A lot of people will look at this map and see a place inhabited by one of two things:
- Bad guys
- Dwarves
Why? It’s the lava, of course. Lava in FRPGs is practically code for dwarves and scumbags. It’s almost like decent, respectable humans can’t recognize the defensive utility of molten rock.
Hopefully, this isn’t how it works in real life, because I recognize the defensive utility of molten rock. And I’m a little too tall to be a dwarf.
Anyway, the first vote of the Black Loch Conclave started yesterday and, if you’re a patron, you should go cast a vote. There are some amazing ideas people have proposed for this and I really want to see what everyone decides on. Honestly, there are a few proposals that have inspired me so much that I’m thinking of incorporating some of their ideas into other maps if they don’t win. I am so glad I did this.
Next up, I’ll be drawing the Kuo-Toa Stronghold from the Black Loch. Like the Mother’s Eye, it’s going to be partially underwater. I don’t think I’ve seen a map of a semi-submerged castle before, so this should be fairly unique, or at least not something there are a million of out there. And, once it’s done, I should have time to knock out another one or two Black Loch maps this month.
Anyway, I’m gonna get to work. Let me know what you think of the Citadel!
It’s great!!!
This is a cool map, but the tower seems to be held up by magic. Lower walls are not very thick, and the entire upper cylindrical tower seems to be resting on the roof of the middle octagonal tower with no supports under it, which in turn rests on the roof of the bottom octagonal tower, also with no direct support.
So no to dwarves (who build outhouses tougher than this) but yes to crazy magical beings who know how this stuff is supposed to look but not really how it is supposed to work. When the PCs kill the boss on the top level of the tower the whole thing is coming down.
Then of course, the volcano is erupting.
After that, the cucumber finger sammiches the halfling packed for lunch will turn out to have gotten soggy in the wrapper.
Overall a very bad day, I think.