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Wet Foot Inn [24x17]
🕑 Added 2022-09-07 10:40:21 +0000 UTCThis is where our story starts, our very first battlemap!!!
You know, the best adventures all start in a simple inn or tavern, that's why we have made the Wet Foot Inn. I don't really want to know where the name comes from, but it hides a cool feature in the basement. A system of underground aqueducts that The Squid uses for fast and cheap cargo transport.
Take a look at the backstory, maybe it inspires your next game.
Also, expect The Squid map to come in the future!
All feedback is more than welcome.
Enjoy! <3
The Wet Foot Inn
It’s not the best inn in town but at least it has the best stew around and plenty of warm beds available.
Like most businesses in the city, it is a happy member of “The Squid”, a complex system of aqueducts that travel the city underground and connects the basements of most shops with the main port, making cargo transport faster, cheaper and much more efficient.
The Squid is named not only after the intricate web of tunnels that may look like long tentacles, but also after the huge 8-legged crane that sits in the middle of the port and whose shape may resemble a colossal cephalopod.
All cargo from the port or other shops in the city arrives at the Squid, where the giant crane quickly distributes and loads it into smaller boats that travel the underground lines to deliver it in a matter of hours.
Managed by the Halfling magnate “Cori Tightfist'' and even though there is no real evidence, it’s known that cargo delivery is not the only activity performed underground, being smuggling and espionage some other noted ventures/undertakings of The Squid, just to name a couple.
On the other hand these tunnels are one of the safest places out there. All entrances to the aqueducts are highly guarded and not even rats move around the galleries without Cori approving it. His army controls every drop of water that enters or exits the system, that’s why even the government of the city has occasionally used these services. The Squid serves everyone that has the money to pay, no matter your race, age or where you come from. Sometimes it has even played a key role in war by dealing sensitive information, transporting critical personalities and smuggling artifacts and weapons.
Nobody really knows where Cori hides. It is said that there is a deeper level of tunnels from where he manages all his businesses.
All city guards say that since The Squid operates in the city, criminality rates have risen, but even though that may be true, it has also helped the city develop into one of the main reference points for merchants by bringing wealth to the city. They also keep all tunnels nice and clean, offer a cheaper and faster alternative to road cargo transport and always deliver on time, so nobody really cares about what happens down there.
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This Map features the "Levels" and "Better Roofs" modules by theripper93. For more information visit https://theripper93.com/
Free version at the bottom of this post
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