The Ice Thing
Added 2015-12-09 01:14:35 +0000 UTCAfter much consideration, I'm on Patreon. I didn't plan to do this, but here I am.
It all started with a post-it note and a weekly meeting at the office. I had a pad of post-it notes and an ink pen and I was waiting for the meeting to start. Suddenly I got on idea to draw a map. That was the first actual RPG, or dungeon map, in years if you don't count quick doodles while GMing. I decided to draw a map every day for the whole November and playfully named this challenge as #mapvember. By the end of November there was a few others doing their #mapvember maps and I got really encouraging feedback from my maps. But, most importantly, it felt good to draw maps. So, I decided to keep on drawing maps. Then a few people asked if I had Patreon or if they could buy high-resolution maps somewhere. Then I started to seriously consider Patreon and after a few days I made my decision to give it a try.
"Ice thing"
The inspiration for this map I got from the movie The Thing (kinda obvious, I guess :) ), but it was actually meant for a science fantasy RPG I play with my kids.
The map was based on following events in our adventure:
- A recognized archeologist has found a strange creature buried in ice. They have taken the frozen creature into a shed and the rest of the expedition is celebrating the discovery in the cabin.
- The celebrations are interrupted as someone barges into the cabin and shouts that the creature is gone.
- Soon they notice that there is a hole melted or buried in the ice that goes even deeper from the excavation site.
- Time to explore where the icy tunnel leads...
- The creature manages to start the engines of the ship, and even if it's defeated, the ship will take of with the PCs on board. Where the ship's auto-pilot will take them remains still to be seen.
You can download different map versions from Dropbox by using the link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/89gopv79mu5fae7/AACdqPhP1CPTeoX_9365YGvDa?dl=0
