05-31-2007, 08:58 AM
As some of you know the region north of Soluthis is a rocky landscape with nothing but rocks, rocks, rocks, and now and then a plant growing on a mossy patch of rock. And naturally plenty of moldcaves, Velothi tombs and other fun locations for players. The theme I was going for is kinda like the later scenes of the last Lord of the Rings movies except it doesn't have any evil overtones. But it might get a bit tedious if you can only work with rocks on your claimed section when we start customizing the region.
So for inspiration I'd like to open up a discussion on what kind of wholly new stuff modders can place in this kind of region. It can't be plants or trees since the ground is rocky, it shouldn't be ordinary rocks since we already have them, and it probably shouldn't be man-made since the theme is a desolate wasteland (with plenty of adventure to be had). Any ideas?
One idea that floated by in my head was crystals, just because they are intrinsically logical. They can grow, but they are not alive, so it doesn't matter that the ground is infertile rockface. But crystals feel more like high fantasy while this should feel more like a hard, menacing, gritty region.
Volcanoes & geysers maybe? Holes in the ground that billow smoke?
So for inspiration I'd like to open up a discussion on what kind of wholly new stuff modders can place in this kind of region. It can't be plants or trees since the ground is rocky, it shouldn't be ordinary rocks since we already have them, and it probably shouldn't be man-made since the theme is a desolate wasteland (with plenty of adventure to be had). Any ideas?
One idea that floated by in my head was crystals, just because they are intrinsically logical. They can grow, but they are not alive, so it doesn't matter that the ground is infertile rockface. But crystals feel more like high fantasy while this should feel more like a hard, menacing, gritty region.
Volcanoes & geysers maybe? Holes in the ground that billow smoke?
(On a sidenote this discussion would not affect the generation, it would just give modders more tools to work with when customizing cells)