Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29145474-20180105203932

So, as AlteOgre pointed out in this http://lotrminecraftmod.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:343101 thread, there are ZERO easterlings guarding the Rhudel Hills or mining them. I decided to take his suggestion, and expand on it.

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NEW Variants of the Rhudel Hills:

Rhudel Hill Peaks: RHP would be jagged and more mountainous areas spread throughout the hills of Rhudel. They would also be very rocky, and have little to no habbitation.

Rhudel Hill Vales: RHV would be deep valleys with rivers running through them. They would be lower then the surrounding terrain, and there would be more civillians spawning here, aswell as structures.

Rhudel Hill Desolation: Areas where mining has destroyed the local area. Trees would be gone, and the ground would be dirt or rock. Ruined mines would spawn here.

And thats all the new variants I came up with!

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New Structures:

Rhudel Gold Mine: Rhudel Gold Mines would be areas where the men of Rhudel have dug into the earth to extract it's rich metals. These would be extremely rare and a great oppurtunity for players to trade. There are 6 versions:

 Quarry: A Rhudel Quarry would be an above ground gold mine. It would consist of large, wide, and DEEP (25 - 30 blocks) pits in the ground with lots of wood catwalks on the sides and small tunnels branching off, that lead to nowhere. There would be large gravel piles and some pits. At the bottom of the quarry some simple tents would spawn. A few Easterling Warriors and Archers would spawn here to patrol, and the new Easterling miner would spawn here.

 Underground Mine: Underground mines are underground gold mines. Unlike the dwarven mines which start a with a massive vertical shaft into beautiful furnished tunnels with carved stone and lighting, these would be much more rustic. These would start off with an inclined shaft into the hills, before leading to a complex system of adits, winzes, raises, and drifts. The mine tunnels (adits) would be very dark with torches rarely. Wood crossbeams similar to vanilla minecraft would line the tunnels. There would also be rare stopes, which are large open areas inside mines where ore is being extracted. These usually go diagonally up and down and can be absolutely massive. Imagine a diagonal ravine. More Easterling Miners and and maybe even some chests, aswell as ample torches for lighting would be located in the stopes, so you would want to find them while looking in the mine. In some places stopes, and shafts would breach the surface in places other than the main portal (entrance to the mine). Easterling Miners would spawn sparsely throughout the mine (with more in stopes). At the entrance to the mine there would be a few tents aswell as some Easterling Warriors and Arches, to guard the mine.

Riverside Panning: The riverside panning would spawn beside rivers ONLY in the vale variant and would include many tents with easterling miners, civillians, and warriors who are by the river to pan for gold. There would be small pits dotted throughout the area (5-6 blocks deep?) and gravel randomlly placed around the site.

Ruined Quarry: Self explanatory. No NPCs, everything would be broken, and the quarry would sometimes be filled with water. There would be no tents either, as they would be packed up and brought away.

Ruined Underground Mine: Self explanatory. No NPCs, and the tunnels would be ruined and broken.

Ruined Riverside Panning: There would be no tents, just pits and gravel dumped over the riverside.

(Larger space is to indicate that these are not different types of mines)

Easterling Gold Hut: An easterling gold hut would be a small cabin in the woods where an oppurtunistic easterling civillian would spawn. This would represent the easterlings who went to the Rhudel Hills for an oppurtunity to get rich.

Easterling Camp: Same as the camps for any other factions, except they would be much rarer to compensate for the fact they spawn Easterling Warlords.

Easterling Watch Tower: Very similar to the Ranger Watchtower except with easterlings.

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Spawning:

(spawning for structures listed above ^^^)

Easterling civilians would sometimes spawn in large groups with an escort of Easterling Clansmen.

Easterling Warriors and Archers would sometimes spawn, patrolling the vast wilderness.

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There are two new NPCs, and one variant.

Easterling Miner: An easterling miner would spawn in any of the 3 easterling mine types that are not abandoned. He would trade mining gear, aswell as minerals like gold and silver.

Lost Easterling Miner: The lost easterling miner would be an extremely rare spawn. He would spawn in the wilderness with a iron dagger and 20 protection points, and would attack any players he sees regardless of alignment. He would be this way as he is a miner who has lost everything in his hopes to strike it rich, and now has wandered off into the wilderness before going crazy. Unlike a bandit, he will not steal items.

Easterling Civilian (gold rush variant): The gold rush variant would simply have a different speachbank, which would talk about striking it rich and how they hope they suceed, unlike the more casual talk of the normal Easterling Civilians. I also propose normal Easterling Civilians get a few things added to the speechbank about having neighbors or friends who went to the Rhudel Hills to strike it rich.

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Backround, Conclusion, and Photo Gallery.

I based this suggestion largely on the american gold rushes in Alaska and California. This is why there are lost miners, random cabins in the woods, and lots of civilians who have come to the hills to strike it rich. I also took LARGE inspiration from AlteOgre's thread here: http://lotrminecraftmod.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:343101. His thread is more inspired on patrol in the Rhudel hills.

I made this because I wanted to not only see an actual use for the Rhudel hills, but I thought it would be interesting to have a gold rush culture developed around this area, especially in a nation that so values gold and wealth.

I hope you like this suggestion, I took A LOT of time and thought into making it and I will appreciate constructive criticism. Cheers!

-Loke Khan Torgou of Rhun, AKA ShaDowPHOenix990 and ShaDowPHOenix9903.

Photo Gallery: Here are some interesting photos of mines and stopes I found in the internet.

 