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The long hallways that don't end in rooms bug me; no one would build a structure like that.

by adamc 8y ago

tantalor 8y ago
Maybe its for accessing utilities/maintenance.
- kuroguro 8y ago
  Maybe it's an old broken passage.
pavel_lishin 8y ago
Maybe humans wouldn't, but what about goblins? Orcs? What about dwarves digging exploratory tunnels, or following ore veins?
themodelplumber 8y ago
Economic downturn. This stuff happens all the time, just ask your local dungeon developer. Or don't, because those guys are mostly jerks.
Endy 8y ago
Ask the people who've been involved with the 2nd Avenue Subway about that...
LanceH 8y ago
The ground might be softer in one direction. There may have been something worth mining out in a specific direction. Of course this only occurs orthogonally in the real world :) The main point is that with mining a tunnel is the natural structure and rooms would be unusual. An empty hallway is great for storage and requires much less support than building out a room. It could also be explained by venting or similar that might not show up on a map.
- mcguire 8y ago
  "Gettin' ready to carve out the Master Dining Hall and what do we find? It's smack dab against a vein of mithril ore. You know what happens when you start digging mithril, right? We ain't doing that for no union scale!" I used to work at the old IBM buildings in Austin; there were a few halls that went around a few corners only to dead-end. With a bunch of spare desks and chairs piled against the end wall.
Reedx 8y ago
Well, almost no one. :) Sarah Winchester had such things built, with doors and stairs leading nowhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House
_Zoran_ 8y ago
Yeah, I wasn't entirely happy about these. The random tables allow a corridor to end in a false or secret door (or stairs, but I stripped those out). So by the same logic, a corridor must be allowed to 'stop' or a dead-end would always mean "trap/secret" to the players. But as others have said, it's not entirely unrealistic ;)

The long hallways that don't end in rooms bug me; no one would build a structure like that.

by adamc 8y ago

The long hallways that don't end in rooms bug me; no one would build a structure like that.

tantalor 8y ago

Maybe its for accessing utilities/maintenance.

kuroguro 8y ago
Maybe it's an old broken passage.

pavel_lishin 8y ago

Maybe humans wouldn't, but what about goblins? Orcs? What about dwarves digging exploratory tunnels, or following ore veins?

themodelplumber 8y ago

Economic downturn. This stuff happens all the time, just ask your local dungeon developer. Or don't, because those guys are mostly jerks.

Endy 8y ago

Ask the people who've been involved with the 2nd Avenue Subway about that...

LanceH 8y ago

The ground might be softer in one direction. There may have been something worth mining out in a specific direction. Of course this only occurs orthogonally in the real world :) The main point is that with mining a tunnel is the natural structure and rooms would be unusual. An empty hallway is great for storage and requires much less support than building out a room. It could also be explained by venting or similar that might not show up on a map.

mcguire 8y ago
"Gettin' ready to carve out the Master Dining Hall and what do we find? It's smack dab against a vein of mithril ore. You know what happens when you start digging mithril, right? We ain't doing that for no union scale!" I used to work at the old IBM buildings in Austin; there were a few halls that went around a few corners only to dead-end. With a bunch of spare desks and chairs piled against the end wall.

Reedx 8y ago

Well, almost no one. :) Sarah Winchester had such things built, with doors and stairs leading nowhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House

_Zoran_ 8y ago

Yeah, I wasn't entirely happy about these. The random tables allow a corridor to end in a false or secret door (or stairs, but I stripped those out). So by the same logic, a corridor must be allowed to 'stop' or a dead-end would always mean "trap/secret" to the players. But as others have said, it's not entirely unrealistic ;)