Foal's Luck Inn and Pub (Ground Floor)
jonasgreenfeather
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I've been on an 'Inn' kick recently... Here's my second attempt (Using the Mike Schley Symbol Set). As always, comments and criticisms welcome. I tried 'raising' the vegetable rows with a modified bevel, and 'sinking' the foot path with an inverted one (I'll probably end up removing the foot path bevel, it's wonky).
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It's really good! I like the layout.
The path near the top-left is the wonkiest, I think it comes from the smooth precise edge lines. If you can fade it a bit more without making it too blurry that might work, otherwise you might have to go in close and break up the line with some wavy-ness or something. Sometimes I like to google one of Mike Schley's D&D maps to see how it actually ended up looking and I tend to notice his paths have clusters/banks of grass that seem to try and spill out onto the road, overlapping it a little but then receding.
Very nice. I love creating inns, as well.
Thanks!
I'll work on making things outside more natural and less 'pointy'
I've been giving the floor some thought (I like to use the direction of the grain to suggest the 'flow' that people should follow). The private residence angle is an interesting egg to crack... You've given me an entirely new direction on the story of this inn. Thank you!
The 2nd Floor. I put the bath room above the kitchen, since it's always in use the floor will be nice and warm... Rooms with chamber pots!
Also there is the issue of lighting. The windows are well positioned for daytime light but at night there should candles or lamps so no one trips over the chamber pots. (A small night table next to the head of each bed would be a good place to put them with a candle or lamp on top and the chamber pot stowed underneath.)
I like the blended hallway floorboards. Yes, it's harder to construct that way but sometimes people pay attention to aesthetics - even in low-tech medieval culture. But I think it should be done the same way throughout. IMHO, the two other intersections on the second floor should have "blended" angle floorboards as well.
I'm loving this map!