Ruins Of Undermountain III (BIP Project)

[Doirche]

Very impressive Doirche. I followed the threads on the BIP board a bit, and if I understand it right, level 8 and 9 are going to be double sized? Good Heavens, if level 7 is normal sized, I can't begin to imagine all the stuff you can squeeze in with twice the space--good luck.

(note IANAL) If Wizards does send you a c&d, try redoing it to be more like the Dungeon Under the Mountain. They've pushed out 6 or 8 levels and they have not been sued or enjoined.

Actually Level 9 is going to be a QUAD size map

WotC did reply to me, but no c&d was issued. Basically it said thanks for your interest in WotC products.... blah blah.... whatever. The way I see it, we're making this for FREE to be used by dungeon masters and players around the world so no harm no foul imo.

I looked at the "Dungeon Under The Mountain" maps published by 0one games a little while back and I was duly impressed with them. So much so in fact I purchased the first level map and promptly emailed the webmaster asking what program was used to make it. He told me Illustrator of course! So hence why I began using Illustrator for my maps.

I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has commented so far. It's appreciated

[Clercon]

Really nice map.....and impressievly big. Show me more :-)

[The Cartographist]

Really like the map and the style. Good job.

[Anna]

That is a great looking map Doirce!

I found the “Ruins of Undermountain” on a shelf in my RPG library (despite being a Greyhawk fan) and you have done a great job with your map.

The copy rights issues interest me a lot, since my Greyhawk project has the same legal implications. I decided to call my project Atlas of the Flanaess to avoid using any trade marks. I’m also giving away all my maps and not doing it for profit.

WotC’s reply is interesting, since it means that I could stamp my maps Atlas of Greyhawk with the logo and they would accept it. But I think RedRobes is right, they have to object if I did, so I will keep using Flanaess.

But again great work!

//Anna

[Doirche]

Thanks everyone for the feedback and praise, I really appreciate it.

Work will begin soon on level 8 of the dungeon and I'm looking forward to getting started. I may be under an NDA of sorts as far as pre releases of the map, but I'll see what I can do to post some screens of it as the work progresses.

I have thought about the copyright issue and have decided to press onwards with the map in it's current form. I highly doubt WotC will say anything, but if they do, we will deal with it at that time.

Again, thanks for the comments.

-Doirche

[jaerdaph]

Wow - these are absolutely amazing, Doirche! I couldn't tell them from the real thing.

Yeah, the black background maps from the Undermountain I box look a lot sharper than the ones that came in the UM II box.

[mathuwm]

really nice map

if you have any specific CS2 questions let me know
i would be glad to help

[MadCartographer]

I have level's 1-5 plus:
The Lost Level
Maddgoth's Castle
The Crystal Labyrinth / Stardock

All in CC3. They were originally done in CC2, as the Interactive Forgotten Realms Atlas. It's a collections of 464 maps done in amazing detal.
I refer to this collection all the time.

[The Arcanamach]

Does anyone know the status of this project? Sadly, I'm unable to join the site directly (it keeps telling me my username and email were 'banned') and the last dated post there is from October 2013 and there doesn't seem to be any way of contacting a admin/mod for assistance. It seems a ton of work went into this but there are no downloads available.

[McDeath]

Has anyone here heard from Halaster from BIP lately? I email and post there. But absolute silence.