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Underdark Fork, Expert

Hello again everyone, this map is the Underdark Fork (30x40), a more cavernous Underdark map than last week's! I wanted this next map to feel like it's part of a more gigantic cavern, lit up by the glow of these large, glowing mushrooms. I think I like that vibe, so I'll make a few more like it. 

Your alternate versions of this map are Rotten and Ghostly- Rotten is nice because it fi...

Underdark Crossing

I'm back this week with the Underdark  Crossing (30x40), a very rare Underdark map! As I mentioned last week, I was feeling like it was about time to move on from all the Haunted Forest maps and try something new, and while I was looking around the internet for inspiration I realized that there really aren't that many Underdark maps and fewer that stood out to me. So I was thinking I would...

Underdark Crossing, Adept

I'm back! This one is the Underdark Crossing (30x40), a very precarious transition from a mushroom-filled cavern to a path lined with glowing blue crystals. I don't usually like to make maps with such specific biomes, but I feel like these are common enough Underdark environments that it shouldn't be too hard to fit this into your average treks below.

And also, your alternate variant here...

Underdark Crossing, Expert

Hiya Experts/Masters! This week's map is the Underdark Crossing (30x40), an exquisitely dangerous bridge between an underground mushroom forest and a cavern filled with large, pointy, glowing crystals. It's strange, but I'd be almost more careful around the big magic crystals than the big glowing mushrooms- who knows what those things will do if you touch one?

Your alternate versions of t...

Druidic Ruins

Alright everyone, I'm back again with a fun one, the Druidic Ruins (40x40), inspired by the Ayleid Ruins in Oblivion. On top of that, I thought it would be pretty ominous if the ruins were built around some big evil-looking trees, perhaps leading into some sort of druid circle who have taken up residence in this forest. Not a particularly nice forest for druids, I would think, but different str...

Druidic Ruins, Adept

Hello folks, this map is the Druidic Ruins (40x40), a neat circular ruin inspired by the Ayleid ruins in Oblivion plus a few big dead trees to build on the witchy vibes. 

Your extra variant for this map is one I'm calling 'Golden' though really it's just inspired by Elden Ring, with a similar color palette and glowing golden trees. I've been replaying Elden Ring recently so this felt...

Druidic Ruins, Expert

Hello there Experts/Masters! This week's map is the Druidic Ruins (40x40), a lovely little circular ruin built around some foreboding trees, disconcertingly located directly in the middle of a stream. I've got a bad feeling that these ruins might be doing something to the water, something spooky probably.

Your extra variants for this map are Blighted and Ethereal! If you'll glance at the ...

Abandoned Campsite

I return again with another map, the Abandoned Campsite (30x30), a ragged ring of tents with signs of a struggle and no signs of life. I don't know what happened to those who were staying here, but perhaps your players can get to the bottom of this mystery (I bet it was a wolfman). Alternately, maybe the zombified remnants or spirits of the inhabitants are still here, providing your party with ...

Abandoned Campsite, Adept

This week's map is the Abandoned Campsite (30x30), featuring some interesting and diverse terrain with a fun focus- a camp that has seen better days. I tried not to make the cause of the camp's decline too obvious, leaving a handful of potential clues for you to work with or use as red herrings if they happen to mesh with your encounter. 

Also, for your alternate variant I've returne...

Abandoned Campsite, Expert

I return with a new map, the Abandoned Campsite (30x30)! This bad boy has all the features, trees, grass, rocks, you name it, plus a ratty old camp- the story practically writes itself. But seriously, an abandoned camp in the forest is a great way to stretch any travel and maybe even slip in a bit of extra lore for the area. An old diary in one of the tents, rusted weapons left behind with sign...

Serpentine Tunnels

I'm back! This map is the Serpentine Tunnel (25x40), a simple cave with some cramped and winding corridors. This isn't anything flashy, obviously, but I've been wanting to make my cave maps feel more.. cave-y, recently, so I wanted to give it a go now that I've been trying to draw the walls in a more natural way. Lookin' good, I think!

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Serpentine Tunnels, Adept

I'm back! This map is the Serpentine Tunnels (25x40), a basic cave map with tight corners, winding corridors, and a handful of slightly larger chambers for slightly less cramped combats. Nice!

1. I was a bit short on time with this map, so I felt that I could whip up a basic cave map with the tim...

Serpentine Tunnels, Expert

New map Monday! This one is the Serpentine Tunnel (25x40), it's a plain ol' cave with all of those cave classics you all love to love- tunnels, small caverns, twists, and turns, it's got the works! Honestly, what else could you want? With this base-level cave you can pretend there's practically anything inside, a bandit camp, plants, crystals, knee-deep water, and because I didn't draw any of t...

Skylight Cave

Hello folks! This is the Skylight Cave (30x40), an interesting map in that there is no ground entrance or exit to this map- the only way in or out (that I provided at least, go ahead and let your players teleport/cave dive into here) is through the roof of the cave.  I improvised a map like this a few years ago in one of my adventures as a quick way to stretch out a journey through a fores...

Skylight Cave, Adept

I'm back again, but just barely- it's been an exhausting month. This map is the Skylight Cave (30x40), a strange little cave map in that the only entrance is through the roof. This sort of thing is a tricky little puzzle for low level parties who've fallen in, especially if you're DMing for players who haven't played before this scenario will often make for unhinged solutions. 

