The Griffin Trading warehouse is where we find our party this week and while I make no effort to conceal my dislike of battle maps that are under a roof or in a city this week is… no different! This week I have a few things to help us get an idea of what the environment and area could be like when we run this encounter in the theatre of the mind.
So grab a coffee, some snacks as we look at a cinematic turn of events in tonight’s environment and theatre setup!
Griffin Trading Warehouse
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The warehouse was large going back easily 60 feet wide and much deeper with several rows of shelves, rooms tables and crates. Stairs led up the left hand side of the wide room to a balcony that overlooked the floor space where a room had been built with a large double door that was securely locked shut. Under the balcony more rooms had been built out of the same cheap looking wood with a single wide door that lay open, invitingly so with chests visible from the floor outside of the rooms.
The sound of guards could be heard from the deeper recesses behind the walls of goods, crates and few barrels that were stacked high on shelves. While the guards moved about several workers in the warehouse were moving goods from shelves to crates and barrels as the sound or horses could be heard from outside – a large order was being made ready.
Two windows could be seen on the roof looking at the dark night sky that was speckled with stars which was the only way in or out other than the large double doors behind them. Despite the volume of merchandise that occupied this room there were several tables that had weapons, maps, notes and other gear that would be associated more with mercenary work than the sale of goods.
The immediate space that the party found themselves in a small clearing of about twenty feet wide by thirty feet deep where two wagons lay side by side filled with sacks, crates and loose goods that look like they were already ready for immediate delivery.
Game Mechanics – Daggerheart.
Taking a leap into this a bit further into the rules of Daggerheart this week I wanted to spend some time building up some additional Enviroments that can be used. While not all Encounters will be confrontational I find that these rules give a basis and some guidelines to help put guiderails around what we can expect from a non-combat encounter.
While this one, and the others I have planned, can lead to combat it doesn’t mean that we have to start there and several party members I have had over the years have attempted to ‘win an encounter’ with something that is left field or non-combative which having Environments can assist in.

The above Environment Stat blocks were created by me. Rules were adapted and inspired by adversaries and environments from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0 and any likeness is the copyright of DRP, Darrington Press, who are the creators of the material (Environment Stat Blocks). This content was modified/created is licensed under the DRP Community Gaming License which can be found here: Darrington Press CGL.
Thanks for joining for another map night this week. Don’t forget that we have a few more nights left this week so make sure to come back each day to see what I add to this adventure. And lastly, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe
