Fort Eelry is the 3rd of 6 small settlement maps based on ideas suggested by Patreon Supporters late last year. This one was suggested by Owen and started out as:
"... a remote border fort, where a settlement has grown up alongside the fort. The settlement is originally military in nature, so it is strategically located on the border of this nation-state. The first structure there was the fort. To the North east are hazardous mountains, to the northwest treacherous forest. Brave merchants, hunters, traders, miners, etc travel into and out of those areas to secure rare goods, passing through the settlement town which sits just at the edge of civilization,..."
From there it has grown.
You will find several layers of history: An older ruined settlement near the church, even older ruins of the original fort on the hilltop in the SE, and the more recently ruined (still partially occupied) Old Crossing Fort on the river bridge.
There is also evidence of recent population growth: eg: The Newcomers Orchard up near the old fort - can you spot the small cleared area waiting for a new planting of trees?
Then there are caves: Because we need a few of those right? 2 are at river level, 4 are near The Circle and 1 up the hill leads under the ruined fort.
And, just for the Aussies out there: the Laundry has 3 Hills Hoists :-)
2 locations on this map are based on existing Battlemaps:
- The fort itself is based on 'The Northern Fort' - Available on Roll20
- The Old Church Library is based on, wait for it.... 'The Old Church Library' - Available on Roll20 (& is also still in the archives here for Patreon Supporters)
Happy plotting everyone
Thank you for the suggestion Owen and many many thanks to those of you who joined in with the idea bouncing over on Discord :-)
I love love how it has turned out, and I love the location card idea too
I hope you all can find a nook in your world for this little Frontier Fort .......
Free public versions of Fort Eelry (2500pxx3500px), The Northern Fort & The Old Church Library are attached below for all to enjoy :
Goodies For Defenders of Chaos can be found HERE:
Poster map size: 7500 × 10500 pixles (25x35 inches @300dpi)
Frame-less map size: 6900 × 9900 pixles (23x33 inches @300dpi = about A1)
Map area is about: 541 x 778 yards or 495 x 711 meters
- Poster version with and without the title & location information
- Frame-less colour version
- Greyscale version optimised for B&W home printing
- Title & Key plate assets with and without text
- Location number buttons with numbers 1-30 + a clean one
PLUS A New experiment: Location 'playing Cards'
- 20 labeled cards (22 locations - 2 cards have 2 close locations on them)
- 28 Clean cards without text&compass (includes extra location not on key)
- 1 blank card template with transparent cutout to make your own with
- 1 Compass token asset
PLUS a mega zoomed in vtt-Battlemap-scale version
... For those of you crazy enough to want to use Fort Eelry at battlmap scale
- Map is cut into 14 tiles to keep the file size down
- Total map size when assembled = 325 x 467 squares @ 72 pixles per square where a square is about 5 feet.
- Visual image quality is 'not great' as this is nearly a 400% upscale, but it is not too bad and will definitely do the job if you don't mind a bit of fudginess
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All good - have fun with it - I would love to hear about how you use them
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