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Skylight Cave, Expert

This week's map is the Skylight Cave (30x40), which is the actual name for a cave that has its opening in the roof according to ChapGPT (it isn't, but it's a fun name nonetheless). 

Your extra alternate versions of this map are Enchanted and Misty! I felt that Enchanted would look cool with the mushrooms, which would pop nicely when the saturation is boosted and given glowy effects. ...

Haunted Channel

Hello everyone, this map is the Haunted Channel (40x40), a nice and simple map with straightforward terrain. I hope you enjoy it!

I have a stomach bug at the moment, so I'm going to keep this brief before I leap back into bed- I'm so thankful for all my patrons who have stuck with me for another year as well as all my new patrons. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting me a...

Haunted Channel, Adept

Hello again, this week's map is the Haunted Channel (40x40), a nice and simple map that should be plenty versatile for treks through the woods. 

Anyway, I have a stomach bug so I'm writing this during a brief moment of lucidity- how about I make this quick so I can go lay down. Kindly forgive any weird typos and run-on sentences.

2023-12-30 17:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Haunted Channel, Expert

Hello hello, Experts/Masters! This week's map is the Haunted Channel (40x40), a spooky.. stream. Perfect for fighting fishmen and getting your feet wet. 

Your alternate versions of this map are Eerie and Subdued! The Eerie version feels especially appropriate for fighting things that emerge from the deep, this palette is eldritch-horror inspired. And Subdued felt right for the other ...

Haunted Portal

Hi folks, and happy holidays! This week's festive map is the Haunted Portal (40x45), another Halloween map. Enter this ghostly portal and go straight to the plane of endless spectral torment! In a sorta backwards, Saw-like way, this hellish portal and the twisted abominations who ceaselessly discharge from it will make you appreciate the finer, less horrifying things in life.

Happy holida...

Haunted Portal, Adept

This is the Haunted Portal (40x45), a pleasantly festive map for this holiday season! Maybe this portal goes directly to the elemental plane of misfit toys? Or the Santa's workshop dimension? Or just Hell, probably. 

Anyway, you're getting a bonus variant for this one! One has a new flavor of portal- blinding, scorching light, and the other depicts the portal in a less active state. ...

Haunted Portal, Expert

Experts! Your map is the Haunted Portal (40x45), a concerningly lightning-y portal in that Haunted forest we all love. Most likely you'll have a regular menagerie of absolutely awful critters emerging from here, but also expect that at least one player will be foolish enough to try to enter as well, so be prepared for that.

Your alternate versions here are Evil and Overload. The Evil port...

Devastated Forest Border

Hello again! This week's map is the Devastated Forest Border (35x35), perhaps not my best named map but I had nothing better that I haven't used before. This bad boy features a regular stretch of Haunted forest leading up to a barren area with only rocks and dead trees. I feel this can be an interesting lead-in to lots of fun encounters/adventures, particularly if your players are hunting down ...

Devastated Forest Border, Adept

This week's map is the Devastated Forest Border (35x35), another map featuring a border to a haunted forest. I tried to leave this one a little vague, leaving the cause of the devastation up to you to interpret and integrate into your campaign. However, I figured I'd give you a little bit of help with your alternate version and used lighting to imply a raging fire off-screen. Or, maybe somethin...

Devastated Forest Border, Expert

Experts, Masters, welcome! This week's map is the Devastated Forest Border (35x35), a particularly grim edge of the Haunted Forest with signs of utter destruction, hopefully destruction long past but you know there are plenty of lingering effects/monsters left behind from whatever caused this.

Your alternate versions of this map are Radiated and Subdued! The Radiated one features a sickly...

Rocky River Ruins

I return again with another Haunted map, the Rocky River Ruins (35x40)! I had a bit of fun with this one, drawing up some interesting little ruins and whipping up all kinds of big, jagged boulders for your players to crawl over. Honestly, I really did have lot of fun with this one so I hope you like it too!

Side note: with the holidays coming up my maps will be releasing a little more spo...

Rocky River Ruins, Adept

2Hi again! This map is the Rocky River Ruins (35x40), an unofficial Haunted map with everything but the title of Haunted (because then the name would be too long). This is building on the subtheme of having winding streams that's been seen through many of the Haunted maps, any of the branching streams heading off the screen here can easily be followed to one of the other maps. 

And, ...

Rocky River Ruins, Expert

Hey Experts/Masters- this week's map is the Rocky River Ruins (35x40), a decently-sized haunted map with some fun terrain to play around with. On top of that, this one works really well with many of my other Haunted maps, which seem to often feature winding streams cutting through. This map, like the Haunted Mire, has lots of branches leading off potentially to other maps, though I didn't make ...

Poisonous Pools

This week's map is the Poisonous Pools (30x40)! I've been making a lot of fairly complex maps recently so I thought it might be time to whip up something a little simpler- a decently-sized cave with a yucky, noxious color palette and lots of dangerous jumps over green goo. It's not the most complex, but I personally enjoy it when caves have a gimmick build in, it makes setting up an encounter/s...

Poisonous Pools, Adept

Hi! This map is the Poisonous Pools (30x40), a serious of stone platforms around some yucky green liquid (probably poison). Anyone in their right mind will assume this stuff is dangerous but be prepared for a player attempting to drink it, in my experience there's always one. Alternately, you should also be prepared for a player planning to use this as an endless source of free poison/acid, I h...