Just outside the main area of the Lion’s Guard ruins is a small garden with a large, recently constructed greenhouse. Someone has been living in these woods, and raising a variety of herbs, plants, and vegetables! Beware, though… some of these plants look carnivorous!
Continue reading Encounter Map – Lion’s Guard Greenhouse
Returning to the Daytown mapset, just outside the city gates and along the northern path of the crossroads lies the ruins of the village of Lion’s Guard. Once a prosperous little hamlet, it has long since fallen to ruin. Evil seeps up from deep beneath the earth, and in the caves beneath the town are the upper-most layers of the machines blocking the gate to the ancient depths beneath the island. In Scourge of Heinrich, players had to break a rock blocking the gears on this map in order to open the gate at the bottom of the Daytown mines.
Today we go inside the main corridors of Castle Crownbridge. Rather than map out the entire castle, we played this largely theater of the mind with three encounter areas set up for inevitable combat needs. First we have a corridor open for random “oops we ran into a patrol” encounters. Second there is a corridor that has been barricaded by enemies that players have to charge and go over (or, vice versa, the players perhaps made the barricade!). Finally we have a control room with maps, an infernal machine, and documents detailing the goings on for the castle.
Continue reading Encounter Map – Castle Crownbridge Interior
Flanking the sides of Castle Crownbridge are two stand-alone towers that hide sinister secrets. These multi-level maps provide the opportunity for some serious multi-level combat encounters.
Continue reading Encounter Map – Crownbridge Castle Towers (x2 maps)
Zooming in on Crownbridge Castle, there are several locations for encounters. You have the Crownbridge itself, the dueling grounds, and the skydock landing port. You also have several gates to enter the castle.
