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Maps for EncounterPlus

So there's an app called EncounterPlus, which is an encounter-tracking app. It's like an offline VTT. Basically, it's for people who want to use digital maps and tokens to track their combats, but everyone's in your living room.

Before I go any further, I'm going to save some of you the time: it's for iOS only. Remember 1997, when everything came out for PC and there were like 12 programs for MacOS? Apparently things have c...

The Fallen Tower

Drawing this map made my brain hurt and I'm genuinely worried that, by posting it, I'm going to cause other people's brains to hurt as well. I think this has something to do with the floor being a wall and a wall being the floor, which... dammit, my brain hurts again.

The second image above is a diagram I made to explain the Fallen Tower as simply as I could. There's some further explanation 2020-10-24 23:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post

The Fallen Tower - Patrons' Edition

Drawing this map made my brain hurt and I'm genuinely worried that, by posting it, I'm going to cause other people's brains to hurt as well. I think this has something to do with the floor being a wall and a wall being the floor, which... dammit, my brain hurts again.

The second image above is a diagram I made to explain the Fallen Tower as simply as I could. There's some further explanation 2020-10-24 23:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Brazenthrone - The Iron Mines

I've never lost my enthusiasm for drawing Brazenthrone, but I am looking forward to the next big project, which makes me somewhat glad to be wrapping it up soon. Also, when Brazenthrone is done, I get to take this map and make it about 60% bigger. Because apparently I drew all that and it w...

Brazenthrone - The Iron Mines - Patrons' Edition

I've never lost my enthusiasm for drawing Brazenthrone, but I am looking forward to the next big project, which makes me somewhat glad to be wrapping it up soon. Also, when Brazenthrone is done, I get to take this map and make it about 60% bigger. Because apparently I drew all that and it w...

The Tusk

Last month's winning Cartographic Congress proposal was by Bryan, who suggested a hanging wizard's tower. That idea became the Tusk.

There were a few different ways to go about this, but I decided to go with the weirdest. The path to the entrance spirals up a stalagmite, then over a bridge and up the bottom tip of the Tusk itself. After that, the stairs go inside, then later back outside again, ending at a wide stone platform covered in magical glyphs.

Is this a practical layout f...

The Tusk - Patrons' Edition

Last month's winning Cartographic Congress proposal was by Bryan, who suggested a hanging wizard's tower. That idea became the Tusk.

There were a few different ways to go about this, but I decided to go with the weirdest. The path to the entrance spirals up a stalagmite, then over a bridge and up the bottom tip of the Tusk itself. After that, the stairs go inside, then later back outside again, ending at a wide stone platform covered in magical glyphs.

Is this a practical layout f...

The 25th Cartographic Congress Vote - FINAL SHOWDOWN

You know those western films where two cowboys stand in the middle of the town square, draw their guns at the same time and shoot? That wasn't really a thing. But it did happen once, when Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt did it in 1865 after an argument over a watch. Hickok won, of course, which is why you've never heard of Davis Tutt.

So, with that in mind, I ask you to c...

Brazenthrone - Greenstone Hall

Greenstone Hall is a residential district of Brazenthrone with a large, green crystal formation embedded in the floor. Discovered when the chamber was excavated, not much is known about it other than the fact that it's magical. Once seen as a cause for concern, it's managed to blend into the background after eight centuries of not causing any apparent problems.

With this chamber finished, we've got three mor...

Brazenthrone - Greenstone Hall - Patrons' Edition

Greenstone Hall is a residential district of Brazenthrone with a large, green crystal formation embedded in the floor. Discovered when the chamber was excavated, not much is known about it other than the fact that it's magical. Once seen as a cause for concern, it's managed to blend into the background after eight centuries of not causing any apparent problems.

With this chamber finished, we've got three mor...

Spells and the Jamming Thereof

I was asked to make a couple of minor changes to the Leviathan of Tyria to make it work better as a sci-fi vessel, but I ended up getting carried away and removing the boats, anchor and bilges, changing the background and recoloring a few things. It's still not wildly futuristic, but it looks a lot more ready to cruise the void than it did before.

This could also work as an airship, but, more tha...

The Leviathan of Tyria - Everyone's Edition

I'm making all the patron content for this map free for everyone. I'm pretty proud of this absolute monstrosity of a ship. I made a ton of stuff for it and I want you all to have it. You can download everything from my Google Drive here or from the attachments below.

So, let's talk about this gigantic boat. The Leviathan of Tyria is a catamaran (two-h...

The Floating Fortress is Inked

Yeah, there are boats in that boat. They're called gun yawls and they look like this. They're basically large rowboats with a single cannon. The idea is that they're maneuverable and hard to hit. Apparently they were very popular in Scandinavia, which is something you might have guessed from the picture, in which there's a Danish flag that is almost as big as the entire vessel itsel...

Floating Fortress Warship Sketches

These are some sketches I did while planning out the floating fortress warship I'm drawing next. I played around with some other designs, but they just ended up looking too normal. They were big ships, but nothing about them said FLOATING FORTRESS. I think this one does.

Let me break this ship down for you. It's a catamaran, which is a ship with two hulls. This gives it stability and a wide deck wit...

Brazenthrone - The Mushroom Farms - Second Level

As promised, here's the second level. Four more chambers to go! 

Brazenthrone - The Mushroom Farms - Second Level - Patrons' Edition

As promised, here's the second level. Four more chambers to go!

Download from Google Drive here (under NEWEST PATRON CONTENT).

Brazenthrone - The Mushroom Farms - Ground Level

You'll find the DM notes above, which I'm giving out to everybody because there are some unintuitive things about the Mushroom Farms and I want everyone to understand why they are the way they are.

