u/quadrazone

Maybe I'm projecting a little bit with that title. This is the 4th level of my #dungeon23 megadungeon The Blades of Gixa, which I've gone back and filled in and updated in preparation for eventual publication.

This level is a deep-underground city populated by goat-folk (similar to breggles from Dolmenwood) with a theocratic ruler and strictly stratified society. Their belief system is very inspired by Gnosticism and Catharism in particular, which I was reading about at the time I originally made this.

The 3 levels above this range from very dungeoncrawl-y to a bit more faction-y, but this level in particular is much more geared toward intrigue and politicking. I kept going back and forth on this as I went deeper, not based on any particular plan but more from just my own shifting interests. It's been fun to look back on this as a weird kind of diary of 2023...

Anyway, I also made a video all about it if you'd like to know more: https://youtu.be/9vzjigjrEVI

Hi all, I've been going thru my #dungeon23 megadungeon project The Blades of Gixa and fleshing out each of the levels for publication. This is the third level, the Elvish-Frog Grottoes, maybe the wettest part of what is a quite watery dungeon. I'm not sure why exactly, but as I went along, water became a huge theme of the megadungeon and the setting at large (the world above is slowly drowning under endless rain, for example).

This is very much something I made up day by day back in 2023, and only recently I've gotten to go back in, clean it up, connect some dots, and fill in a lot more detail, stats, encounter tables, etc. (you'll notice there's a lot of new paper pasted onto the pages). Trying to remember what I was thinking when I drew a giant frog pickle crypt has been a real journey ;)

In addition to the above pics I've made a video all about it! It's on YouTube and ad-free on my site, Paradiso (must be signed in)

I hope you like it :)