World Building: 103 Mega Dungeons

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One way you could include a mega dungeon
or at least one I have
is a living dungeon
basically a creature who is large enough to house a dungeon inside of them or act as a dungeon themselves
think Lord jabu-jabu from Ocarina of Time or Shadow of the Colossus just a thought

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@@BaseDnD Earthbound: Dungeon Man.
Of course, as OG GM said in one of his vidoes, a haunted house is functionally a character itself. You can easily make a mega dungeon by distorting reality in a smaller space, like a one room hut where the one room is linked to the plane of chaos.

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@@drivinganddragons1818 yep TARDIS theory is another way
I got a whole thing planned for the Bag of Holding if they keep tempting fate by climbing inside the thing ...

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Caverns of Thracia was first, she published in 1979. The Temple of Elemental Evil. The module was published by TSR, Inc. in 1985.
Like the new into.
When did you plan this video since its the topic du jur on twitter the last two weeks?
Also size is not what defines a mega-dungeon

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True, ToEE wasn't printed till later, but it was still foreshadowed early on in Village of Hommlet and it's much more well know today.
I haven't seen it as any bigger a topic now than it normally is, mega dungeons get discussed pretty much all the time and I haven't seen any big spike in mega dungeon related content lately.
I would mostly disagree on the size aspect. It's one of those things where size isn't what makes a mega dungeon, but most mega dungeons are very large. You're technically correct, size isn't the defining feature, but it is an extremely common one to the point that more normal sized mega dungeons are the exception, not the rule.

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of cours

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@@drivinganddragons1818 You could argue that Castel Greyhawk was first, but the first published official Megga is Tot.
Toe and CoT were both published in 1979 and Gygax was at least aware of CoT, but most Megadunegon fans consider ToT first, and Toe is in the category of "Is it?"
TSR did not officially make a Megadungon until Undermtn wich is why it is the "Granddaddy of all dungeons"
Now, if in your personal cannon Toe is first, that's fine. I don't consider it a mega as it has a definitive beginning, middle, and end, but of course that's just me and well,

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@@drivinganddragons1818 Its been quite the topic in the twitterverse the last 2 weeks between HG, myself and a few others.HG did a video about Meggas a week ago and I did one a few days ago

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@@drivinganddragons1818 Barrier Peeks has a TON of rooms, but its not a mega-dungeon. In laymans terms yes most peopel think a Megadunegon ahs to have a 1000 rooms or more