One of the buildings here is Meard's Dwarven White Whiskey distillery. White whiskey is a thing I came up with while thinking about dwarven liquor. I thought, "Dwarves are known for drinking really strong ale, right? So what is their liquor like? How strong is that?" This was my answer.

Brazenthrone - The Mushroom Farms - Ground Level - Patrons' Edition

You'll find the DM notes above, which I'm giving out to everybody because there are some unintuitive things about the Mushroom Farms and I want everyone to understand why they are the way they are. 

One of the buildings here is Meard's Dwarven White Whiskey distillery. White whiskey is a thing I came up with while thinking about dwarven liquor. I thought, "Dwarves are known for drinking really strong ale, right? So what is their liquor like? How strong is that?" This was my answer....

I'm an idiot. Here's the actual alternate version of Whiskey Point.

The previous "alternate version" of Whiskey Point was identical to the regular version. I guess I saved the wrong file without noticing. Sorry about that. I especially apologize to anyone who was staring at the two files, trying to figure out what the difference was.

Anyway, I just noticed this, so I'm posting the actual alternate version. The difference is at the top floor of the lighthouse. If it still doesn't look different, reload the page. You may have the old file cached.

Whiskey Point

Whiskey Point is a ruined fort and lighthouse which has been reclaimed by pirates, who patched it up and now run a black market from inside its walls. Other pirates come here to fence their loot and have a few drinks before getting back to work.

There's an alternate version with just one difference: at the top of the lighthouse, instead of a pyre, there's a crystal. In this version, the idea is that the lighthouse is actually an arcane weapon that fires powerful beams of light. Should y...

Whiskey Point - Patrons' Edition

Whiskey Point is a ruined fort and lighthouse which has been reclaimed by pirates, who patched it up and now run a black market from inside its walls. Other pirates come here to fence their loot and have a few drinks before getting back to work.

There's an alternate version with just one difference: at the top of the lighthouse, instead of a pyre, there's a crystal. In this version, the idea is that the lighthouse is actually an arcane weapon that fires powerful beams of light. Should y...

All Patron Content is Now on Google Drive

Downloading one or two files from Patreon is easy enough, but downloading three hundred is... yeah, not the best. In any case, that's no longer a problem you have to deal with, since I've uploaded everything to Google Drive, which you can access here!

There is one exception: Photoshop files. Those are staying on Patreon, but I don't think anyone is trying to downl...

The 24th Cartographic Congress Vote Runoff

This month's vote is down to three candidates: the concave, the condemned and the convex. What'll it be?

Senator Roose proposes a large underground chasm with a fungal forest at the bottom and a shattered bridge crossing it.

Senator Parker proposes a gothic castle, home to a vampire countess.

Senator Bryan proposes a hanging wizard's tower in a giant stalagmite or icicle.

Brazenthrone - The Hollows

The Hollows are the closest thing Brazenthrone has to slums. They're the poorest neighborhood in the city and, secretly, the home of the local Thieves' Guild. They also have the lowest ceiling of any chamber in the city.

Rising only seven feet above the floor, the walls of the buildings here go from the ground to the chamber's roof, making the streets more like winding tunnels. The second level is actually a...

Brazenthrone - The Hollows - Patrons' Edition

The Hollows are the closest thing Brazenthrone has to slums. They're the poorest neighborhood in the city and, secretly, the home of the local Thieves' Guild. They also have the lowest ceiling of any chamber in the city.

Rising only seven feet above the floor, the walls of the buildings here go from the ground to the chamber's roof, making the streets more like winding tunnels. The second level is actually a...

The 24th Cartographic Congress Vote

Ladies and gentlemen, we have six excellent proposals for this month's vote. Without any ado whatsoever, let's get to it:

Senator Roose proposes a large underground chasm with a fungal forest at the bottom and a shattered bridge crossing it.

Senator Carl proposes a druidic sanctuary built in and around a massive tree.

Senator Parker proposes a gothic castle, home to a vampire countess.

Senator Fraz-Urb'luu proposes a pirate's navigational map of a small archipelago. 2020-08-27 01:57:48 +0000 UTC View Post

The Red Towers II: Orcstralia

Here's the alternate version of the Red Towers for those of you who prefer a drier greenskin lair. I was thinking of calling it "Stinky Uluru," but I didn't think anyone would get it except Australians and people who played Civilization 5.

I decided everyone should have the annotated version of this map. It seemed like some things might be a little confusing without it. This map has the same alterna...

The Red Towers II: Orcstralia - Patrons' Edition

Here's the alternate version of the Red Towers for those of you who prefer a drier greenskin lair. I was thinking of calling it "Stinky Uluru," but I didn't think anyone would get it except Australians and people who played Civilization 5.

This map has all the same alternate versions as the original. Just to let everyone know, the 1-inch grid versions are the same for both Red Towers maps (since the...

The Red Towers

Greenskin Rock got a new name and this is it. I like sea stacks and I like the idea of something living in one.

You've got all the things a semi-primitive demihuman race needs in here. There's an eating area with a fighting pit, a shrine to whatever unpleasant-smelling god these heathens worship, along with cells so the sacrifices don't wander off. There's a kennel for wargs or wolves or... Yorkshire T...

The Red Towers - Patrons' Edition

Greenskin Rock got a new name and this is it. I like sea stacks and I like the idea of something living in one.

You've got all the things a semi-primitive demihuman race needs in here. There's an eating area with a fighting pit, a shrine to whatever unpleasant-smelling god these heathens worship, along with cells so the sacrifices don't wander off. There's a kennel for wargs or wolves or... Yorkshire T...