UselessTriviaMan
I can't share this with my players, but I gotta share it with somebody.
So I took this "Ptolus":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bryan.obsidianportal.com/ city map
!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/UselessTriviaMan/Ptolus%20Map%20small_zpspmr4lepd.jpg!
and - because it didn't already exist and I'll find it useful _some_ day - I added the "city sewer grid.":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bryan.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/sewers
!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/UselessTriviaMan/Ptolus%20Sewer%20Map%20small_zps3azyxrqc.jpg!
They say the first step in overcoming an addiction is admitting you have a problem... ;-)
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
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twigs
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
Under Ptolus is a vast network of ancient dungeons and catacombs, in addition to the sewer grid, and I actually like that these aren't mapped out in detail in the source material. It gives some good general info on these, but it's up to the individual GM to give it as much (or as little) detail as they desire.
Me, I'm probably gonna get a lot crazier with detailing all the nooks and crannies down there. (That came out a lot dirtier than intended.)
I have all kinds of fun in store for my players, once they finally decide to take the plunge and really start exploring the "Dungeon.":https://ptolus-city-by-the-spire-by-bryan.obsidianportal.com/wikis/the-dungeon There are many places where the Dungeon and the sewers intersect or butt into each other, and I've got oodles of plot hooks to send 'em into the dark places beneath the city streets.
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
I assume your players don't frequent the forums, so they won't see this?
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
When you get down to writing your fantasy novel and are working the characters through the sewer/dungeon systems, you'd have already done the heavy lifting and mapping and plotting for that section?
I doubt not your intent, nor your purpose, nor even your resolve. I know you will make them suckers BLEED in them stinking passages! I sense a lot of strange monsters lurking in mirky depths. I feel the awe of a glint of magic shining from the bottom of a dark pool. I can envisage various forms of "Stinking Cloud", horrific mutations of giant rats, weird deadly vegetables floating on suspiciously calm surfaces and a putrid Charon, draped in a mantle more disgusting than the river Styx itself.
Have fun!
twigs
"I met a traveller from an antique land....."
CotM May 2016: Mysteria: set in Wolfgang Baur’s MIDGARD.
Previous CotM Aug 2012: Shimring: High Level Multiplanar Campaign
Inner Council Member
And yeah, it made sense to have the main (red, 20' diameter) tunnels mostly follow the main, wide cross-town streets. The smaller (cyan, 10') tunnels are much less likely to do so, and the smallest (3' diameter) pipes I can add where I specifically need that level of detail.
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
It's more amazing now. :P
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
For various completely unrelated reasons, we've had to cancel the last two game sessions. And I just learned that this weekend's game is also kaput.
_I WANNA GAME, DAMMIT._
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
| *d10* | *Random Encounter* |
| 1 | Otyugh |
| 2 | Otyugh |
| 3 | Otyugh |
| 4 | Otyugh |
| 5 | Otyugh |
| 6 | Otyugh |
| 7 | Otyugh |
| 8 | Otyugh |
| 9 | Otyugh |
| 10 | Otyugh Bard |
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
Dust! DUST!!!
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!!!!!
Sorry, too much dust in here. Must be all the dice...
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...
...Is the dust collecting dice?
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...Gamer dust! I have players!
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
-bort
"Morwindl":https://morwindl.obsidianportal.com
Campaign of the Year - 2018
Cos everyone loves jello.
Just trying to help out.
And I actually took "Improved Favorite Enemy (Bortas)" last time I leveled, so now it's +4!
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
!http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/7/72/Gelatinous_Cube.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20070328050648!
While jello is usually skewered with tiny plastic blades:
!https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b6/dc/c3/b6dcc33a9d56b82b4317614f3db2996f.jpg!
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
Although I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the boiled pigskin and bones that its actually made from.
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith
Just trying to help out.
~Mae
CotM Selection Committee
And for the record, "gelatinous cubes wielding swords is totally a Thing, and it is Awesome.":http://rustyandco.com/comic/36/
Ptolus, City by the Spire - 2016 Campaign of the Year
"Please pay attention very carefully, because this is the truest thing a stranger will ever say to you: In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least TRYING to accomplish all your wildest dreams in life." - - Kevin Smith