Building a Lost Dwarven Kingdom

[Cyri'kazzen the Drow]

Hi everyone. I am in the planning stages of a continuing campaign based in The North of the Forgotten Realms. All of the characters are around 14th level and I am looking for this second part of the campaign to reach Epic Levels.

In keeping with the obvious cliche of fantasy literature, one of my players is playing a dwarf that is looking to reestablish a lost dwarven kingdom. In this instance, it is a the old dwarven kingdom of Delzoun. What I am looking for are any ideas, resources, or products that could help me further flesh out the lost kingdom and its ruins.

Several surface dwarven citadels related to Delzoun are somewhat fleshed out through the Silver Marches supplement and the FR Campaign book. What I am more interested in are the vast underground parts of the kingdom. There are ideas alluded to in the aforementioned books about Delzoun, but really it is piecemeal information at this point.

So what would you recommend to help me flesh out the kingdom in more detail? And I am looking for any type of dwarven kingdom detail that is out there, not just FR-specific material. The intention is to have the party explore the ruins of the kingdom at various spots, but otherwise I haven't really thought through what they might accomplish as of yet. Any advice is most appreciated. Thanks!

 

[fredramsey]

Look for a copy of the old Middle-Earth Role-Playing module Mines of Moria. It has a cool random map generator, along with a lot of cool ideas.

Hi everyone. I am in the planning stages of a continuing campaign based in The North of the Forgotten Realms. All of the characters are around 14th level and I am looking for this second part of the campaign to reach Epic Levels.

In keeping with the obvious cliche of fantasy literature, one of my players is playing a dwarf that is looking to reestablish a lost dwarven kingdom. In this instance, it is a the old dwarven kingdom of Delzoun. What I am looking for are any ideas, resources, or products that could help me further flesh out the lost kingdom and its ruins.

Several surface dwarven citadels related to Delzoun are somewhat fleshed out through the Silver Marches supplement and the FR Campaign book. What I am more interested in are the vast underground parts of the kingdom. There are ideas alluded to in the aforementioned books about Delzoun, but really it is piecemeal information at this point.

So what would you recommend to help me flesh out the kingdom in more detail? And I am looking for any type of dwarven kingdom detail that is out there, not just FR-specific material. The intention is to have the party explore the ruins of the kingdom at various spots, but otherwise I haven't really thought through what they might accomplish as of yet. Any advice is most appreciated. Thanks!

 

[der_kluge]

Is this a populated dwarven kingdom, or not?

I drew up a huge dungeon that I used for my last campaign. It was an underground dwarven citadel that I populated with lots and lots of undead (mostly shadows), which made parts of it particularly frightening. I think the party was about 14th level or so when they were in it.

The maps are at home I think. I'm at work now. If you want them, I can send them your way on Wednesday or so, when I'll have my internet access set up.

I think it's about 4 levels deep, and the bottom level is a graveyard. Parts of it aren't fully detailed, so you'd have to add some stuff to it.

 

[Cyri'kazzen the Drow]

Thanks Die Kluge, that sounds very cool. The intention is to populate the lost dwarven ruins so what you are offering is the type of thing I am looking for.

I have heard that the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords has a pretty detailed dwarven underground area, but I currently do not have it. Does anyone know what this module comprises? Thanks again.

 

[Faraer]

For Realmslore, above all you want FR11 Dwarves Deep. Other sources to look at are Undermountain--The Lost Level and Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (see Eric Boyd's review), and the Moria box for the Lord of the Rings RPG.

What you call a cliché is only so if you treat is as one.

 

[philreed]

For mapping you may want to try the dwarf-related tile sets from SkeletonKey Games. They're pretty good for not only in games but planning dwarven locations.

Here's one.

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3720

 

[Krieg]

In addition to the excellent Dwarves Deep mentioned above:


3rd Edition:

Sword & Sorcery
Burok Torn: City Under Siege
http://secure1.white-wolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=136



Older D&D:

Judges Guild
Thunderhold: Castle of the Dwarven King (free download scroll about halfway down)
http://www.judgesguild.com/downloads.html

Glory Hole Dwarven Mine
http://keltic71.tripod.com/Universal-Fantasy/jg0800-gloryholedwarvenmine.html

TSR
L3 Deep Dwarven Delve
http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/dd1/l3.htm

Gaz 6 - The Dwarves of Rockhome
http://www.svgames.com/tsr9227esd.html

Birthright: Player's Secrets of Baruk-Azhik
http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/br/br-baruk.htm



Other Systems:

Harn
Azadmere: Dwarven Kingdom
http://www.columbiagames.com/cgi-bin/query/cfg/zoom.cfg?product_id=5004

Earthdawn
THROAL: The Dwarven Kingdom
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=/ref=cm_lm_asin/002-2711359-7229641?v=glance

WFRP
Dwarfs: Stone & Steel
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7334.html

MERP
1st Ed- Moria, The Dwarven City
http://www.rpg-index.de/produktdetail.php?id=5356

2nd Ed- Citadel: Moria
http://www.rpg-index.de/produktdetail.php?id=5355

LoTR RPG
Moria boxed set
http://www.doordice.com/Games/ProductDetails.cfm?Product_UID=6THAZGDA

Runequest
The Halls of the Dwarven Kings
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2545&item=5933995667&rd=1


General D20 Dwarf info:

BadAxe Games
Heroes of High Favor: Dwarves

Green Ronin
Hammer & Helm, A Guidebook to Dwarves

Mongoose
Quintessential Dwarf

 

[krichaiushii]

The Dragon Mountain boxed set might serve for maps.

The old Mayfair Role-Aids book on Dwarfs might prove useful, too. IIRC, it included a city for some system.

Even WotC's Forge of Fury could make do for parts of the city (an outer stronghold, perhaps).

Dungeon magazine has run a handful of Dwarf-themed adventures in its time, but it would take a more devoted gamer than I to run down the issues and adventure titles.

 

[Ed Cha]

Glory Hole Dwarven Mine
http://keltic71.tripod.com/Universal-Fantasy/jg0800-gloryholedwarvenmine.html

MERP
1st Ed- Moria, The Dwarven City
http://www.rpg-index.de/produktdetail.php?id=5356

Those are good ones. I'd also recommend "Dwarves" published by Role Aids. A very good book on dwarven society and has some great characters inside.

 

[Morpheus]

If you go to the Wizards website and find the old Map-A-Week column, one of the first ones was the set of maps from The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords. I d/led them and didn't know where they were from until I bought the adventure off eBay. It's your lucky day:Here they are. Enjoy!