Good news!
THE SUB-LEVEL IS DONE!
I have to detail a treasure hoard (more on that in a moment) and place a clue (more on that in a moment as well!). But basically, the sub-level is finished. Every room and area of interest has been written out and proofed. It's on to Level 8, which is already started!
So far, the page count looks like this (using Verdana font size 8 with 1" margins):
Level 7 = 45 pages (Rooms + Areas of Interest)
Sub-Level = 40 pages (Rooms + Areas of Interest)
Level 8 = 17 pages (this is only a small portion of the writing)
That's 107 pages so far. When Level 8 is done, it will likely clock in at about 60-70 pages, at least. So that brings us to 145 to 155 pages just for the room descriptions. Keep in mind there are another 36 pages of monsters (36 new monsters, at least one page each), another roughly 16 pages dealing with the 32-36 new magic items, and at least another 16 pages detailing the 36 new spells.
That brings us to 213 - 223 pages. If you add in the auxiliary stuff (details of gates in and out, basic background, NPC descriptions, etc.) that will easily add another 30 pages or more. So now we're looking at 243 - 273 pages. And then there's the adventures booklet, which will clock in near at least 30 pages.
So, the grand total will finish between 273 - 303 pages!
The original
Ruins of Undermountain boxed set clocked in at 158 pages (main book plus adventures booklet) and another 16 pages of monsters for a total page count of 174 pages. We're going to almost double that number!
I'm not counting the dungeon cards or maps. We'll have the same number of each.
But my god, this is going to be a massive, massive product!
Putting this into further perspective, we're going to have a total of 36 new monsters, 36 new magic items, and 36 new spells. None are "variants", but rather new, unique creations.
The original
Ruins of Undermountain boxed set had 27 new magic items, 9 new sells, and 10 new monsters (plus one variant).
So yeah, this is going to kick royal ass!