Chess Set 3D model
Chess Set from the Poly Haven Props pack in TerrainTale's library. Scatter it to dress a scene or give the fight cover; it stands on whatever is under it.
- Folder
- Props and clutter
- Pack
- Poly Haven Props
- Author
- Poly Haven
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
- Size
- 2 ft by 2 ft, 6 in tall (covers about 1 by 1 squares)
- Format
- GLB (binary glTF 2.0)
- File size
- 356 KB
About this model
A chessboard with black and white squares and a full set of black and white pieces standing in their starting positions. The board is about 2 ft square and half a foot tall with the pieces in place.
Put it on a table in a tavern, a wizard's study, a noble's parlour or a soldiers' barracks. It is pure dressing in combat but a strong story prop: a game in progress, a living chess puzzle, a wager with a devil. It also gives players something to discuss with an NPC who would rather not talk about the real issue.
Ideas for the table
- A devil offers to return a stolen soul if the paladin can beat it at chess.
- The positions on the abandoned board show the final move of a famous match, and that move opens the vault.
- Two old soldiers in the barracks refuse to talk until the party helps finish their game.
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