Something carved a path through the night sky of last night and now lies in a pit in the meadows. It glows, though the color is almost impossible to describe; and it was only by analogy that you could call it color at all...
This new battle map features a gentle incline up to the glowing crater where some magical or extraterrestrial event has taken place. Energy arcs out of it and seems to discolor the grass about it. Surely something must be done?
It's no secre...
2020-03-31 15:57:30 +0000 UTC
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8 assets from the Glowing Crater map. This one's a little asset-light simply because there wasn't much on the battle map beyond the crater, but I hope these magical effects and craters will be useful to you. :)
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-03-31 15:56:59 +0000 UTC
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Here are eight different takes on the glowing crater, featuring several colored glows, two variations of a mysterious pit, and a final one that's even more perplexing.
I hope that I've covered a good range of flavors of magic in this one! There's warpstone, a color out of space, a void, a plain old, red-hot meteorite, and... more. Which one's your favorite?
2020-03-31 15:56:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone – you'll want to read this one! There's some bonus content at the end. :-)
A neat and tidy Spell Scroll Store, behind which is the hidden life of a horrible cluttered wizard.
Beyond the pristine shop is a chaotic basement splashed with bright inks and overgrown with luminescent mushrooms. A magical circle glows in the middle of the room, and long unfurled scrolls criss-cross the room. One can assume this wizard has a cat familiar.
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2020-03-30 06:18:01 +0000 UTC
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As a small gesture of generosity in this uncertain time I have chosen to release all of the Spell Scroll Store's reward tiers to all of you. It's my favorite map I've made this month, and I hope that it can make your isolation a little more tolerable. Please stay safe everyone, and enjoy some online role-play if you can!
57 assets from the Spell Scroll Store map. This pack has an exciting mixture of clutter, mess, and arcane rubbish!
These come...
2020-03-30 06:17:53 +0000 UTC
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As a small gesture of generosity in this uncertain time I have chosen to release all of the Spell Scroll Store's reward tiers to all of you. It's my favorite map I've made this month, and I hope that it can make your isolation a little more tolerable. Please stay safe everyone, and enjoy some online role-play if you can!
Here are the eight flavors of the Spell Scroll Store, with three sorts of magic and one completely mundane!
2020-03-30 06:17:48 +0000 UTC
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A peaceful vineyard somewhere in the warm countryside, ripe and ready for a stray fireball to set it ablaze.
Scenery like this is commonplace in my corner of Australia, and something I've admired while on the road countless times. So, besides orchards/vineyards/fields being a hotly requested subject, this map is quite close to home. :)
It's a simple one, and quite deliberately so. I wanted to follow the grid quite precisely in this case, since rows of grapevines lent ...
2020-03-26 10:19:47 +0000 UTC
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22 assets from the Vineyard map; a bunch of vines, an unkempt path, and a lone wooden post. </3
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-03-26 10:12:05 +0000 UTC
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The Vineyard battle map in eight different color schemes. This time we have autumn and rainy variants with day and night versions, and then I used the last two variants for a sunset and morning variant of the base map.
Your players may not spend 24 hours here but, if they do, you will be well prepared!
2020-03-26 10:09:57 +0000 UTC
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Today Troy has published ten more challenges for adventurers who dare tread underground. My maps are also bundled in to make a neat package for you to enjoy. :)
Read more: https://2minutetabletop.com/10-more-underground-encounters/
We continue our coverage of caves with the second set of cave encounters. These next ten will complete ou...
2020-03-25 06:22:15 +0000 UTC
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This month's mini-dungeon is my Cultist's Lair which, now that I'm looking at it, looks rather like a night club.
Well, lair or night club, I hope that its rooms provide your players with plenty of intrigue and challenge. There are blood pools, laser-eyes, occult tomes, and an iron prison, not to mention its dangerous denizens!
My inspiration for this map began with human anatomy. See, that large central chamber originally contained a huge, beating heart (you ca...
2020-03-24 10:10:42 +0000 UTC
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73 assets from the Cultist Lair map, featuring scattered books, bookcases, a cauldron, and pulsating biomass.
You may have noticed the big, beating heart? Please consider it an optional feature for that central chamber. :)
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
Do these assets give you any ideas? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!
2020-03-24 09:59:03 +0000 UTC
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This was a fun one to work on as (the way I imagine it) all of this arcane cult's lighting is magical and can be any color of the rainbow! Hopefully one of these stone and light color combos is perfect for what you need.
The two ZIPs below will contain everything I made for this map - you don't need to go looking through the other posts.
Which one is your favorite? And what other ...
2020-03-24 09:55:42 +0000 UTC
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Troy has put together ten creative cave encounters this week! If your party are heading underground, here are some memorable obstacles to throw at them (and maps too!)
Find them here:
https://2minutetabletop.com/10-cave-encounters/
"We’ve covered a number of the most common environments but we’re not done yet. It’s time to head below the surface. Whether that me...
2020-03-18 10:06:02 +0000 UTC
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Troy's How to Run Kobolds just hit the blog! There's battle maps bundled in, a dash of geeky humor, and enough kobold-content to build a campaign around!
Come check it out:
https://www.2minutetabletop.com/how-to-run-kobolds/
"Everything you could need to know for running kobolds in and out of combat. Dig some tunnels, rig some traps, and then throw your party in the deep end."<...
