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Underwater Castle Ruin [55x90] (free version)
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Gameplay idea
Many years ago, a kingdom sank into the depths of a new ocean. Deep at the bottom, the ruins of a large castle still stand, waiting for its ancient secrets to be revealed.
The coastal areas of this ocean have been plagued by increasingly powerful storms in recent years, and the sea level also seems to be slowly but steadily rising. After much puzzling, the magicians of the coast have come to the conclusion that a powerful spirit has formed at the bottom of the ocean, which is responsible for these catastrophes. It is made up of the power of the curse that once caused a kingdom to sink into the sea, the terror and souls of the thousands of inhabitants who died at that time, and the current fear of the coastal inhabitants of the general terrors of the sea. From this powerful mixture, a creature was formed that slumbers in this fortress and makes the ocean tremble in its nightmares.
Now our heroes have been chosen to eliminate this threat. They sail out of the ocean and are sunk in the sea. For the gameplay, I would recommend equipping your players with an underwater breathing spell. The more armor you wear, the slower your movements become, and those without any can swim vertically, while the paladin in full armor has to stay on the ground.
To begin with, the ghost must be located, which means that objects or remains of the previous inhabitants of the fortress must be found. Equipped with a type of metal detector that goes off when strong spiritual energy is nearby, our heroes must first comb through the fortress.
Creatures and monsters of the deep can now be used as a threat.
- Giant fish that live under the sand and when a creature comes close, it opens its mouth and the negative pressure draws everything nearby into its mouth in a matter of milliseconds
- Electric eels
- Crabs that can use their huge jaws to generate sound waves that can paralyze or kill a victim.
- Giant sharks
- Small fish that try to get into armor or body openings or under the skin and then inflate to many times their size
- Whales that don't even notice that the heroes are here and just swim along. But anyone who ends up in the open mouth has a problem
- Magical ice fish that can freeze part of the surrounding water and then nibble on the motionless prey
- Giant squids that darken everything with ink so that they can attack the players individually
At the same time, the spirit can also charge up strong magical zones that can go off like traps during exploration or battles.
- A sudden whirlpool forms near the heroes and threatens to catch them and run wild.
- Powerful currents that can hurl players across the map
- Currents that are incredibly hot and cook everything in them
- Condensing zones in which the water has an unnaturally high pressure. Anyone who finds themselves in it will quickly get diving sickness or, in the worst case, implode.
When our heroes have collected everything they need to summon the spirit, they must perform a ritual inside the fortress, whereupon the spirit is composed of water, castle rocks, souls and parts of dead and living sea creatures, which all together form a body in a powerful current. Now it is time to defeat it in a boss fight. Anyone who would like to spin a tragic story about the souls lost here or and revenge of a exploited and polluted sea is encouraged to do so.
I wich you a lot of fun with epic deep-sea adventures and with my map :)
-Your AtaraxianBear
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