I have been thinking of what I want to make and was wondering if there are any crossover plans which could benefit others. Post of you are of a mind to do so.
Rumblebore was my first and most beloved EQ character, and he was a Dwarven Paladin. Thus, my thoughts are running in making a Dwarven Community, underground of course. Not a Kaladim, but more like a town or city with extras.
The big picture at this point runs along these lines:
Inspiration source – Mithgar Dwarves, Dennis McKiernan style.
I want to make a below-ground dwarven community of residences with central community area(s), upper access areas with connections to the outside (think glass-less windows and secret doors) which are hard to find when outside. Not a capital city but more a community. Lower areas for storage, water/aquafers, and herd-pens/stables, and even deeper areas for mining, smithing and a few caverns of rock formations, underground beautiful ‘gardens’. Of course, even below that are the “deeper places” which will contain hidden rooms, and connections to subterranean critters, traps (bottomless pits) and maybe an evil lair or 2. Access into this area has a primary entrance low on the mountain, secondary “delivery” doors for trade, and a couple or more alternate/secret access points. Defensible but the beauty of the place is to be found in how the community uses the caverns and hewn rock places to enhance and support themselves.
Oh yes, tunnels will tend to be only ablut 5-5.5 feet tall. This is meant to be a place for Dwarves to live, not Orcs and elves.