Creating Arana Ruins

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The key to building new parts of the world is to use the builder utility.

It processes input files, verifies them, produces intermediate results, and ultimately loads the data into the database.

Creating the Layout

Create a directory for the ruin, e.g.

mkdir /arana/worlddat/ivtrak

Create a layout file using this template

dungeon Ivtrak

descr "Ruined Freehold"

author Anthony V. Edwards

#location 4D 3c

entrance 1

wmlist 29

wmfreq 30

level 6

wmtable "Ivtrak"

1 1d6   Stirge

end

public

   <h2 >Player's Background</h2 >

  text that is readable by players

notes

   <h2 >Background</h2 >

  DM-only notes

#

# Ruin Physical & Room Layout

map

north U

mapping directions - see next section

end

#

# Ruin Room Descriptions

area areaname

intro

 There is staw on the floor.  There are (7) Goblins in a circle at the

 other end of the room that instantly jump to attack the intruding

 party.  There are horse stalls lining the walls up to the back of

 the room except on the north side in the back.

notes

 Straw on the floor causes -1 "to hit" by non-denizens.

monster 7 Goblin 38sp

interest "Horse Stalls"

 (If searched:)  Many horse stalls have large bones in them.  (Of 16 stalls, 20% have 2d8 sp.)

additional room descriptions - see further below

end

Map Layout

To create a gif image of the layout, use the GDPlot command

builder -GDPlot -lay layoutfile > | GDPlot  filename.gif

To create a gif image of a room, use the command

builder -GDPlot -area <i >areaname </i >  -lay layoutfile | GDPlot > filename.gif

To load the layout into the database, use the command

builder -dbsave -lay layoutfile

Room Descriptions