Info on the Irorium


Lost Omens Campaign Setting General Discussion

Grand Lodge

so I was thinking of designing a simple PvP and PvNPC adventure set in Absalom, specifically the Irorium.

So I looked up stats in the Absalom book about the Irorium. 200 feet tall, and a 10-acre central stage. That IS big.

So I looked up the Roman Colosseum for comparison. The outer walls are 157 feet tall, and the entirety of the building sits on 6-acres. The central arena is an oval 287 feet by 180 feet.

This makes the central arena just under an acre in size (someone please check this for me- I am not great at math- area of an ellipse is pi x a x b where a and b are one half the major and minor axes). This would be pi x 143.5 x 90 for a total of 40,573. An acre is 43,560 square feet.

So the central area of the Irorium is 10x the size of the Roman Colosseum. Is that right?

Now the Roman Colosseum could accommodate 50,000 spectators in 6 acres. So how many spectators can the Irorium hold? I am assuming the entirety of the 300,000 people of Absalom.

BTW is that total people or citizens? Would slaves, children and foreigners increase that number?

What sized map would be appropriate for the Irorium? I am thinking that a map sized either 4' x 8' representing just over 2.5 acres, 4' x 4' representing 1.3 acres, or 6' x 2.5' (six foot fold up table) for about 1.25 acres. What do you guys think?

What sized map would be appropriate for a massive PvP/PvE battle be?


Krome wrote:


What sized map would be appropriate for the Irorium? I am thinking that a map sized either 4' x 8' representing just over 2.5 acres, 4' x 4' representing 1.3 acres, or 6' x 2.5' (six foot fold up table) for about 1.25 acres. What do you guys think?

What sized map would be appropriate for a massive PvP/PvE battle be?

I think I'd revise the published size, reducing it to a more manageable size. An epic-sized stadium is one thing when it basically serves the purpose of narrative window dressing, but it becomes something else entirely when you decide to center an adventure upon it. Suddenly the cardinal rule of gaming--that DMs decide what exists and how--would be my solution to keeping things simple for myself.

Grand Lodge

:)

I agree. There is no way in the world I am making a map for 10 acres.

The reason I was asking about those sizes is I think they are reasonable, depending upon the scenario. And no I have no ideas yet about what will happen other than some kind of arena fight. :)

The reason I think they are reasonable is we used to have a gaming table that was 4 feet x 8 feet. We ran a scenario where we fought a great red dragon on the table. There were six of us and the red dragon. As my wife said, any smaller of a table and it would have seemed cramped. The fight raged across the whole table.

But is that really what people want? Would anyone want a fight that ranged across that big a area? I doubt most people have a table that big.

Many places can muster a 4x4 as it is a common size for table top wargames like Warmachine and Warhammer.

And that six foot table is available for cheap at Walmart.

of course I suppose a 30 x 30 inch map would work as well.

I just have no idea what people would want to play on.

In roughest terms I am thinking a module like scenario for somewhere between levels 7-12. Real rough and vague ideas right now.

Maybe a fight against dinosaurs first and then against PCs, with lions and displacer beasts popping out to lunge at PCs. Or maybe a 4 player vs 4 player fight.

heck what would you want for an arena fight?


Krome wrote:

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heck what would you want for an arena fight?

Little surprises, a la Gladiator (trap-door tigers, etc.). The size of the arena shouldn't be too big, but big enough for people to run screaming from certain death for a few rounds, say a 300-500' circle or something.

You could spice it up with lots of exotic weapons and fighting styles, of course, and some mounted knights with lances, maybe on exotic or flying mounts.

The coliseum of old was a twisted place, with a lot of really sick "entertainment" we (well, most of us)wouldn't find pleasant to watch today. I'd turn down the perverted aspects, making it more G rated, but turn up the violence to XXX.

It's all about the gory death!


Did you guys find Owen K C Stephens' LiveJournal? He posted for today a write-up on one of the scholae for the Irorium.

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