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MegaDungeon/Map Previews!

Hey everyone,

Totally forgot that we hadn't shared the previews of July's megadungeons yet, and you'll be getting them tomorrow!

So, we wanted to show them off before you get them. These are the first maps of the 2 new sets.

First, for the fantasy map - Journey Along Brooklime Gorge!  This is going to be absolutely massive. The template I'm working on is 60sq x 150sq, and that's just the surface. It's going to end up a massive area for adventure!

So, for the first...

50% Off - Explorer Jungle Coastline

Hey everyone,

We've had time to get a new map set onto DTRPG (we've been so busy lately with Patreon maps, Candlekeep & House of Lament, plus some other projects) - but it's nice to get something new onto the site.

Inspired by a recent game of D&D on Astral VTT, where my players were visiting a tropical coast, I thought I'd make a tropical variant of our Explorer Beaches & Coves set.

This is a set of five 30x30 maps. You can use them on their own, but they also j...

July's Alt-Version preview - Treetop Village of the Curklebikk Clan

Hey everyone,

So, as you probably saw on a previous post, we had a slight hiccup regarding the alt-version.

The winning suggestion was to turn the marsh goblin village into a tower containing a golem under construction. When we had originally read the suggestion we thought it sounded great and put it in the poll. However, once we started to actually work on it we realised that it wasn't quite working. The position of the huts and ruin didn't really lend themselves to the golem-tow...

Third Map Preview - Hagwellion Point Ruined Village

The Alt Version Map

We're previewing the Third Map today rather than the Alt-Map as scheduled. We're sorry to say that we've had a few abortive goes at making the Golem construction tower (which won the alt poll) and nothing is looking right. So we made the Third map first (see below) and have decided to switch the Alt-Map to be a Goblin tree village, which came a very close second in your poll. That is nearly completed and we're really pleased with how it looks, but we...

July's Sci-Fi Preview - Lithilus Station Space Shipyard

Hey everyone,

Thanks to everyone that suggested something for the Sci-Fi ideas thread. There were so many good ideas, and definitely has given us lots to consider for future months.

For July, we ended up picking and combining 2 suggestions. One was to have an external space location that would suit EVA missions, and another was a space shipyard.

So, this is a huge 50x50 map of a large spacecraft shipyard. The main structure (and some other bits) also have interiors, and ther...

July's Alt-Version Poll

Thanks to everyone that suggested an alt-version for July's MotM (the Marsh Goblin village built around a ruined tower).

We've picked our 4 favourite ideas (plus 2 of our own)  - they are:

Tree-top Goblin Village - huts on platforms, high in the canopy, around a huge central trunk

Celebration - bright bunting, stalls, tents, around the tower. A happy time!

Golem Construction - a partially built golem in...

The House of Lament - 50% Off!

Hey everyone,

We've been hard at work recently working on the only battlemap that's needed for the new Van Richten's Guide - The House of Lament.

This huge haunted house is now available at DMsGuild (including Roll20 replacement images), but it would be a perfect haunted house to add to your collection even if you don't play that adventure.

If you'd like to pick it up, please use this 2021-06-11 10:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post

July's MotM Preview - Marsh Goblin Village (and variants)

Hey everyone,

It's the start of a new map-making cycle here on Patreon, and we've got a preview of the next MotM (and its 3 variants)

Again as part of the Kingdom project, this location is to be found in the marsh north-east of the Adventurers' Guild

Built around the ruins of a magical tower, a small goblin settlement has grown up, using the interior of the tower as a meeting place,...

June's Reward Bundles Sent!

Hey everyone,

Thanks for your support - we've just sent download links for the June reward bundle to your Patreon inbox.

Again, a bumper month! The MotM, the Forest Necropolis, with lots of variants, interiors etc,  the Hand of Vanth with seasonal variants, an urban necropolis, the last section of the Dark Road, a huge supplement for the Forest Necropolis (including a family tree handout), a one page for the Hand of Vanth, and for Sci-Fi supporters there's also New Atami Heig...

Sci-Fi supporters! Give us your ideas!

Hey Sci-Fi fans!

For this month's Sci-Fi map, we wanted to pick an idea from your suggestions.

What do you think would be a cool map for us to make for the July Sci-Fi map?

Remember, it should be single-storey, and fit on a map between 20x20 and 30x30

Put your ideas in the comments below and we'll pick our favourite in a few days time!

Third Map ideas!

Hey everyone,

We're nicely into the Kingdom Project, and so the Third Map you'll be getting in July will be another location from the Old Kingdom.

Have a look at the map below - the question mark on the island is the location of the next Third Map - but what is it?

We want to hear your ideas in the comments. What is located on the island?

Remember the setting is the remains of...

June's Schedule

Hi everyone, new and old Patrons!

Here's a few housekeeping notes, and the schedule for June.

--Kingdom Project--

This month's reward bundles (coming to you on the 5th) contain our second Kingdom project maps.  You can remind yourself about what that is here, or just ignore the whole thing and continue to get loads of cool maps anyway. Win, win!

...

Dark Road 6 & New Atami Heights Roof - Final Megadungeon Maps!

Hey all,

We wanted to share the previews of the last maps for the the current Megadungeon and Megamap.

The Dark Road has wound along through the Underdark, and now reaches the ruined drow city - only to find the ruins have been taken over by a Mind Flayer lair!

And we've reached the rooftop of New Atami Heights apartment block. In addition to a standard rooftop, there's a...

June's Third Map Preview - The Altar

Hey everyone,

Afraid this post is a few days late - too busy working on maps!

It's the preview of the Third Map, one of the locations that will appear on The Old Kingdom regional map.

We asked for suggestions as to what's in the forest - and we've sort of merged a couple that we really liked - a necromancer's altar, and a huge hand standing stone structure.

We've given it the working title of The Altar, but we'll name it properly when we incorporate it into the regiona...

June's Alt-Version Preview - Urban Necropolis

Hey everyone,

Time for a preview of June's Alt-Version. If you recall, the MotM is the Forest Necropolis, a 30x30 ruined location, overgrown and forgotten.  The winning entry in the alt-poll was to transport it to an urban location, and have it also forgotten, but in the middle of a city.

Lovely idea!

So, we've taken the story of an old cemetery, slowly boxed in as the city grew and buildings were constructed, until the burials stopped and the site became a largely forg...

Request - Roll20 Guide to Ravenloft?

Hey everyone,

We've started work on the only map that comes with the new Guide to Ravenloft book - the House of Lament.

We'd like to be able to include an image that can be drag-and-dropped over the Roll20 image to replace it whilst preserving the dynamic lighting etc.

Unfortunately, Roll20 frequently shift the position of elements in the image slightly compared to the original maps, so we need to test our map in Roll20 to make sure it aligns properly.

So - a request! ...

June's Sci-Fi Preview - New Atami Street Race

Hey everyone,

For June's Sci-Fi map we've come back to the popular New Atami cyberpunk setting, and have produced what we think is a pretty unique map.

This 50x50 giant map is set up for a Street Race event, with a tricky track winding through the night-time streets. We've also included a non-race version, ideal if you just want a large area for car chases etc, or even unofficial street racing.

Enjoy!

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The Next Megadungeon - Poll!

Hi everyone,

We're coming to the end of the Dark Road, which means in June we'll start working on the next megadungeon.

For those that are new, the Megadungeon is a 6 month project where we build up a large map with a different installment each month. The maps can be multi-level, or large, sprawling single levels made of 6 sections.

We've picked 3 options from previous polls, and added another 2 new ideas.

The options are:

Journey Along Brookli...