What an amazing piece of art Gitzman, thanks for sharing this. Did you use some special software to create the map or is this pure Photoshop?

Nice Job! and Perfect Timing. We are getting ready to play this, building characters this weekend and probably starting play the next. It'll be interesting to hear how your group plays through it at the same time we're playing.

Thanks Again!

Jericho said:

Yes in Nuln they use chains. Also boats are weak attacking a river front that is most likely to have cannon and their own boats. So an attacking army would have to use the tatic of mass to over come via river I would have thought.

Lets also not forget that an army to gain access to the rivers of the Empire would either have to come from within the Empire, or break though Marienburg, which houses the bulk of the Imperial fleet.  Large scale river combat should be few and far between with the exception of river pirates and the like.

Gitzman said:

Cities like Averheim and Nuln have been invaded by HUGE Greenskin Waaaghs! over the history. Probably Greenskins have used the rivers also… But these are past. And very rarely there is large enough invasion that can advance through the country and then start large scale siege (which will take time).

One more thing to considere in the map - Sources tell that Averheim sits on a bluff above the river. And this means really above, because city is immune to any regular floods that very much cause problems all over the province (low lands). Averburg sits on the highest point (and has never fallen). Waterfront in the city is probably short and rest of the city lies much higher from the river. Could there be even small cliff most of the way?

If one assumes a city is more "brass" than "silver/gold", the lower city below the bluff is larger than upper city.

The Enemy Within (new one) states the lower city is the brass and upper city, 'on the bluff' is gold and silver (with Stirland slum across river to the north).

I think Griffon Bridge would be further east, as east side is stinky trades (which would dump into river) so there would be more built upriver of it.

There is currently an Averheim project over at Liber Fanatica.  Let me know if any of you are interested.

What would be very handy are side-fill details from your "The Enemy Within" campaigns.

jh

This is a handy map.  I'd like to do some pamphlets as well that appear early in TEW, but alas….time….

jh

I have done up versions of the pamphlets for anyone interested (pm email address).

The Bruckberg Strasse, the street running from Griffon Bridge, is supposed to lead to the Plenzerplatz, implicitly going up onto the bluff on which the Plenzerplatz is located. (EW 3rd)

Logically the Averburg stands on the bluff, overlooking river. The Plenzerplatz south of the Averburg whose wall runs its entire northern edge (EW 3) so the map looks okay on that front and where the locations are around it - it's just the relationship to road and needing a bluff to mark the demarcation of brass from silver/gold.

I dumped massive amounts of paper and information on the players last night so hopefully they feel a bit overwhelmed with all the info.  Each of the players has multiple goals, contacts and relationship stuff to work with.

The pamphlets were a big hit.  I stood on my chair like an agitator and read a bit of each out loud :)

jh

Sounds cool.  My plan too, talk up the pamphlets etc.  If anyone buys them and has "full access" they will have bonus dice if ever trying to bad-mouth one of those noble families etc.  It looks like at least 2 of my 5 PC's will be able to read.