“I’ve seen many worlds, many cultures. At some point, everyone invents the tank.” - Ida Holly.
A city besieged, bombed from airships above, and invaded with soldiers and machines the likes unseen in Eberron since the mourning. Krezent lies in ruin, but our hero’s need to get inside.
Assembling their allies and gathering their forces they make a last...
2022-01-01 00:41:00 +0000 UTC View Post
They say in a snowstorm, during the winter solstice if you gather with your companions around a tree and all sit quietly you can hear it. The pallid Loxodonta, who brings the snow.
And if at that moment your host offers a gift, it will come. The white elephant, Shepherd of gifts, and master of the exchange. It will test the bond of your gathering, offering presents.
And if you are brave, ...
There is something to be said about teleportation magic, And that something is "No thank you" - Ida Holly.
The Dunwel Fen is foreboding and dangerous, Unwelcoming and unkind to outsiders. Which makes it the perfect place for the Wizard Lorenzo Faberwall to build his tower and perform his dangerous and highly illegal magical experiments. Far from the prying eyes ...
"They say bamboo can go up to 4 stories tall! Why not 5 stories? Well... That's another story."
-Ida Holly.
Tigers, Lions, Apes, elephants, Hippos. There are more than monsters to contend with along the river banks of this vast jungle. We need you to head out around the bend and find what you can of the last two boats that went out and their crews. Shouldn't be too har...
2021-11-30 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A DnD 5e sourcebook set in a game of assassins, steeped in occult themes, and player options from the "Lore Reimagined" TikTok series!
Visit the Kickstarter to learn More!
You may have also noticed my branding has changed! I've d...
I've often wondered why Megalomaniacs always build their lairs in the most dangerous places possible. -Ida Holly
A final encounter, an evil lord driven mad with power opens a portal to a world unseen by mortal eyes as a last-ditch effort to become a master of the universe. A tale as old as time. Entering the throne room was the easy part escaping with your lives will prov...
2021-11-19 22:29:12 +0000 UTC View PostI'm so excited to announce to you all that this month I will be dropping the Kickstarter Campaign for my upcoming sourcebook- TITLED...
Ida's Guide to worlds beyond our own! (Part 1) Drakul's Game.
This Book will feature at least 200 pages of player options, Magic items, a new Druid subclass, and at least 10 Racial variants of well-known races in DnD featured in my popular Lore Reimag...
In this Collab Domillie, Azzy, and I decided to create the basis for an interesting encounter surrounding a magical Pumpkin hut. Dom created it's exterior A phased map in an autumn forest where the pumpkin hut magically grows in the clearing. Where Azzy free-designed who might live in the hut, They settled on this adorable idea of a flock of various familiars each dressed in their Halloween cos...
2021-10-31 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Deep in the forest, not unlike this one, There were three little children. Each braver than the next. They all traveled far from home and came upon a graveyard on a hill surrounded by a large iron fence. Too small to see beyond its stone foundation the first child dared the second to peer into the keyhole of the graveyard’s gate.
“It’s just red,” said the second boy. The first bo...
Your party finds themselves as the unwilling guests of a powerful Vampire Lord. Kept as little more than pets to entertain this ageless monster. She sleeps now, and you’ve and managed to escape your bonds. You have perhaps an hour to explore as much of this level of the castle as you can and maybe a way out.
When the glowing golden light of sunset begins to bathe over you. The sun has b...
2021-10-16 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Spooktober Map 1!
Trapped in an endless loop of its final moments escape the dead-grey fog of the mourning. Cyre 1313’s domain of dread is a personal hell for phantom its passengers.
Our heroes find themselves lost in the deadly mysterious mists of the domains of dread, Wandering its fog when a Lightning rail roars into view. Boarding it moments before it launches full speed ou...
2021-10-09 03:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Things have really been on the upswing lately, It's crazy to believe I started making content for you only last April and now I'm closing in on being able to do this full time! For October I've decided to start a tradition. This month all the maps will be spooky-themed, I have two already planned and a few great ideas for a third and fourth but I'd love your help for deciding betw...
2021-10-03 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Locked in an ancient volcano the Duergar constructed impossible, Powerful weapons. But their gates, magically sealed, turned this Keep into a tomb. The heart of the hold was a powerful magical forge that could create weapons never seen, and the secrets of its use were lost with Duergar when starvation drove them to infighting.
A meddler has found a way to break the enchantment on their g...
I find Celebrations a fascinating affair, A gathering of many people to venerate a single happening. Objectively positive, Yet when we review the historical record, Celebrations are often the beginning point of great conflict. Hmmm… I wonder if there is a causation.
- Idia Holly, Balatro Foundation’s cartographic Director.
A city of a certain size will hav...
2021-09-18 00:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve always adored the Carnival, but there is something haunting about creatures of the world being forced to put on a show, It says something about its ringmaster I don’t care for… And perhaps something about the audience too…
~Ida Holly, Balatro’s Cartographer.
Be it the Rakdos, Witchlight, or a simple roadside show for the local peoples. The carni...
