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653 Cherrytown - Level 2 Shadowdark Scenario
🕑 Added 2023-03-11 21:08:06 +0000 UTCIn Cherrytown, the characters shall meet many of the colorful NPCs that live in this beautiful place. The smell of cherries fills the air of this thriving town. Duke Stones has done a great job and the people here are happy to continue their hard-working lives.
The characters may be summoned by the Duke himself, or perhaps by a friend from the past, and one of the important NPCs in town. They may spend time with them and help the commonfolk with their small quests and errands before taking care of the real problem: the Bloody Knife. A criminal guild that is growing its ranks little by little, to the dismay of the locals, and the duke's growing concern.
This is a low-level Shadowdark adventure that has the heroes meet colorful NPCs. If they are perceptive enough, they shall notice something is amiss in the Royal District. The duke shall reward well those who bring the crown's justice!
This adventure has been designed for Shadowdark RPG through their 3rd party license. The system is meant to be accessible to OSR players and modern players alike. Adapting the material to 5e or other systems should not be difficult.
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Comments
Elven Tower
I must admit I am not sure. What you say makes sense, and yet so many fantasy maps I've created or seen by plenty of other artists are so spacious, as you say. Perhaps that is the "fantasy" in it, the idyllic fantasy town in our minds. It makes sense maybe for strictly pastoral or farming settlements maybe. But then again it'd make sense for them to have the houses close together and the fields surrounding it all.
Jacob Vardy
Nice looking map, and cool little town. I have a question. Why are urban centres in fantasy art always so spaced out? Most recreations or primary sources i have seen of towns before the 20thC, construction is very dense. Streets are narrow, buildings close together. So why are fantasy maps so spacious? Is there a technical artistic reason? Have cars destroyed our imagination of the city? Some other reason? I'm not trying to attack Derek. I just figure it is unlikely i'll have a chance to ask an [edit: another] artist.
