Biggest dungeon?

[bloodymage]

I've never run published modules so I'm not familiar with the material out there. I need a massive dungeon. The idea is an abandonded dwarven metropolis, even kingdom sized! I need miles and miles and level upon level. The characters will be imprisoned below ground and need years of exploration and at least 15 levels before they're ready for the climax and possible liberation. I could create it, but I figure there's gotta be something out there I could just drop in for this and save me the work. So, what's the biggest dungeon ever published or possibly, online, that would work for this?

 

[BluWolf]

There is the Dragon Mountian boxed set, but given your description I would think the material from the Undermountain series should work.

I owned, though never ran, the first undermountain boxed set. It is essentially a series of poster sized graph maps of a massive underground dungeon. It also provided some content to fill about 50% of the dungeon.

It never really floated my boat but I would think you could use the maps easy enough.

I think you can still find it on ebay.

Here is one for sale;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1767241972

 

[DM with a vengence]

Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is pretty big, and the Outer Fane is an old dwarven mine, but it's pretty setting specific.

 

[The Traveler]

Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil.
Rappan Athuk
The Banewarrens
The Maze of Zayene

Any of these would do you good, really.

 

[Doppleganger]

Fast Forward Games' "Dungeon World" seems to fit what you are asking for.

http://www.enworld.org/d20reviews.asp?sub=yes&where=currentprod&which=DUWO

Check out Psion's review to get a fairly objective opinion.

 

[Grazzt]

Rappan Athuk.

 

[Psion]

If you are just looking for maps, go to the maps a week. There is a ruined dwarven city in there, to the tune of ruins of undermountain. They are the top 4 maps on this page:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/mw/mw20020725x2000

Of course, there are plenty of other maps to plunder there, too.

 

[bloodymage]

Psion, you're right. What I'm basically looking for is a map(s). Thanks for the link, but a 6 level dwarven complex is way too puny. You say it's similar to Undermountain. Is UM that small?

Doppleganger, I read a couple of the reviews and besides spending $30 on maps I'm not sure this is what I'm looking for. This is dwarven construction we're talking about. Of course, some areas could have been abandoned while "under construction". With all the stuff ported in from the outside in "Dungeon World", I don't see how it could have the uniformity of dwarven works.

So far, I've seen Undermountain, Rappan Athuk and RttToE emerge as the strongest contenders. Which is the biggest? How many levels? How extensive? Could they pass as dwarven? Are there others? I've heard from others that The Mines of Moria might be the way to go.

Thanks all, for helping me out on this.

 

[Grazzt]

So far, I've seen Undermountain, Rappan Athuk and RttToE emerge as the strongest contenders. Which is the biggest? How many levels? How extensive? Could they pass as dwarven? Are there others?

Not sure which is the biggest, but Rappan Athuk is a 26 level dungeon. Yeah- I believe it could pass as Dwarven perhaps.

 

[Psychotic Jim]

Another option is to use the random dungeon genearator.