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The Casino de Mont Acceaux
🕑 Added 2021-05-13 03:17:53 +0000 UTCSo, this is the first casino I've drawn and I've got a question for the gamblers out there: is the carpet ugly enough? I don't know why, but "All Casinos Have Carpet That Hurts Your Eyes" is so consistently true, it could almost be a law of thermodynamics. Anyway, I gave it my best shot.
The Mont Acceaux isn't meant to be Vegas, I drew it with the Monte Carlo in mind. Actually, the ground level is very similar, the main difference being that I removed the opera house.
For those of you unfamiliar with it, the Monte Carlo is a 150-year-old casino in Monaco. It's ridiculously classy, everyone speaks French and no one has a gambling problem, they're just there for the atmosphere. If James Bond was a place, this is the place that he would be.
You might send your players here to rob the joint, but you could also just let them hear about it and stop by to gamble. Hopefully they don't lose all the money they've accumulated from the hundreds and hundreds of people they've killed over the years on two hours of blackjack. That would just be... hilarious. Of course, if that happens, you probably need to prepare for them to rob it, because that's probably what they do next.
Next up, I'll be drawing something from the Black Loch. I think I'm going to do the dragon's lair. Oddly enough, I don't think I've drawn one of those yet, so I guess it's about time I did.
By the way, sorry this took so long. I ended up deciding to recolor the whole thing because it just looked really bad. It took another couple days on account of that, but I'd rather take the extra time and make it look good than give you something terrible. Anyway, I hope it was worth it!
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Milby's Maps
Thanks! I think the easiest way to fit this in would just be to have your players hear a rumor about it and let them decide if they want to check it out. There doesn't even need to be a big, complicated thing going on, you could just make up a few encounters for it and let them hang out and party. Maybe a con man who tries to sell the players some fake chips, maybe a run-in with a drunk guy who's a member of the group that one of the PCs has a vendetta against, simple stuff like that. No Ocean's Eleven kind of thing, just let them go, have fun, spend money and talk to people. It's maybe not something for the night before they're about to face off with the Lord of Darkness, but there's a time and a place for a fluff session. Anyway, just an idea.
Matthew R. Wade
You consistently make maps that I don't know how I'll work them into my game, but I know I HAVE to work them into my game. This is great!
