Trollskull Manor (v3 Repairs) - Waterdeep Dragon Heist (All Tiers) (Patreon)

Trollskull Manor has been revisited a couple of times over the years, but this is by far the most ridiculous version yet.

This time, I wanted the map to actually follow the manor through its restoration - from the ruined building the party inherits, through the various stages of construction, right through to the finished tavern.

That meant building out 5 different phases of the restoration, across 6 floors, while still supporting all 4 seasons, and day and night variants.

The result?

2,316 files.

That isn't a typo.

There are 292 unique map states in this release, covering the different stages of construction, individual trades and work overlays, repaired variants, seasons, day/night, and individual floors. From there, those become the usual grid/no-grid, JPG, WEBP, DD2VTT, print, and transparent Levels-ready exports.

For some perspective, a normal Tych Maps release might end up somewhere around 40-80 files.

Trollskull Manor apparently needed nearly 30x that.

Rebuilding Trollskull Manor

The big addition in this revision is the full repair sequence.

Rather than jumping straight from "abandoned manor" to "finished tavern," you can now actually show the building changing as the party pours their hard-earned gold into it. Floors are repaired, walls are patched, windows replaced, scaffolding and supplies appear, and the manor gradually starts looking like somewhere you might actually want to order a drink.

It gives you a way to visually track that part of the campaign instead of having the renovation happen entirely off-screen.

And because Waterdeep apparently experiences weather, all of this still works through spring, summer, autumn and winter, with both day and night versions.

A Third Visit to Trollskull Alley

This isn't the first time I've mapped Trollskull Manor, or even the first time I've revisited it.

It's one of those locations that has stuck around with Tych Maps for a long time, and every time I've come back to it I've found another way I wanted to improve it.

This revision feels like the culmination of that. The original idea is still here, but the manor can now actually evolve alongside the party as Trollskull Alley becomes their home.

So, uh...

I think Trollskull Manor is pretty thoroughly covered now.

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