Chalymn is a small chunk of a city on the world’s surface that rose up into the sky to avoid a coming disaster. The large citadel in the center belongs to Magister Viskand, the powerful mage who ripped Chalymn loose from the earth. It’s not entirely clear if the magister saved everyone else on the rock intentionally, or if he just wanted to bring a little more land with him, but, look, they’re alive and that’s what matters.
If Chalymn demonstrates one thing, it’s that a little, floating rock in the sky can have anything that they have on the surface. The surface has lakes? Chalymn has a lake. The surface has a complex network of tunnels and cities deep underground? Well, Chalymn has one of those, too. It could be a very interesting place to visit if your party happens to get a ride on an airship at some point. Or a spelljammer.
Speaking of which, I’m going to make a spelljammer version of the map with a space background for patrons, which I should have done by tomorrow.
Well, this is the second, or maybe third city map I’ve drawn that I don’t think is garbage, but I’m curious to hear what you think. How’d I do? If you’ve got any thoughts or suggestions, let me know!
This is very cool.
I’d expect a few stairways between the surface and underground.
D&D OSHA says safety railings! Does no one in this town sleepwalk or get drunk?
There’s a crane lift to get up and down. They’d need it for bringing down goods and bringing up water and I think they’d just use it for people, too. And a staircase would be so long that I don’t think many people would use it. It’s 40m from the surface to the lower level.
This is a great map
Though i was wondering about how they would get food and other things, do airships come or do they grow it?
They grow some mushrooms underground, but mostly they’d have to trade, probably with airships.
This is awesome! The main tower gives me a pseudo-Bioshock Infinite vibe. Great work as always.
This is great.
Do you think you’ll ever make interior Maps some of the major buildings?
I’ve been thinking about doing something like this as a megaproject at some point. I’ve still gotta finish the megaproject I’m working on first, though.
I’ve wanted to play around with a sky kingdom ever since I happened across Skywatch and the Tempest like 5 years ago, came up with a cute bird-loving sky queen that married one of my friends’ harpy characters
:b so I’d be happy to see it
This is amazing. and the kind of thing that is so setting neutral that it can be dropped into any campaign.