If you play pen and paper role-play games you will likely encounter otherworldly challenges. Whether you find yourself fighting unspeakable horrors, trapped in cold, dark rooms filled with deadly puzzles, or exploring vast stretches of untamed wilderness, seldom do these adventures prepare you for the bone rattling thrill of property development in a medieval fantasy setting.
Playing the latest Dungeons and Dragons publication, Waterdeep Dragon Heist, presents the player characters with a lovely establishment known as Trollskull Manor. The building is mapped by DysonLogos, who creates maps in the classic pen and ink style. A style I find very endearing.
After first seeing the map of the tavern/homestead, something caught my attention. The first two floors lacked toilets. I can suspend my disbelief for a world where an enormous floating eyeball with the ability to disintegrate anyone who looks at their pet fish in an disrespectful fashion and still finds the time to maintain a prosperous multinational organisation (which is actually in this adventure), but not for one moment can I imagine that a drunken patron in a pub would walk up two flights of stairs (having to go outside first I might add) to relieve themselves and be content enough with the situation to return.
Thankfully, remodelling exists and to make the process easier I recreated the map digitally. While I don't find the style as evocative as the hand drawn original, it sure is easier to work with. Time to squeeze in a privy or two.