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Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Drohem on January 31, 2013, 10:43:33 AM
Check it out!  Some really cool 3D maps of the Temple of Elemental Evil:

http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/temple-of-elemental-evil-level-1-in-3d.html
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Blackhand on January 31, 2013, 11:01:02 AM
That's awesome.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 01, 2013, 11:49:07 AM
That was... way less impressive than what I was imagining it would be.

RPGPundit
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Blackhand on February 01, 2013, 12:31:58 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;623844That was... way less impressive than what I was imagining it would be.

RPGPundit

Kinda like Arrows of Indra.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Benoist on February 01, 2013, 12:36:03 PM
It's pretty cool.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: beeber on February 01, 2013, 03:13:12 PM
pretty underwhelming except for level 4--apparently the 3d shows a bit more elevation info in one spot.
Title: 3D
Post by: random-wizard on February 01, 2013, 04:45:46 PM
Thanks for the mention. It takes me about 4 hours to make each of the 3D temple maps.
I have done a couple of others that you may be interested in.
Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl Player Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/glacial-rift-player-map-handout.html

Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl Dungeon Master Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/map-of-glacial-rift-of-frost-giant-jarl.html

The Caves of Chaos from B2 The Keep on the Borderlands
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-caves-of-chaos-in-3d.html

B5 Horror on the Hill Overland Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/10/horror-on-hill-map-in-3d.html

Blingenstone
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/08/next-playtest-blingdenstone.html
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Blackhand on February 01, 2013, 05:44:58 PM
I think I'll put some of these to use.

It's rare that I find online resources that are relevant to my current game.

Thanks a bunch!
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Drohem on February 01, 2013, 05:51:17 PM
Quote from: random-wizard;623964Thanks for the mention. It takes me about 4 hours to make each of the 3D temple maps.
I have done a couple of others that you may be interested in.
Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl Player Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/glacial-rift-player-map-handout.html

Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl Dungeon Master Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/map-of-glacial-rift-of-frost-giant-jarl.html

The Caves of Chaos from B2 The Keep on the Borderlands
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-caves-of-chaos-in-3d.html

B5 Horror on the Hill Overland Map
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/10/horror-on-hill-map-in-3d.html

Blingenstone
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/08/next-playtest-blingdenstone.html

Kick-ass!  Thank you! :)
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 03, 2013, 11:20:47 AM
Quote from: Blackhand;623858Kinda like Arrows of Indra.

Wow. That would be really clever if it actually made any sense.

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Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 04, 2013, 12:57:31 AM
To clarify, I wasn't meaning to demean the creator's efforts; its just that it seems that the ToEE is less awesome in 3d than I might have imagined.

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Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Benoist on February 04, 2013, 01:24:39 AM
Well, ToEE is actually not as big as people seem to imagine/remember.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 05, 2013, 01:05:37 AM
Quote from: Benoist;624646Well, ToEE is actually not as big as people seem to imagine/remember.

Yup, apparently not. But besides that, most dungeons are done pretty "flat", for a 3-d dungeon to be really interesting it would have to be something with a lot of vertical layers and semi-levels and such.

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Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Blackhand on February 05, 2013, 09:35:49 AM
The dungeon is huge for 3rd level adventurers, trust me.  Those are 10' squares, not 5'...and in every room is a good reason to go back to town and rest.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 06, 2013, 12:14:20 AM
Quote from: Blackhand;625094The dungeon is huge for 3rd level adventurers, trust me.  Those are 10' squares, not 5'...and in every room is a good reason to go back to town and rest.

That's true, it does make for a very full experience from what I recall, to the point that some groups said "fuck this, let's go find something easier!".
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: Dirk Remmecke on February 06, 2013, 07:49:40 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;624976Yup, apparently not. But besides that, most dungeons are done pretty "flat", for a 3-d dungeon to be really interesting it would have to be something with a lot of vertical layers and semi-levels and such.

TSR dungeons only became interesting in that way when they started to present them in 3-D: Ravenloft, Xak Tsaroth, ...

A while ago I posted a link to a 3-D representation (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=611217&postcount=12) of the locations of the DCC module Into the Wilds.
Title: 3D Maps of ToEE!
Post by: RPGPundit on February 07, 2013, 01:34:48 AM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;625440TSR dungeons only became interesting in that way when they started to present them in 3-D: Ravenloft, Xak Tsaroth, ...

A while ago I posted a link to a 3-D representation (http://www.therpgsite.com/showpost.php?p=611217&postcount=12) of the locations of the DCC module Into the Wilds.

Now THAT is awesome!

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