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The Flying Rook - Patrons' Edition

The Flying Rook is the sort of place wizards build to show off. Anyone with the power to keep this architectural Frankenstein standing is no joke, but-- just in case anyone wasn't fully convinced-- they made it fly as well.

I didn't have any particular purpose in mind when I added the windmill, but, the more I think about it, the more I'm wondering-- and hear me out here-- what if it was a propeller? Like, what if this whole thing was kind of an airship? That's not for...

The 37th Cartographic Congress Final Runoff

Two candidates remain. Will it be the light or the darkness?

Senator Anders proposes the Nuur al-Dini temple, devoted to a sun goddess. It will be similar in style to a grand mosque, with an ablution fountain, courtyard, hospital, congregation hall and a minaret to greet the rising sun.

Senator Fraz-Urb'luu proposes a demonologist's tower. The abode of this master of demons is designed to keep his summoned beasts comfortable and captive, with spiked cages, carcasses hanging on but...

The Floating Tower (Work-in-Progress)

That's one 13-story tower, ready to be colored. How do you like it so far?

The 37th Cartographic Congress Runoff Vote

From the original ten candidates, these four have made it to the runoff:

Senator Anders proposes the Nuur al-Dini temple, devoted to a sun goddess. It will be similar in style to a grand mosque, with an ablution fountain, courtyard, hospital, congregation hall and a minaret to greet the rising sun.

Senator Shawn proposes a Peel Tower, a type of small, fortified keep built along the Scottish Marches and Northern England to protect against border raids. This will be drawn from the f...

The 37th Cartographic Congress Vote

After the first message calling for proposals this month, I only got one response, but after the second, I got another nine. Some people told me they saw the message in their Patreon inbox, but didn't get the usual email notification about it, which may have been the issue. In any case, everyone seems to have gotten the second one, so I think we're good. Anyway, this month's proposals are:

Senator Anders proposes the Nuur al-Dini temple, devoted to a sun goddess. It will be similar in s...

The Floating Tower (Work-In-Progress)

Here's a sketch of the 13-story tower I've been working on. I wasn't originally planning to draw something completely insane here, but then I came up with this design and now I am. Anyway, what do you think?

Also, just a heads-up: this map and the next map are both going to have windmills. Things are going to get pretty Dutch around here for a little while, I hope everyone's prepared for that.

Delaro's Manse II: The Grassy Knoll

This is that "not-in-a-cave" version of the map I promised. Not too much else to say about it, really.

Well, I'd better get to work on that floating wizards' tower. Hopefully I'll be able to get started on Fort Bourtange by the beginning of the month, but we'll see.

Delaro's Manse II: The Grassy Knoll - Patrons' Edition

This is that "not-in-a-cave" version of the map I promised. Not too much else to say about it, really.

Well, I'd better get to work on that floating wizards' tower. Hopefully I'll be able to get started on Fort Bourtange by the beginning of the month, but we'll see.

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Delaro's Manse

Hey look, I drew a reasonable-sized map! 34x55! I knew I could do it! Don't get used to it, though, the next two maps I'm drawing are a 13-floor tower and this.

Delaro's Manse is a part of the Black Loch, marked on the map as "Secluded Manse." Delaro Montalos is one of the few humans living in the underdark sea. He's a wizard ...

Delaro's Manse - Patrons' Edition

Hey look, I drew a reasonable-sized map! 34x55! I knew I could do it! Don't get used to it, though, the next two maps I'm drawing are a 13-floor tower and this.

Delaro's Manse is a part of the Black Loch, marked on the map as "Secluded Manse." Delaro Montalos is one of the few humans living in the underdark sea. He's a wizard ...

I will send you instantaneous telegrams.

While I'm not generally a big fan of social media, I am a big fan of getting more feedback on my work, so I recently made an Instagram account.

I probably would've done this sooner, but I don't actually own a smartphone. Yes, I know, I am the world's youngest 90-year-old man. Still, if you want to see fantasy maps posted from a phone emulator on a desktop by a person who began using Instagram in late ...

