Garden of Wonders

[Quintalian]

Hello folks, I'm Quintalian and there's something I'd like to share with you.

About a year ago, there was a thread on the Lodestone which encouraged posters to share ideas for dungeons they would like to see in ARR. At the time, I posted a quick idea and called it "Tinker's Toybox." Eventually I decided it would be fun to expand it into a complete dungeon design.

That idea became the Garden of Wonders, a document that I brought to the Las Vegas Fan Fest with the intent of sharing with the dev team, just for fun and perhaps some feedback.

I've shared this with a few friends, all of whom play (on occasion), hoping to garner opinions on what works and what doesn't. Responses ranged from "it's pretty good" to "it's not bad," which unfortunately told me nothing.

I've sat on this document for a good while, but now I'm reaching out to all of you. Please comment and critique if you like, but before you sharpen your claws to shred it to pieces, bear in mind two things:

1) I'm presenting the content as-is from when I printed a copy to hand to the dev team. I ran out of time and skimped on a few spots; the last thing I tried to complete were the maps.

2) I finished the document the day before the Las Vegas Fan Fest, so Patch 2.4 wasn't out yet. Anything that seems derivative of content added after that is just coincidence.

I hope my amateur attempt at dungeon design is at least entertaining. If any of you have done or are trying to do something like this, I would love to see it!