dransky

LMoP - Foundry VTT module pack. Test :)

Hi dear Patrons and Foundry users in particular! :)

I'm on the way of preparing self standing module with LMoP maps. As this requires some basic knowledge about how net works it's quite challenging form such a rookie as me ;)

I have prepared a package with the maps and it's still on the "approval" stage at Foundry guys before it goes official. Taking into account I promised to make map installation for Foundry more effortless I'm releasing the pack here, so you guys can test if th...

September talk: maps, renovation and moving to new apartment, plans for the next two months

Hey! You've been visited by dransky talking in broken English about his plans and patreon plans. Like this post and great fortune will come. xD

With mammoth thanks to you, awesome folks - dransky <3

Tokens but animated! (and free)

Hi everybody!

tl;dr : Here! 

I've found out recently an installed client of Neverwinter Nigths 2. I remember I spent hours playing it and I recall the graphics was awesome (back in that times :D). So I opened editor tool, brought up some creatures and keyed out from the background. So here I got several tokens taken form the game, fully...

A small bonus - animated character tokens

Hey dear Patrons!

I decided to share with you a little bit of a side content I created only for my own purposes. It's nothing else than heroforge tokens captured on the top-down angle and then animated. Although it's "small" bonus, the amount of time I spent over them is huge. The reason is I was learning how to animate with such attention to details and wanted to give each token some gimmick animation. I must admit it f...

Infested Throne Hall or Beholder's Lair

Hello everybody!

I'm coming back with the brand new map which is kinda boss encounter in my head, but use them as you please. 

I have focused this time on making this "cave" looks like a Beholder's Lair. I don't know much about the typical environment of such creatures (apart of that, they use to live in Underdark) but my intuition told me to add some organic features on the walls and everywhere. Couple of hours later and BOOM - I made a Zerg base as you can see above :D.&nbs...

WIP: Beholder's Lair - Infesed throne hall

Hey dear Patrons!

I was away from home last days, so that's why no news from me. I've got plenty on my shoulders recently, but I'll give you proper explain over the monthly video, which I'm going to release this week. 

Running my own campaign, my players wandered into some odd cult, worshipping The One. One word lead to another, and after some investigation they found themselves in the One's lair. I hope five 11lvl PC can handle the beholder - how do you think? I boosted them...

Commissions Tier - yay or nay and how much

Hey dear Patrons,

This time I need your opinion about opening a totally new benefit and Tier. I think about a new super-duper elite Tier for a limited number of patrons (like 3 or 4) for commissions! 

As map making and all the stuff around, isn't my fulltime job (yet!) it seems sensible to limit the patrons on such tier. It is also to prevent a situation where I'll be doing a commissions only, leaving others behind.

Some loose ideas on the type of the tier: (if you have...

Lost Mine of Phandelver: Old Owl Well

Hello everybody!

So I made another map form the official campaign Lost Mine of Phandelver. I think I started to like these pine trees model which behaves really crazy on the wind - comparing to slowly swinging other trees which you can see on the other maps. It also gives more moutains-like vibe to the overall scene I think. The curious thing here is the mage's tent is added in post-prod and animated independently. A small detail, but it means I'm gaining more and more skill in animatio...

WIP: LMoP - Old Owl Well, well, well

Happy Friday dear Patrons!

I've just wanted to show how advanced are my works on the next LMoP map. I'm recording the scene now, so I think it's gonna be released tomorrow the latest! This time I used a different type of trees to add some distinctive character to the whole map. Wildshapers patrons may notice the round tent is a combination of market stalls - doesn't look perfect, but I couldn't import any sensible model. Once I find it, I'll update it in the map. Still some work to do, ...

Swamp Ruins

Hey everybody!

So here is the results of my livestream building the map. I have managed to boost it a little in Davinci so there are even a versions with the glowing magic circle in the center of the ruins. Anyway, this map made me realise that building a map alone takes only 20% of the time, while 80% is setting the tone, preparing different variants and preparing all the audio etc.

The map was made on the livestream which you can rewatch 2021-09-03 20:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post

WIP: Swamp Ruins

Hello dear Patrons,

I just came to say the last live map building resulted in this picture which you can see above :) . I'm finalising and testing that in Foundry, then couple of final touches and release. Talk to you in couple of hours!

Cheers!

Map Building livestream :)

Mechanus Rusted Cogwheels

Hey!

Have you ever imagined an epic battle fought on the spinning wheels where each careless step can result falling down into constant working machinery? Well, I did, and I made this map for you :)

I have also added spinning cogwheel as a separate prop, so you can fairly easily add it into your Foundry or Astral and as a DM, have a control over the spinning animation.

Enjoy!

2021-08-28 14:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Foundry, Astral and Roll20 Animated Trees Tokens/Tiles/Props

Hey everybody!
I took a while and made some research during the day in order to find out what it takes to make animated props. Well... after a lengthy series of experiments the results are finally satisfying and I can share them with you - Animated trees! Simple .WEBM files which you can essentially drag and drop to your VTT  and even static map becomes more vivid!
Hope that will start a new series of benefits - animated props or something like this. As of now it's a demo :D
The...

Crossroads in the forest

Hello dears!

