ARV Contest Thread

[Flash_19]

Thanks for the submission @All Your Pie !

[Sir Heroscape]

Looks great! That makes our 10th submission! Let's see if we can get any other last minute ones.

[superfrog]

I have 2 I'm planning to enter!

[Ulysses]

Originally Posted by superfrog

I have 2 I'm planning to enter!

More maps! More maps!

[wumpis]

Thorgrim's Dalr
Sets: RotV, TT


Bio: The Tale of Thorgrim’s Dalr

Spoiler Alert!

The spartan scrolls tell of the most famous battles, of the most famous victories and
defeats, and the greatest empires. There have been very few made and are believed to be
made by the gods to show true heroics. Although they are all very prized and famous, one rules
over the rest as the greatest of them all. It tells the story of Thorgrim's Dalr.
Once, centuries ago there was a tribe of vikings, they had sent out a group of explorers
to explore the surrounding areas of their land and bring back anything valuable. The expedition
was to continue until the setting of the seventh sun. For the first few days the expedition was a
waste of food and time, however on the fourth day they made a great discovery. Two men
named Thorgrim and Finn were leading the pack, with four other men to back them up, and as
they were just setting up camp they noticed how much easier it was than the other nights, in fact
too easy. They had been lucky all day so far and it didn’t seem right. It seemed as if something
was helping them along. So they sent their men out to find anything they could, and lo and
behold an hour later the men came back saying they had found two shrines, the men said as
they got closer to the shrines they could feel more powerful. So the next day they finished their
expedition early and reported their findings to the chief. The chief decided to send more men out
to investigate. And before long the entire town had gone, and were telling the stories of their
unusual luck. It had only been a few months now but the people of the tribe were so anxious to
go back they decided to expand their borders to the land. A few years later they had managed
to build a humble empire on the land and were growing quickly. They named it Thorgrim’s Dalr
after one of its founders. However over time rumors of Thorgrim's Dalr began to spread to other
civilizations, and they became jealous. Before too long wars were being waged over the land.
However with their power the Vikings were unstoppable, slaughtering anyone daring to test
them and their power. One day after the vikings had pillaged yet another city, they found a
treasure, an ark. On the side the ark had an engraving that read, Wannok. Assuming it must be
some great artifact or relic, the vikings took it back to Thorgrim’s Dalr and placed it on an island
in the middle of a pond which they believed to be sacred. They were to open it in two moons. So
in two days the tribe gathered for the opening. However when the chief opened it he seemed to
become entranced. And as he turned towards the rest of the tribe, he raised his hands and
lightning began to strike people of the tribe. He began using the power to destroy the empire
and cause chaos, it seemed if anyone tested him he would strike them. However suddenly,
unexpectedly, he was struck by his own bolt, and fell to the ground lifeless. For a second the
people looked around, looking perplexed, but they quickly rushed the ark attacking anyone in
their path, all wanting the power it possessed. Before too long the civilization broke into a civil
war and was finally reduced to ruins.
Over time it was forgotten about. However one day an explorer came across the ruins,
and seeing the riches rushed back to his civilization and told everyone of his discovery. Some
recognized his discovery as Thorgrim’s Dalr and rumors began to spread about it’s past. Those
rumors spread to other civilizations and before too long it seemed everyone knew about it.
However two great cities decided that it was theirs, so they each hired an army of mercenaries
to gather the riches for them. What they didn’t realize is that they would meet at the grounds,
and would have to fight each other for it.

[Sir Heroscape]

Thanks for the submission @wumpis . Would you be able to send me pictures of each level of the map? I can whip it up real quick in Virtualscape and then repost it here...cause we’ll need build instructions available to review.

[Flash_19]

Thanks for getting involved @wumpis ! We appreciate the submission!

[wumpis]

Sir Heroscape these are the steps for my map...

Spoiler Alert!

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[Sir Heroscape]

Updated Wumpis' submission post

[wumpis]

Thanks a lot for the help Sir Heroscape

[wumpis]

I was also wondering how to access virtualscape because there is a glyph I would like to add to the far side of the map.

[NecroBlade]

Since I didn't have any more time to work on the map, let alone try to come up with a second, I'll just turn this previous post into my submission:



-Marching through the countryside-
Drake: "This reminds me of something back home."
Raelin: "How interesting. Where was it?"
Drake: "Trying to remember it from stories. Never been there myself. Therm... thermo... thermopo..."
Raelin: "Look Drake, goats!"
Drake: "They're, uh, they're flocking this way..."
-Grimnak crashes along behind them roaring-

Third version of Goat Path. Maintained the aesthetically pleasing all-dungeon center of v2, but eliminated choke points and rearranged cover. All shadows are now adjacent to obstacles (save the pool and the one in the pivot point) and all height except 3 spaces can be attacked from shadow, and 7 spaces (including 2 of those 3) can be reached via road.