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Ancora Bay 05 - Corian Headquarters
🕑 Added 2021-11-19 15:28:19 +0000 UTCThe stronger the stronghold, the bolder the infiltration
Welcome to part FIVE of Ancora Bay. As of this post, Ancora Bay is now the largest borough we've released, and we've still got three more releases after this one. The centerpiece of Ancora Bay 05 is—as the title suggests—the massive Corian Headquarters, a citadel that the occupiers will use to weather any siege on Ancora Bay. Bureaucracy and strange magic are balanced in equal measure, and any attempt to infiltrate the base will be a logistical challenge.
The Borough Guide
This guide is extra beefy, clocking in at 14 (!) pages. The majority of the document is dedicate to a room-by-room dungeon crawl of the HQ. We've got an incredible blueprint of the building that you can use to direct play. Learn about the zombified leader of the Ancora Bay forces, the telekinetic post-elven Urchin, and the various strange defenses throughout the base. This guide presents you with everything you need to plan elaborate heists, assassinations, or reconnaissance missions for your players.
Maps
Map 5 slots in just south of map 1. The map is dedicated to the colossal citadel, but it also features a training course (that your players are definitely going to want to test out), the fallen bell of the previously Markitan-owned fortress, and the first views of the jungle behind to the south of the city. For the hilltop sections of town, we've got an awesome carnival variant for when the city is in full reveling mode: complete with parade floats, confetti, and dyes that will definitely stain your adventurers' shirts.
Music
Our track this week is "Forfeited Citadel," moody music for methodical dungeon crawls through the enemy fortress. Big bold brass and thudding drums reinforce the militaristic nature of this music, but tropical percussion also identifies this as distinctly island-flavored dungeon music. If your party is going for a full stealth approach, the accompanying ambient version for Chief Couriers will perfectly score the slinking creeping approach.
PS if you want waaaay more pirate or dungeon music, consider checking out Will's Spotify playlists! DnD Pirates and DnD Dungeon will be great additions for any Ancora Bay fortress assaults.
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Get this week's files below!
Delivery Kid
Ancora Bay 05 - Corian Headquarters - Delivery Kid Rewards
General Messenger
Ancora Bay 05 - Corian Headquarters - General Messenger Rewards
Chief Courier
Ancora Bay 05 - Corian Headquarters - Chief Courier Rewards
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The whole of Ancora Bay so far:
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Comments
Borough Bound
Hey Seth! Yes, the borough guide for Ancora Bay 05 (i.e. the pdf in the zip file) gives a room-by-room explanation of every part of the Corian HQ. 1A is the courtyard, 1B is the front office, etc. As for a proper interior map, unfortunately no. That blueprint is all that we have. We released this map before hiring Matt to tackle our interior maps.
Seth Franklin
Is there an explanation of the areas 1A to 5a that appear on the Corian HQ graphic? or an interior map?
Borough Bound
Absolutely! We'll release one of those "Definitive Edition" posts soon after we release Ancora Bay 08. It will include the massive stitched together map of the whole city.
Olaf Gradin
Will there be a compiled map showing all regions stitched together, at least in a lower resolution? I love the overview maps.
