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Coxton Tower: A Towerhouse in Moray, Scotland
🕑 Added 2022-02-01 21:43:17 +0000 UTCMan, it's been a while since I've made a map with only six rooms and I'd forgotten how fast I could draw something this small, haha.
Anyway, Coxton Tower was built in Moray, Scotland in the 1500s and this map is fairly accurate, with a couple of exceptions. First, it shows the tower on a clear, sunny day, which is a grossly inaccurate depiction of Scottish weather. And second, the size is off, which is intentional. An accurate map of Coxton Tower would have an interior about 3 1/2 tiles across. That's a little tight for RPG purposes, so I doubled it.
Also, if you look at a photo of Coxton Tower, it'll be a bit different from the map above. That's because a staircase was built up to the second-floor entrance in the mid-1800s. I wasn't sure whether to draw it with the staircase or the ladder, so I just drew it both ways.
There's an interesting feature of Coxton Tower that I wanted to point out. It's called a "yett" and, if you've never heard of one before, it may be because they're mostly unique to Scotland. A yett is a metal gate, similar to a portcullis, but mounted on hinges so that it swings open like a regular door. It's just behind the main entrance on the second level. You can see a photo of Coxton's yett here.
Well, I hope you like the map! And yes, that is a deep-fried Mars bar on the kitchen table. I choose to believe that's historically accurate.
Next, I'll be drawing another map from the Black Loch. This will be the drow noble estate of House Cull'thaine, the ruling house of the city of Vlyn'darastyl.
After that, I'll be drawing a new spelljammer map. I know a lot of DMs put their players in my Dragonfly spelljammer last year and are getting ready to upgrade the party to a big boy ship, so I'll be drawing you an elven Man-o-War to fill that role. It'll be a bigger, better-armed ship for a mid-level party. And, for those of you who are planning to keep the campaign going into the higher levels, I'll draw you the late-game war machine your players dream about later this year.
Okay, back to work!
Comments
Shawn Stevenson
As an aside- slate is a brilliant roofing material. I lived in a row house in Allentown, PA that had the original roof from the 1860s.
Shawn Stevenson
It doesn't look like there was much from the painting. I'm guessing that may have been more standard than what Smailholm had.
