Greetings,
Warning, possibility of minor spoilers ahead for Players of The Skinsaw Murders.
My PCs have taken seriously the possibility of Scarnetti involvement in the early murders of Skinsaw. In fact our rogue (a goblin, I might add - now there's someone who has heard the hue and cry for diversity!) will be casing the Manor late in the evening on Fireday, the 11th of Lamashan. He hasn't really said what he will be looking for (this may just be an excuse to purloin a pretty bauble or trinket, or even find something new and exotic to satisfy his insatiable appetite).
Anyway, in order to keep alive this red herring, in their search for the true perpetrator(s), I feel it would be best to provide some level of mapping for the rogue's activity. Otherwise, the meta-game portion of the PCs brains will take over and realize that this must be a dead end, since there's no map, or other detail. Get my drift?
With that in mind, has anyone created any internal floorplans for the Scarnetti Manor? I have found the, most excellent, exterior map by Noxveritas out on DeviantArt. However, my searching has turned up a big zero for anything for the interior.
So, before I go off and try my hand at mapmaking (I'm not particularly optimistic about that), I thought I'd better ask if anyone else has squirreled away anything that would help with this?
Thanks.
- s.west
p.s. I just realized that I probably should have posted this in the Community Created Stuff forum.
Feel free to move this over there, if that is where it is more appropriate.
Thanks
I can't promise anything, but I might get to do one for you in about two weeks. When do you need it?
Hythlodeus,
Thanks for responding.
Our next session is on 10/22 (2 saturdays from today). I would need it by 10/20. So, that may be too soon for you...
I'm going to have a whirl (tonight) at one or two freebie map-making tools, and see if I can create something that will suffice...
Any suggestions?
- s.west
Hythlodeus,
Thanks for responding.
Our next session is on 10/22 (2 saturdays from today). I would need it by 10/20. So, that may be too soon for you...
I'm going to have a whirl (tonight) at one or two freebie map-making tools, and see if I can create something that will suffice...
Any suggestions?
- s.west
22nd? I'll see what I can do
I use photoshop, never tried other Tools, so I can't help with that
Looking at the existing map outline, and assuming 10px/ft, that would work out to a main level (exclusive of the octagon - conservatory?) of 80'x 40'. The East wing ~27'x'22, and the bounding square of the octagon, about 35'x35' (I think). East wing = single story, main house 2-story...
That's just what I was thinking. Nothing too elaborate. Maybe a secret door off the master bedroom, you know... the usual ;-)
Anyway, let me know.
thanks, a lot.
I'm sorry for the bad news, but with my current workload and promotionwork for my new book with a couple of conventions just around the corner, I just don't find the time next week to do this map. I'm really sorry.
Hythlodeus,
Hey, no worries, at all. I appreciated the offer, but recognize that there are all kinds of things that can get in the way.
Also, I was working on a backup plan, just in case. I found a free tool ('Dungeon Painter') and I have made enough of a beginning with it, that I am confident that I can finish something serviceable before this Saturday. It won't be of the highest artistic quality (I found your start of the Scarnetti Manor that you posted - http://www.directupload.net/file/d/4498/ob4dnjs7_jpg.htm - that's looking good...), but it only has to convince my PCs that the Scarnetti's are a reasonable avenue of exploration. If I were to present them with nothing more than a line drawing, or, worse, "theater of the mind" only, then they would pick up on it as an unproductive lead. Get it?
Anyway, when I finish my maps, I'll post them in case they are of use.
Till next time.
- s.west
There's hundreds of floorplans about called things like 'townhouse' and 'noble house' etc. I'd just grab one of those and use it.