The Mouth of Spring
Added 2019-02-17 00:23:14 +0000 UTCIn every town, village, and hamlet are women who have seen beyond fear, strong enough to push back winter and bring new life to the lands. Their power comes from beneath an old, stone shrine, half-forgotten by the people of today. What secrets are known to those who dare pass through the mouth of spring?
Click through to the blog post for the liner notes and the full-res caverns map image, or go straight to the PDF.
After looking back on how my style has changed, I was pretty pleased with the map for this one. As you may know, I do maps both traditionally (pen & ink) and digitally (Photoshop)—the latter are typically more detailed. This one, however, really showed me there's been a material improvement over the five years I've been doing this.
Anyways, enjoy this adventure, however you use it. Also, if you know a woman whose strength and courage inspires you, consider letting her know!
Comments
Great questions, Andrea. Ulthis is 'they', yes—that's deliberate. Secondly, it's not a basket, it's a sleeve (like a short section of pipe). It is open at the top and the bottom.
Michael Prescott
2019-02-17 12:57:19 +0000 UTCI noticed some missing "." at the end of lot of paragraphs, in both the pages. Also, in the last part, Ulthis is referred with "They" instead of "He"; is this intended? Finally, I'm curious about the mechanics of the map. Ie. If you lower the big "metal basket" you stop the water from entering into the cavern, right? But in the meantime there are no other access. So, let's say a party want to go down, how they have to do? 1) into the shrine while the water is flowing down (this way they'll face an underwater dungeon, am I correct?) 2) they block the flow. Then, they have to wait (how can they know how much time to wait? Asking to the Keepers, probably) about 8 hours before to enter the caverns. Then, they need to raise the basket, enter the caverns, and ask the keepers to lower the basket again. So they'll roam freely inside. Am I missing something? - Thanks for the map and the adventure bits, as always.
Andrea Parducci
2019-02-17 09:48:03 +0000 UTC
