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Thanesridge Landing: A Dwarven Port - Patrons' Edition
🕑 Added 2023-06-17 11:58:32 +0000 UTCThanesridge Landing is a dwarven port settlement. Dwarves aren't famous for their love of ships, but they're pretty fond of money and trade is a proven way to make a lot of it.
This map wasn't intended to be a part of Brazenthrone, but I've started thinking of it like it is. In my head, this is the end of the Bitterwash River that runs through town. I'm not going to add it to the giant map of the city or anything, but you can consider it an unofficial part of Brazenthrone if you want.
The drydock on the right is called a "graving dock" and it's actually below water level. It's gated off from the sea and the water is pumped out. Then, when you're ready to launch the ship, you just open the gate and sail it out. I didn't find out how the water was pumped out, but these things date back to at least 200BC, so apparently it was possible. If you happen to know how they did it, I'd love to hear.
Anyway, I've got two more parts of this map to draw. First, I'm going to make a roof level, which may have some more buildings on top of the mountain ridge at the back. And I'm going to draw the rest of the steamship at the docks and make a separate map of it. It'll be useful if your party shows up and steals the thing. I mean, they steal everything else, right? Maybe that's just my players.
Well, I'm going to get to work on the rest of this. It shouldn't take long. Let me know what you think so far!
Download from Google Drive here (under NEWEST PATRON CONTENT).
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Milby's Maps
Glad you like it! I should have the rest of it done in a day or two.
Milby's Maps
Ah, that makes sense. I figured they weren't just putting a bucket brigade on it.
Thomas Lockton
Man this is an awesome map. Definitely using it for D&D!
Diego Rossi
You can find something under Dry Dock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_dock In Medieval China the water was removed from the dock with a modified water wheel. It lifted the water of the dock to channel that then emptied into a larger body of water. Another method was Archimedes' screw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw# Both systems require an external font of energy to work. Generally animals were used, but slaves weren't uncommon.
