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Snake Den

Added 2020-01-29 06:45:53 +0000 UTC

Troy and I sat down a few days ago to design a unique "micro-dungeon" for his upcoming article. I don't want to give too much of it away yet, but suffice to say we settled on this winding tunnel; the grave of a humongous snake where kobolds have moved in to care for its still-live eggs.

Taking the results of our brainstorm I settled in with pen and paper and rather spontaneously decided to take another crack at what I've labelled in my brain as the "Darkest Dungeon style," which essentially boils down to me deliberately applying twice as much ink with a very heavy hand. I find that this style suits dark dungeons (go figure) and offers a lot of interesting texture. I'm very happy with the way these lines turned out.

I let said lines do the talking in this map and so I kept the colors very flat, but I want to experiment more with coupling this style with the usual texture that I apply with the color brushwork. I'm excited to experiment some more next month!

Below are links to these pledge rewards. There are seven unique variations this time in lieu of night-time variants, four of which you can see above.

I've let you in on our kobold-flavored plans for this map, but what other encounters come to your mind? Let's brainstorm different ideas in the comments!

Thanks to Patrons like you this map is released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.