Wacky Hommlet

[Basically a placeholder]

I'm slowly working on a proposal to revamp Hommlet's interior maps, in what would ultimately be sort of a minor way, in order to make them more closely resemble the buildings they are supposed to represent on the outside. For example, Rannos and Gremag's store appears rather large from the outside, but is magically rather small on the inside. Others are oriented incorrectly - you go in facing east but face north when you get inside, etc.

Fixing this sort of discrepancy would be fairly easy and not hokey like it might sound, as it would just be a matter of switching a few maps and flipping a few others.

I will set forth my case for each map in Hommlet here in the coming days, just to be thorough and transparent.

 

Well the only other candidates are in Nulb, and they are a bit different there in that the outdoor renditions of the buildings are a bit caracitured (really tall and narrow, presumably for effect), so there's probably not much point. I'm trying to more or less standardize the Verbobonc buildings and interiors.

 

I suppose that's true. Still, it would have to be an odd L-shaped room, based on the size and shape of the exterior.

The idea is just to make things aesthetically pleasing and consistent regardless. Personally I dislike it when you walk into a building and immediately think "this isn't right," though I'm sure different people notice and care about such things to different degrees.

(Another good example is the town elder's place - comparatively large exterior against a rather small interior.)

 

Okay, here's the guide we shall use for this project.



Status:

North of the river

1. Church | no change
2. Black Jay | no change
3. Cabinet Maker | switched
4. Brewhouse | no change
5. Potter | switched
6. Jeweler | no change
7. Traders | switched
8. Traders' barn | no change
9. Teamster | no change
10. Cowherd | flipped
11. Mill | no change
12. Fruella | no change

South of the river

13. Woodcutter | no change
14. Militia Captain | flipped
15. Farmer | no change
16. Meleny | flipped
17. Inn | no change
18. Hall | no change
19. Tailor | no change
20. Farmer | no change
21. Weaver | switched
22. Blackmsith | switched
23. Leatherworker | no change
24. Widow | no change
25. Grove | no change
26. Herdsman's barn | no change
27. Herdsman | no change
28. Wainwright | no change
29. Town Defense | switched
30. Carpenter | no change
31. Stonemason | no change
32. Castle | no change

 

See the above list for what's changing and what's not. For specifics, see below. These images are exactly to scale.

3. Cabinet maker

Original - magically larger inside than it is outside.



New - switched in the blacksmith's shop.



5. Potter

Original - WAY larger inside than out.



New - switched in the Traders' store and flipped. We could shave off the anterior room if necessary.

 

7. Traders

Original - tiny interior and rotated too far counter-clockwise.



New - switched in the town elder's map.



10. Cowherd

Original - wacky orientation ... we go in facing right and arrive facing left. _O:



New - original flipped.

 

14. Militia Captain

Original - orientation issues.



New - original flipped.



16. Meleny

Original - orientation issues.



New - original flipped.

 

21. Weaver

Original - big shop is big.



New - switched in potter's shop.



22. Blacksmith

Original - little shop is little.



New - switched in cabinet maker's shop and flipped.

 

29. Town Defense

Original - another case of the magically shrinking interior.



New - switched in the weaver's map and flipped. There should maybe be something added for that rear section too. Maybe we could add the part we take off the potter's new map from Rannos and Gremag.



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That's it! The village of Hommlet ... slightly less wacky.

 

Yeah we could, or maybe expand the interior. I don't want to get too carried away with those details (time sink), but in more noticeable cases we could make exceptions.

I'm thinking now also that maybe the leatherworker should stay unchanged (elongated room, not square-ish), and that the weaver should get the potter map (square-ish room).

btw, certain identifiable features of each map (pottery, weaving stuff, etc.) can also be applied to the stand-in maps and removed from new maps if necessary. (e.g., town elder should probably not have weaving equipment at his place.)

The primary attractive feature of wholesale substitutions btw is that sectoring and clipping would go straight in with the switches.