Hi everyone,
Here's the Highlight-05 Pack for Horror on the orient Express.
1893, our investigators are in pursuit of the Brothers of the Skins (unless it's the other way around). They must also get to a mysterious island where a cultist named Nisra is beginning a dark ritual...
This pack contains the last part of chapter 3-The Blood Red Fez
[Spoiler Alert: From now on, certain passages of my explanations or certain visuals may be spoilers!]
Here's the precise list, with the different sizes:
12-Sultan Palace-Audience Hall - (6300 x 5040px) - [210x210px]
13a-Fort of Scutari-EXT-DAY - (8400 x 8400px) - [140x140px]
13b-Fort of Scutari-INT-DAY - (8400 x 8400px) - [140x140px]
13c-Fort of Scutari-EXT-NIGHT - (8400 x 8400px) - [140x140px]
13d-Fort of Scutari-INT-NIGHT - (8400 x 8400px) - [140x140px]
14-British Consulate - (1400 x 2100px) - [140x140px]
15-Kasim Pasha Dockyards-DAY - (6300 x 7700px) - [140x140px]
15b-Kasim Pasha Dockyards-NIGHT - (6300 x 7700px) - [140x140px]
16a-Nisra Island-GF-DAY - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16b-Nisra Island-1F-DAY - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16c-Nisra Island-Roof-DAY - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16d-Nisra Island-GF-NIGHT - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16e-Nisra Island-1F-NIGHT - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16f-Nisra Island-Roof-NIGHT - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16g-Nisra Island-GF-1F-DAY - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
16h-Nisra Island-GF-1F-NIGHT - (8400 x 7000px) - [70x70px]
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Notes on the contents of this pack:
This Highlight contains the third and last part of chapter 3-The Blood Red Fez
Chapter 4-Les Fleurs Du Mal on the next Highlight !
1-The first thing to say concerns the sultan's palace. The palace as described in the book is that of the historic sultans, the Topkapi Palace. It's an Ottoman-style palace. In reality, the palace has not been used (apart from as a museum and library) since 1850. The sultan no longer lives there.
He has since moved to a more "westernized" palace in another part of Constantinople. I think we're all agreed to overlook this "detail", in favor of a palace more inclined to a change of scenery. That's why I continued with the historic palace, in Ottoman style.
The mapped room corresponds to the audience hall, where it was possible to meet the sultan.
I've simplified the architecture a little, but used the same motifs as in the original room.
It's as close as you can get to what this place was like!
2-The Fort of Scutari is I think a fictitious fortress. In any case I haven't found anything on it, according to where CHaosium placed it. If you have any information to the contrary, I'd be delighted. I used the 3D base of a fort in Georgia to make this one. I rebuilt several walls and the roof. Then I created the interiors and the outdoor village. I really like the idea of the Cultists rehabilitating a ruin to make it their headquarters.
Note that a lot can happen on the road leading to the castle.
3-Nothing special about the British Consulate map. It's a map I took from Tatters of the King and adapted for the occasion, with oil lamps and Turkish carpets.
4-The map of Kasim Pasha's Dockyards is used to ransom the kidnapped son. The scene takes place at midnight. But your investigators will certainly want to scout during the day. So there's a day version.
Note the presence of a "sun" picto in the description, when the important map is a night version but also has a day version.
5-The map of Nisra's Island was quite a challenge, given its size. It's a typical island of the region, a bit deserted, with a few bushes here and there... and goats!
After talking to some of the campaign's connoisseurs, it turns out that they'd had to deal with battles both inside the tower and out. So I decided to do it all in one, rather than separately.
This is a 70px map, but if you'd like to move around more comfortably and quickly, you can switch to 140px cells.
Note that I've made a version where the GF and 1F are on the same map.
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The pack can be downloaded as an attachment at the bottom of the post!
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SPECIAL FOUNDRY Version for Cthulhu subscribers :
At the end of each chapter (The number of Highlights depends on the size of the chapter) I should be able to deliver the chapter as a Foundry module. That way, you don't have to waste time walling up the maps - they're ready to use.
I explain how to do it just below and in the .zip file.
You must own FoundryVTT and be a Cthulhu Tiers subscriber to download it:
Chapter 03 - The Blood Red Fez
Also:
Read my post explaining the highlights here
Read my post introducing Horror on the Orient Express campaign here
Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any comments or questions about the campaign and these maps.
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Have fun, and thank you for your support!
Damien - Lovemaps