Gamblers' Key - A Pirate Fortress and Casino

Gambler's Key is a pirate lord's fortress with a casino in the front and a loading bay for pirates to drop off their plundered cargo in the rear. It's sort of the opposite of a mullet: a party in the front, business in the back. Well, I guess it depends which side you consider the front, but... whatever, let's not overthink it.

Ryan, who proposed this map to the Cartographic Congress, asked me to make a token of this as well. Basically, the token is for inserting the island onto a sea m...

Gamblers' Key - A Pirate Fortress and Casino - Patrons' Edition

Gambler's Key is a pirate lord's fortress with a casino in the front and a loading bay for pirates to drop off their plundered cargo in the rear. It's sort of the opposite of a mullet: a party in the front, business in the back. Well, I guess it depends which side you consider the front, but... whatever, let's not overthink it.

Ryan, who proposed this map to the Cartographic Congress, asked me to make a token of this as well. Basically, the token is for inserting the island onto a sea m...

Gamblers' Key is almost done.

This is the finished first level. I've been giving this map some extra love, but the rest is almost done too. I've gotta finish up a few more details, draw a sideview, and write the DM notes, but I should have it all done in about two days. Also, I hope you like that water, because that is probably the best-looking water I've ever drawn.

Okay, back to work.

Gamblers' Key (Work-in-Progress)

These are the lower two levels of the pirate fortress/gambling hall I'm working on. All this is underground. There's a third level above this showing the top of the island and the buildings above ground, but I ran out of room on my desk.

On the bottom floor, you've got storage, sleeping quarters and facilities for receiving stolen goods. Then, on the left side of the floor above, you've got the gambling hall. And on both levels, there are a variety of places to fire cannons from in case...

A Message for Streamers. Also, I'm drawing this.

If you stream your game, YOU HEREBY HAVE MY PERMISSION to use my maps in your streams. I'd have said this earlier, but I wasn't aware until recently that a lot of people think it's illegal or unethical to do so without permission. In any case, I want to make sure any streamers out there know where I stand on it.

This does not come with conditions. You can use my maps whether you are making money from your stream or not. You can use them whether you are a small streamer, a large streamer...

The 36th Cartographic Congress Runoff

Out of eight proposals, we had two clear leaders. Today, those two meet in the town square at high noon. Time to settle this, once and for all.

Senator Parker proposes a floating, thirteen-level tower dedicated to magical experiments and research with a dock for airships.

Senator Anders proposes a a village of reed houses in a river delta, inspired by the Marsh Arabs of the Tigris and Euphrates marshlands.

Tokens and an Updated Black Loch Map

All this stuff is free for everyone. You can download it from the attachments at the bottom or from Google Drive here.

So, these are the tokens I drew. I'd say you can figure out what most of these critters are, although you may have some questions about the half-orc with a mustache and a combover holding a cup of coffee. That's Stan-- short for Stanislaus, not St...

The 36th Cartographic Congress Vote

I've got some drawing to do, so let's get right to the proposals:

Senator Fraz-Urb'luu proposes a bubblegum dragon's lair.

Senator Raffaele proposes an illithid Nautiloid spelljammer.

Senator Dezzicus proposes the Taj Mahal.

Senator BasketMC proposes a driders' lair in a web-filled cave.

Senator Parker proposes a floating, thirteen-level tower dedicated to magical experiments and research with a dock for airships.

Senator Anders proposes a a village of reed...

The Halls of the Awakened - Unfurnished

Here's the unfurnished version I promised. Instead of talking about it, I'd like to share something completely useless with you. I was looking through the 5th Ed. Monster Manual today and I noticed that there were a TON of entries starting with D. The D's start on page 46 and end on 122. Anyway, I did what any crazy person would do and I got out a calculator. There are 76 pages of D's out of a total of 304 pages of monsters, meaning that 25% of the monsters in the Monster Manual start wit...