Need help with The Vekker Cabin - GM thread

[blaznee]

I was reading through the beginning of Spires yesterday trying to prepare for the first session with this book.

I'm reading the anniversary edition pdf..

I simply couldn't get to grips with that cabin.. Maybe it's me being non-english speaking or something, but to me it seemed like it wasn't quite clear how this cabin looked or was placed.

First of all.. Is it build on a cliff face (in my mind at the bottom of a cliff, up against the cliff). Or is build on a cliff edge (top of a cliff hanging out over it)..

The map makes NO sense to me.. The "bottom" part is much smaller than the top part, and has the horror tree standing outside, but some mine-looking tunnels to the "north)..
The top part describes a staircase outside leading down, but the top part is much larger than the bottom part.. Making me think of a really odd looking house.. Then it kinda looks like the top part is build into the cliff, but it's not clearly described, and it's still not clear exactly how this cabin is placed..

The best way I can see this is the cabin being build half inside a cliffside.. So only a small part is actually a wooden cabin. This could be an extra "danger" once the Wendigo starts tearing into the house, since the pc's can't escape out the back so to speak..

[Tamago]

This picture should help you get the idea.

Essentially, the top floor is at the top of the cliff, and the bottom floor is at the bottom of the cliff. There's a 60-foot-high tower in between, with stairs going up and down.

Does that make sense?

[blaznee]

ahhhhh, thanks!!!