I had some time to prepare some simple map for generic encounters on the road. I'm going to spend more time on making some original ideas than re-creating official content now, but don't worry I'll get back to the campaigns next month. Here is one of the most typical encounter: three paths cross eachother in the middle of the woods. The spot is often taken by some travelling merchants, traders but also by local ruffians and goblinoid tribes.

The map comes with many va...

Something's being cooking!

See you in a couple of hours!

How do you play?

Hey everybody!
It just came to my mind that you could send me some screensots of your online play on the maps. Of course if you like to share! It could be any moment from your session but if you want to add some specific moment like tpk XD or a short description, so much the better! I would then add them at the end of the next videos on YouTube in a form of special thanks to you, and here on the Patreon page as well. How do you think?
You can send screenshots here: c.dur.a.mol@gmail.com...

August summary and omg it's 8 min! :O

Hey there!
I used the free time on my vacation to thank you all Patrons for another month of support, feedbacks and kind words. Thank you!
Cheers!
~dransky

Lost Mine of Phandelver: Wave Echo Cave RELEASED!

Wow! That was intense week for me, but it's finally done! Wave Echo Cave is available, like all others LMoP maps for FREE HERE 

Now into some technicalities:

Due to the fact that the map of the entire caves is huge, I had to divide it into several parts to preserve the quality of the clips.

I thought for a long time about the best way to p...

WIP: Wave Echo Caves day 3

It's almost ready. Almost because now it's time for all stuff which makes the animated map. I'm gonna release all variants at the same time: static, animated and Wildshape file, but making a good quality video takes some tricks and tweaks. Also I would have to split the map into several smaller ones to keep resolution bearable - this is another biggie to deal with. Overall, let's say it's alpha version :D

Cheers!

~dransky

WIP: Wave Echo Caves day 2

Hey dear Patrons!

Well taking a days off form my job really pays off. I made a significant daily progress as you can see comparing previous post. Now the real challenge starts, build all that decorations small props which make every chamber or room specific. The good side is there is a small description in the adventure book which a least gives ma some guidelines. So here it goes: props, then lights and postproduction which turn it into the animated map :)

Take care!

~dransk...

WIP: Wave Echo Caves day 1

Greetings!

Well this is current state of works over the last official map from Lost Mine of Phandelver. Same as the rest it will be accessible for all :) After finishing it I'll focus on some smaller scale maps such as Inn, City Gate battle, Swamp. Those are just loose ideas, let me know which one you'd like me to build first :)

Cheers!

~dransky

Lost Mine of Phandelver moving to Free section

Dear Patrons,
I know many of you came here and pledged coins being attracted by LMoP maps. I'm cannot say how much I'm grateful for it.
I dug a little bit deeper into to the legal aspects of recreating Intellectual Property of Wizards of The Coast. During that I learned that I'm allowed to re-create LMoP under couple of conditions. One of the condition says I should enable a free access to my c...

Foundry VTT maps for Lost Mine of Phandelver

Hello dear Patrons!
I'm moving forward with converting the animated maps into json files for Foundry VTT. I'm gonna release the video presentation on their reddit, but first I'd like to ask you how those work for you. 
Can some of you check it and revert with the feedback, please?
Would really appreciate!
Oh, by the way - following maps are now packed in json.

• Goblin Ambush
• Cragmaw Hideout
• Redbrand Hideout 2021-08-06 19:57:03 +0000 UTC View Post

LMoP Campaign Trailer by Grant

One of the patrons - Grant has prepared this great trailer for his own campaign! Of course the maps may look familiar to you ;). Thank you Grant for sharing this. I'm more than happy, my maps found a place in your adventure! :)

Now I'm adding Foundry json files for the rest of the maps from LMoP. I'll annouce once all are done.

CHEERS!
~dransky

Foundry VTT .json - new benefit for animated maps!

Hey! Good news everyone!

This is another benefit which is solely founded by AWESOMEEEE PATRONS! As of today All animated maps will come along with Foundry json file including:

• walls
• lighting
• audio

No more adjustment and fitting the map pixel by pixel - I took care of it, so you'll spend less time on prep.

As a pilot I released most recent map "Crypt and Cave". I did it for the first time in my live so please let me know if...

New Benefit! Theatre of mind illustrations

Out of my experience of being forever DM, I know that many times the narration takes a much more important part of the session than combat. Of course, combat is essential but I always try to balance the session and let players release their imagination while I describe the situation, dialoguing with NPC etc. Current VTT's are awesome tools for the encounters but I also use the illustrations for non-combat encounters to kick off the theatre of minds. I just place the image in the background an...

Crypt and Cave - last July release!

Hey!

Well, this is something I didn't thought I'll release - my first indoor map I have ever made in Wildshape tool, but never converted it into animated or static map. Until now! I thought it would be a nice accent at the end of the month.

So, concerning the map:

Tier 1 static 

• Crypt and cave PNG and JPG gridless
• Cr...
  2021-07-31 21:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post

City Docks Promo :)

Just to present the whole map and a shout out to all patrons! <3 Thank you!

Update 11/30/2022: All docks maps are available here in one package:

• Tier 1 - static
• Tier 2 - animate...
  2021-07-29 11:50:00 +0000 UTC View Post