2020-03-03 04:12:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! A hectic February is now behind us and it's time to start on my work for March. This post will be a summary of both and will end in your monthly $1 coupon code -- feel free to skip to the bottom!
One final bushfire appeal update
As you may remember from last month, we have collectively been raising money to aid in the rescue and care of animals affected by the recent catastrophic Australian bushfires. This money is being sent to the 2020-03-01 09:14:10 +0000 UTC
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Finally, I have tackled the popular request of city street tiles! Finally, our library of buildings have something to sit upon! Finally, a seamless cobblestone texture!
Yes, truly a momentous day. That said, there's not much else to say about paving. I suppose I will instead direct the attention to YOU and ask: what tokens and props would you like to see to dress these streets? Lamps, wells, and decorative paving -- that sort of thing. I feel like I must continue down this road...
2020-02-29 16:44:03 +0000 UTC
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A variety of textures and colorations plus the curbs to contain them. Be sure to pair these with the seamless grass which came out earlier today!
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-02-29 16:33:12 +0000 UTC
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This variant pack contains four variations of the map tiles plus eight textures in all. I hope that I achieved a decent variety with these! Be sure to pair them with the grass textures which also came out today. ;)
Above is a varied selection of the contents of your ZIP. Oh and don't forget, If you pledged towards this post, be sure to check your inbox for the PSDs! With that in hand yo...
2020-02-29 16:30:02 +0000 UTC
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A slow drip somewhere in the tunnels echoes throughout the dungeon, tickling at the ears of its pale denizens. This is where people are put to be forgotten, somewhere not unlike a grave...
I asked myself what the most useful one-page dungeon would be, and I came to the idea of a prison. It makes for an ever-entertaining campaign start or plot twist, and can exist under just about any city or castle. Should your players tempt a TPK, why not throw them in here instead?
I sp...
2020-02-29 11:33:22 +0000 UTC
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86(!!!) map assets plundered from the Dungeon Jail battle map. This one has a selection of beds, jail bars, dining tables, and more. Which is you favorite, and why is it the torture instruments?
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-02-29 11:20:01 +0000 UTC
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Here are eight (in all) versions of my Dungeon Jail battle map. When painting caves and dungeons I often ponder a long time on how dark I should make them -- should I keep them bright and readable, or dark and atmospheric? I'm glad that I can now explore both styles! So, in lieu of the night-time variants, we now have dark variants;
This time I shot for a cold, frosted version, a sandst...
2020-02-29 11:16:21 +0000 UTC
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The sky was clear and blue, hemmed by the gentle swaying of the forest trees. It was a window into a serene expanse of warm, summer air, that danced with flickering rays of the setting sun...
This map may not look it, but it was an arduous month-long project! I touched every blade of grass twice, first to pen it and second to paint it. I watched three movies and listened to hours of audio to get it done, all in the midst of moving house. I won't lie, I'm glad to be done with th...
2020-02-29 06:59:12 +0000 UTC
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13 assets in total; day and night grass variants plus two styles of forest frames and some light shafts. I wanted some icing on our grass cake, and I thought these forest frames would be a good addition! Demo map inside.
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-02-29 06:46:27 +0000 UTC
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I have created eight interesting color variations for our new grass tile. You will also find the forest frames and demo maps inside the ZIP (at the bottom of this post).
Don't forget to check your messages! If you pledged toward this map then you will have received the PSD download link there, with which you can make any color variation you desire. :)
2020-02-29 06:42:59 +0000 UTC
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Another bonus (free) article from my DM and brother, Troy! This time, to warm up for a proper expedition into the mind of a kobold, he has written these ten unique encounters utilizing the scaled devils.
If you're after a random chart or just 10 scoops of imagination to inspire you, please check it out:
Read more: https://www.2minutetabletop.com/10-kobold-encounters/
We ...
2020-02-20 02:17:30 +0000 UTC
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High above you a ceiling of leaves moves like the surface of the sea. It is held up by great wooden limbs, and rains down an endless confetti of vivid green leaves. It casts its shade in a wide circle all around you, and at its center is a trunk hemmed by crowded, intertwined roots...
I'm a long time fan of the Zelda series, and I have always been especially enchanted by the great Deku Tree in his many appearances, big and small. An ancient tree with memories longer than ...
2020-02-16 07:55:29 +0000 UTC
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26 assets plucked from the Ancient Tree Roots base map. This one didn't offer any obviously useful assets, but I did my best to carve out some modular roots and grassy clumps that I could think of uses for. There's also the Ambiguous Void, because it demanded I include it.
These come in 300 DPI and Roll20- and Fantasy Grounds-optimized formats, ready for your virtual tabletop or image editor of choice.
2020-02-16 07:08:04 +0000 UTC
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Inside your ZIP file you will find the base map and seven map variations. This time, two seasonal variants and an evil hell-spawn.
A tree as timeless as this deserves to be depicted in every season. Perhaps time moves differently around it, or it is an Oracle of Seasons time-portal..? Let me know what ideas come to your mind. :)
2020-02-16 07:04:43 +0000 UTC
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Some more bonus (free) content from my brother Troy. This time he has assembled an entire social system and battle strategy guide for the goblin race. I'm sure there's something in there that can enhance your campaign's goblins, or at the very least be an entertaining read!
Read more: https://www.2minutetabletop.com/how-to-run-a-goblin-clan/
We hope you enjoy this article. As al...
2020-02-12 09:59:50 +0000 UTC
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