2021-09-11 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's map poll is up!
Also, I'll be doing a more official announcement on it soon but I'M WRITING A SOURCEBOOK! the goal is to have a Kickstarter up by the end of the year, it will be an adventure into the magical market between worlds, The Glassway, then thrust the players into a game of assassins for a chance to win a wish!
I've had amazing support on TikTok sharing my lore ...
Lmure’s and Gentledevils! The wolf howls at the unfeeling moon! Which means its time again for Avernus’s premier winner takes all cross-hell Race! The Soulgorger Classic! A 10 phased carnival of demonic violence. So mount your infernal Warmachine, and rev those screaming engines!
Not all the devils of Avernus are too thrilled to be pawns in the blood war. Some pre...
2021-08-23 23:48:46 +0000 UTC View Post
The tides are callous and unkind to those who disrespect them. There is a reason “Here there be monsters” is only marked over the ocean.
- Idia Holly, Balatro’s Cartographer.
Two ships, both equally matched in crew and firepower meet on the tides among a small shallows. Closing the gap they unleash their cannons as soon as they are within range at nearly...
2021-08-14 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As a cartographer, I must acknowledge that much of my trade is performed for military endeavors. I don't like it nor am I proud of it, We have all seen what devastation war is capable of. Some things of the past are better LEFT in the past.
~Idia Holly
In the final days of the Last War, House Cannith unleashed its mightiest creations: the war...
Hi everyone! Another map poll up and an update about Patreon in general.
First things first this map poll is the first that will include 5$ tier submissions, If you wanna submit a map to the poll consider checking out that tier!
I'll be going through a rebranding soon with Updated Icons, art, and branding, in general, to focus a bit more on our heroic mascot Idia Holly, the Cartogra...
They were worshiping a dragon, not even a living one. An actual skeleton, It’s quite sad how badly these creatures want to serve… it would be a lot sadder without a caltrop in my foot though.
~Idia Holly
A whole dungeon that’s also a phased map! In the flooded caverns a den of kobolds has laid their trap, Protecting their lair with collapsing paths, the...
This map should be dropping before the 31st (Which is my birthday!) It was inspired by the movie Princess and the Goblin. Which has this whole sequence with flooding caverns I thought would make for a really fun DnD encounter. This is also my first time making a FUL...
2021-07-26 03:09:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Fortune and Glory await! OUTSIDE!
Real explorer’s in this world are to be given absolute respect, especially if they’re well-aged. That means they’ve survived any number of dungeon traps!
But I suppose it’s not the age, it’s the mileage
~Idia Holly
Our adventurers have found what they came for in the dungeon, and as dungeons often do, thing...
2021-07-20 10:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
To say we scholars wish to understand civilizations of the past isn’t fair, We desire so much more. We wish to walk its streets and be moved by its art.
My father used to say that nothing is ever gone, we just haven’t learned how to find it yet. That true beauty leaves its mark on time, someday we’ll know how to read those marks.
And when we do we will bask in the l...
I have read of wars and plagues. Of the horrors of man and monster. But I have never known the meaning of devastation until today.
~ Idia Holly
Artificers have built golems of Iron, bone, and clay but the ability to build a Colossus is lost to a forgotten area and with good reason. A lone standing Goliath whose shadow blocks the sun for a mile from its foot h...
Atop the Colossus won the June map poll and will be Up (hopefully) the first week of July! This means it's time for the Next map poll. Keep an eye on your Private messages if your at the 5$ tier because you will be able to add to the poll over this week. The poll will close on the 8th!
Also an update on the social media side, I've created a TikTok. to see breakdowns of m...
Necromancy is gross, But have you ever seen an artificer try their hand at it... That's a new and exciting kind of Gross.
-Idia Holly
Monster Factory, our adventurers have followed leads of strange monsters all across Eberron centered around a factory nestled in a quiet north side factory district.
A mastermind calling himself Lord Cardillo has been Fo...
This post is only visible to the 5$ tier Patrons, Thank you so much for your support. I hope you enjoy this first One-shot encounter. This post isn't charged, meaning you get the entire one-shot for free as a 5$ tier member!
The encounter is a puzzle-based escape room intended for low-level parties, but It is versatile enough that you could use it in a higher-level game, I would expect t...
The night hag known as the Bloodqueen has attacked a group of Sherpas trapped in their lodge during a whiteout blizzard. Having tricked them into drinking sleeping potions they are now stuck in a coma nightmare of her making as she feeds on their terror in their Dreams. The paranoid Sherpas have locked their lodge down tight and saving them means navigating it safely, forcing the ni...
2021-06-16 00:48:37 +0000 UTC View Post
“Speaking from experience, Shipwrecking at sea isn't so bad when you’ve been shipwrecked in the sky. Though that's not one of my theories that I recommend testing.”
-Idia Holly
Our adventurers find themselves crossing a vast dryland on the HMS Affinity. A long journey cargo-merchant airship converted into a personal vessel by it’s captain. With many da...
2021-06-10 11:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post