Subway Cars

[Publius]

Not that the attached is remarkable in any way for its complexity, but a good gritty street type adventure will sometimes require folks getting into, out of, on top of and through subway cars. To wit:

[Trebuchet]

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Very nice, John!

 

Where'd you get the physical data for the dimensions?

 

It also occurs to me that a similar drawing of a mass transit bus might be useful. I'm sure there are gamers who have never been on one.

[Publius]

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Where'd you get the physical data for the dimensions?

The subway car I used here is basically a Kawasaki R143 (New York subway car) with a few modifications for clarity and such. The Engine Car is an "A Car" and the Passenger Car is a "B-Car".

 

As with all of my drawings of this type btw, the blue indicates furniture and other "ground fixtures", I try to reserve black for solid floor to ceiling type objects, the car itself and the poles for example ('floor to ceiling' is also mighty subjective on a subway car). Green indicates a elevation change (none on this drawing, but we are talking "in general" here).

 

Yes, a bus would be a good idea. They are used in hostage situations and that sort of thing, so they are something that the intrepid character might run into.

[BobGreenwade]

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Suggestion: do a bunch more stuff like this, and submit it to Digital Hero. GMs are always on the lookout for more maps....

[Lil' Tweaker]

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Awsome. This is something I can use! Thanks!

[Publius]

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Suggestion: do a bunch more stuff like this' date=' and submit it to Digital Hero. GMs are always on the lookout for more maps.... [/quote']If there are any specific needs, let me know, I would love to submit something. I loved the base from the last DH, truly beautiful work. My style is totally different, more spartan by far which has advantages and disadvantages.

 

Actually, I have a bunch more stuff like this that I have collected as the Indalo Map Sampler, a book I am distributing on a small scale at some of the local cons and a FLGS where one of my players works. It contains maps of things like Greek Temples, nightclubs and warehouses (like I say, it is a sampler). I've been thinking about putting the Sampler onto one of those websites like Drivethru and charging something realtively low just to see it get out there.

[MrZombie]

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We want more! We want more! Uh.....pretty please?

 

Very nice work.

[Basil]

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Excellent work, and quite useful.

 

As others have said, some more of your maps and diagrams would be very, very appreciated.

[Publius]

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We want more! We want more! Uh.....pretty please?

 

Very nice work.

 

Excellent work, and quite useful.

 

As others have said, some more of your maps and diagrams would be very, very appreciated.

 

Just in case you aren't cruising by those boards, I have posted my Zepplin living area plans in the Pulp area. Who knows what will strike my fancy next? (I actually have a train half done that I have wandered away from)

[Basil]

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Just in case you aren't cruising by those boards' date=' I have posted my Zepplin living area plans in the Pulp area. Who knows what will strike my fancy next? (I actually have a train half done that I have wandered away from)[/quote']

 

I have indeed copied the Zeppelin plans, and I thank you for them.

 

If you have other things you might post, let me recommend you set up a thread specifically for them. That way, we your fans would not have to prowl through the boards looking for the latest goody.

[Super Squirrel]

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Didn't Keith Curtis do a similar map at one point in time?

[Publius]

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Didn't Keith Curtis do a similar map at one point in time?

Wouldn't know. I have several HERO projects which he has done some work for, but I don't know if I have seen anything like this. Didn;t really think about it too hard either. Not that it is altogether difficult plan to do mind you, as it is basically a box with seats. I used a common New York subway car as my basis for verisimilitude.

 

I guess I just put it up because I thought it might be helpful to have something like this for GMs: a simple, easy to use map for a quickie-hostage adventure or that sort of thing. I used it in my Shadowrun Adventure last week as an elevated train in 2064 Detroit (a properly funded People Mover in essence, which right now is a kind of mini-me version of an El-train :cough: pork:cough: that doesn't really do much for general mass transit).