Can you have indoor areas above elevated terrain. The reason why I'm asking is because of this map I'm working on. I didn't think it was an issue to have these small rooms above the houses.

To me it seems cut and dry, but someone else said that others will be confused by it.

here's what I'm talking about.


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the rooms on the elevated terrain represent the smaller rooms on the rooftop, like in this pic:

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i don't find this confusing at all. seems pretty simple actually.

I like that map. A lot. I don't find it confusing in the least.

Indeed. It reminds me of a video game I used to love (Timesplitters).

Thanks for your help, now for my next newb question, and please bare with me, as I really want to get the best maps out that I can

Can stairs only take up one square? This map has staircases that re 2 squares. Its an easy fix to one square, but I would prefer them to be 2 squares.



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Off the top of my head, the only modern map I can think of with long stairs is the Super Nova Deep Space map. May of the older maps had long stairways, but the modern ones tend to be a single square.


But, yes, stairs can indeed be longer than a single square.

Just make sure you mark the terrain correctly. The top square of the stairs should be elevated, marked within the red outline around the whole building. And don't forget the yellow outline inside the rooms to indicate they're indoor terrain.

(If you want the squares that are currently stairways to be non-elevated, technically the stairs should extend at least partway into the third square on the roof.)

The LoSH map has some, too.

yellow line? this is a new one.

You can see it on the Armor Wars Lab map, the Junkyard map, and both sides of the Castle/Carnival con exclusive map for examples.

From page 11 of the rules:

Squares inside a yellow boundary line are interior spaces on an indoor/outdoor map (see Indoor/Outdoor Maps, p. 14).

You forget how many posts of "Can't I Outwit a figure using Stealth when I am adjacent?" we see.

No one can make rules more complicated than 'Realms members.

(Yes, you should be right).