisimilitude. Just kidding, that is really awesome. But i have to know, how long did the project take start to finish?

For the record, I don't think I actually authorized the pushpin.

As far as time, I would estimate it took me about 30-40 hours from start to finish. That was spread over about three weeks. My wife, of course, would have a much different estimate!

Now I just have to start planning out what I'm going to do for epic tier...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

First, find a house up for forclosure...

 

[Galieo]

I am another of Mac's players. The set piece was fantastic to look at and even better to play on. My character was one of the characters that missed an Athletics skill check and took the trip down into the drink. Nothing like a lava bath to work out the kinks.

Aside from the overwhelming detail (AWC mentions the mithral veins), the fun of having this set piece really brings out how much can happen in three dimensions. That is something that I think I often overlook as a player. It was a great challenge to be sure.

As a side note, Mac mentioned an heroic tier set piece, which was an endless stair that played with the vertical. Damn those minotaurs!

The only the downside to this set piece is that Mac has raised the bar yet again, so now we are thinking that the epic set piece will need to be multi-planar. Not sure how he is going to manage that and I'm sure some physicists will have questions (re: string theory and what not).

 

[MortalPlague]

That looks like a seriously epic encounter.

My only question, however... what do you do when you're done with it? Do you store it somewhere?