Monday, January 4, 2021

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: "Slum Quarter" [RPG]

 I've used the Slum Quarter flip-mat several times while running Curse of the Crimson Throne, especially for any scenes set in Old Korvosa.  Each side of the flip-mat depicts a collection of small homes from a top-down view, with interiors available for all but a few at the edges of the map.  The interiors are fairly detailed, and you can make out beds, tables, trunks, etc.  The difference between the two sides is that one is set near a gated city wall, while the other is bisected by a river.  Although the flip-mat is certainly


useful, when I look at it I don't see a lot that jumps out as being particularly "slumlike" compared to any generic pseudo-medieval fantasy city.  All the buildings have nice straight intact walls, there aren't piles of garbage or open sewers in the streets, the interiors look reasonably well-appointed, and so forth.  More abandoned buildings, more crude shacks and hovels, more chaos, etc., would better fit the flip-mat's theme.

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