Swamp Map
Added 2019-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTCI love swamps. They're spooky, treacherous, and all-around a pain for parties to move through. There weren't enough open encounter battle maps set in swamps for me, so I created this one.
Here was the first time my party encountered a batty old Hag. Surprisingly enough they didn't end up fighting her the first time around. Usually killing it is their first move, as they are a pack of classic Murder-Hobos. In this case, they encountered the hag trudging through the swap barking orders at a few dryads. She had the dryads hauling a large wooden box across the swamp. It just so happened that the box held a captive Grung, whom the party would later be tasked to find.
Eventually, after receiving the quest, the party thought there was something suspicious going on after all. They returned to find the hag and without fail launched an assault. The tactics I used for this fight were to have the dryads spread out and attack the party while continually stepping from bush to bush. Once a player closed on the hag she retreated to the water and hid her self in its murky depths until she could pounce. The water channels I flavored were deep enough to require players to swim which made the fight a challenge.
This map was actually used as a pre-cursory battle to the Swamp Hag Lair
Enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request or suggestion!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
