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Halloween Noble Estate [52 x 31] & Lower Level [39 x 23]

Your party has been invited to attend a masquerade ball, the reading of a  will or perhaps a private dinner with the host of a remote Noble Estate.  You have heard rumors of the estate before, eccentric family members,  missing townspeople, mysterious circumstances. Nothing was ever  discovered, but no one has set foot on the grounds for years.

Not until now.

The  party arrives at the estate, welcomed by the attentive staff and given  accommodations for their stay. They find that there are other guests, as  well, all invited to dine with the host, where they plan to make a  special announcement. Dinner is delicious, the conversation engaging,  and the sights and sounds of the estate and grounds a feast for the  eyes, but something does claw at the back of the mind. A tiny warning.

When  evening comes and everyone retires to their rooms, the party awakes to  the sounds of screaming. Guests in the hallways, running toward the  locked gates -- a greenish glow surrounding the property like an  impenetrable shield. No one can escape.

The  host suddenly appears and informs them that they have the honor of  being the last guests to be invited to the manor, before the True Lord  returns. And, oh yes, there is the little matter of the blood. They need  it.

So, run, if you can. Or solve the mystery of the family and the estate, before it's too late.

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The  Upper Level has kitchens, a formal dining room, 6 guest quarters,  baths, a main foyer, grand hallway, grand ballroom, library and the  host's quarters, along with the expansive grounds of the gated property.

The  Lower Level has a guard barracks, captain's quarters, servants  barracks, head servant's quarters, armory, mage quarters, food prep and  storage in the "accessible" wing, and in a secret part of the lower  level, the host's private experimentation room, prisoner cells, a blood  collection chamber and the grand ceremonial chamber where the summoning  shall take place, once all of the blood has been collected.

Best of luck to the party! ;)

Tier Rewards will be going out shortly, and I hope you enjoy!

Best,

Jeff @ Morvold

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Alessandro Masi

What are the dimensions of this map?

Alessandro Masi

I used this map last night for my Halloween one-shot: a decadent secret society hosted a party for the city's rich young elite. In attendance were three mismatched characters who became fast friends (i.e. the PCs): a young reporter, a socialite acting as arm candy to a noblewoman, and a celebrity fortune-teller. The hosts then suggested a game of hide-and-seek, opening up the mansion for participants to hide anywhere they wanted, with a substantial prize for the last person remaining unfound. But when the game began, that which was seeking them out were bloodthirsty undead. The map worked great, especially with the dynamic lighting. The party lost each other several times and some of the players moved their tokens too far into the dark on their turns, and the others didn't know where they went. I set up random creepy encounters (not combat encounters, more like "in this room there you touch something you soon realize is a body," or "the door slams shut behind you," or "you startle one of the house cats, who meows and hisses at you... and you know that will likely draw attention," etc. Anyway, thanks for this map, it was exactly what I needed. And if I could possibly persuade you one day to revisit this map and modify it to add one or two more floors to this mansion, I would be so, so grateful. The basement is already very nice, but adding floors on top (maybe even an attic or something) would be really cool.

morvoldpress

I love that so much! I'm glad it worked out for your session and that the players enjoyed it! I would be interested in anything that you felt worked really well or didn't work the way you had hoped.

morvoldpress

Regarding the additional floors - what would imagine them holding? One of the harder parts of laying out spaces is deciding what the purposes of the rooms should or could be. I have some ideas for an expanded setting, but let me know if there were types of rooms you would envision being on that 2nd or 3rd floors!

Alessandro Masi

I'm biased because I'm thinking about the purpose this building serves in my setting (victorian-steampunk-horror): it's an estate currently being used by an occult society of psychics, which has been secretly taken over by vampires. So since this building was once a private estate but is now used as a social club, it's purpose is to be very inviting to club members (who are occult magic practitioners) and the upper-class guests they want to impress. They want people to feel at home and well taken care of so that they let their guard down so that the undead can feed upon them. So some ideas I had for possible rooms include (and are not limited to a single floor, btw): • Several very large, luxurious bedrooms and bathrooms -- not for everyday use, but exclusive parties / orgies • A bar and smoking room • A game room • A balcony to overlook the outside of the property • A workout room and sauna • A separate living section for service staff • A library with fancy items in glass displays, globes, etc. • A laboratory for psychic magic practice and item crafting • A panic room / spy room that connects to secret passageways throughout • A storage area where the staff keeps seasonal necessities.