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Adventures of the Avowed - A Mysteries of Candlekeep Supplement (on DMsGuild)

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/350623/Adventures-of-the-Avowed

Hey everyone,

Alex here. 

Since the latest DnD hardcover was announced, myself and a few other people (UO Publishing and TheDMToolChest) have b...

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March / April Poll

Getting back into the swing of things after a weird month and a bit, we are now caught up on previous poll winners!  What will be next in the queue?

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Shrine of the Cinder Serpent

The power brokers of the Plane of Fire work tirelessly to expand the reach of their masters outside their native plane, for reasons both strategic and religious. The Material Plane is considered fertile ground for expansion, as the mortals there are naïve and easily manipulated. Millennia ago, the powerful efreeti Mazdyumi interfered with a cult of the Cinder Serpent on the Material Plane, attempting to deceive their members into enslavement and bring them back into the Plane of Fire for...

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Road to Driftwood - Divinity Original Sin 2

It has been a while since we finished with act 1, but now we are back with the first map from act 2 of Divinity Original Sin 2!

There are plenty of encounters along this route in the game including questioning guards at the gate, prisoners on the verge of execution, and some chickens that have more backstory than you would think.

Free gridded and gridless version! 

2021-02-28 19:03:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Ruined Keep

It has been a while but we are back!

Many years ago, a keep was constructed near the border of two feuding duchies, intended to be used as a rallying point for the imminent war. Despite a successful build, it wasn't long before the men began to complain of suspicious happenings and ethereal disturbances. Despite clerical intervention and regular rotation of the men stationed there, the complains continued and the apparent haunting remained incessant. As the minor war sputtered to a ...

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Mad For Love - a FREE 5th Edition Valentine's Day Oneshot Adventure

Hey everyone!

This adventure is a bit of a repurposing of some of our earliest content so that we could give something away for Valentine's Day. We turned our original toyshop encounter into more of a fully-fleshed oneshot adventure by tweaking and adding a few things. 

If it suits you, you can grab the entire adventure already set up and ready to go with maps, dynamic lighting, and tokens in Roll20: 

2021-02-12 15:23:37 +0000 UTC View Post

A Quick Update

Hey everyone,

We'll only be releasing the one map this month due to a life event that's come up for us. We've had to spend some time taking care of some stuff.


Things should be back to normal soon! Just wanted to let everyone know that this will be a slower month.


Be well,


Ben & Alex 

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FREE - Tomb of the Drake - 5th Edition Adventure for 2nd to 4th level characters

Hey everyone,

Here is the second of two adventures we're dropping this month that we produced in coordination with DMDave and his team. We got a dungeondraft map in this one to save our cartographer, Ben, some time.

Patrons at the Fable tier and above get this type of content with each map release. 

Hope you like it! 

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Ruined City, The Emerald Eye

Some thousands of years ago, Moorhame was a thriving dwarven village in the far North. Home to the Temple of Lady Fortuna, dwarves from across the continent would make pilgrimages to its halls to receive the Lady's blessing. By offering a token to the temple's waters and uttering a prayer to the Goddess, adherents would be granted good fortune.

A calamity stuck Moorhame that does not exist in the records. Some have theorized a particularly destructive meteor shower, while o...

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Harpy Murder - new Fifth Edition Adventure (2nd-4th level)

Hey everyone,

Here is the first of two adventures we're dropping this month that we produced in coordination with DMDave and his team. We got a dungeondraft map in this one to save our cartographer, Ben, some time. 

Patrons at the Fable tier and above get this type of content with each map release. Keep an eye out for another TavernTales map release before the end of the year!

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Map Poll

Hey everyone, here's a poll to figure out the next 2 maps to be added to the queue. We're thinking of releasing another Divinity map this month, so keep an eye out for that. 

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Small Church

Another one of our older maps that we finally get to release!  We have always really liked the encounter for this one and it feels good to get it out there.

This map is on the smaller side but if you are a fan of the big ones, look forward to next month.  Our biggest yet is coming out, clocking in at a grid size of 70x54, surpassing the Observatory.

We hope you enjoy the map!

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Tower of Gnolls - Free 5th Edition Adventure (2nd to 4th level)

Hey everyone,

Hope you're enjoying the end of the year as best you can.  Here is the second of two adventures we're dropping this month that we produced in coordination with DMDave and his team. (Its important to note that this adventure uses a map by Dyson Logos, and not one created by yours truly. This saves us time and allows us to create more adventures every month just like this one).

Patrons at the Fable tier and above get this type of content with each map release. Kee...

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Signal Fire Tower

The guards stationed here have it easy, slacking day in and day out, consuming all the provisions and ale delivered at what ever rate pleases them that day.  The beacon hasn't been lit since the tower was built as an early warning signal.  An easy job. A safe job.

Lets just hope, for the sake of the villages nearby, that they are ready when the time comes.

We hope you enjoy the map!

2020-12-23 22:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Blood Baptism - Free 5e Adventure (1st - 3rd level)

Hey everyone, 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Here is the first of two adventures we're dropping this month that we produced in coordination with DMDave and his team. (Its important to note that this adventure uses a map by Dyson Logos, and not one created by yours truly. This saves us time and allows us to create more adventures every month just like this one). 

Patrons at the Fable tier and above get this type of content with each map release. We'll have another T...

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The Undervault Market

The Undervault Market has existed under the streets of the city for centuries. A popular spot for local commerce and a major economic center for the surrounding area, the local authorities are willing to turn a blind eye to the illicit activities that are nestled amongst the other much more legal stalls and storefronts.

We went through a bunch of different ideas for a market map and eventually decided to go with an underground, black-market-esque location.  This is a great spot for...

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Quick December Update

Hey everyone,

Bit of a weird year, obviously. But as we approach the end, we'd just like to say thank you to everyone for supporting us through 2020 - we're really excited about our growth and have high hopes for 2021. Work does continue on our 100 patron goal adventure, which is taking  longer than we planned, but alas! It'll be out sooner or later. 

For this month, we'll be finishing up the market/plaza and the watch tower battlemaps, with another extra map near the en...

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Radiant Gale Observatory

The observatory atop the Weathered Bluffs has stood for decades to study the magical and meteorological phenomena that is the Radiant Gale — a recurring arcane lightning storm that manifests evocative energies and molds the land around it. Recently, the observatory and the sages within it have gone silent, for disaster has struck: Ryva, an ambitious young blue dragon, has claimed the observatory as her lair, drawn to its proximity to the power of the Radiant Gale.


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Rope Bridge

A ramshackle rope bridge sways in the wind; it is the only clear passage between the two ends of a perilously deep chasm. A coursing river rushes between the rocks hundreds of feet below, completely obscured by fog.  A fall from this height would surely mean death.


This is another map we made over half a year ago, similar to the Swamp Village and Gallows, that we are excited to finally release!  

A great location to come across in travel.  You ca...

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The Grand Library

What was originally going to be a simple, one story library turned out to be this large three story map that my computer hates me for making (might be time for an upgrade).

If your party is ever in desperate need of powerful artifacts it might be time to run a heist of the library's secret vault.  No one other than the staff wizards have access to the restricted section below the library, but rumor has it there is quite the collection of items that they believe are better kept hidd...

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Decide the next maps!

Library is on the way. In the meantime, go ahead and vote for the next two maps to be added to the queue. 


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Mountain Waystone (Forest and Field Variant)

The Waystones have stood for as long as anyone can remember.  Despite many repeated attempts to understand their origin or purpose, their secrets have remained shrouded in mystery. Though rumors of their effects and history have persisted over the years, nobody has truly claimed to understand them.  

Who placed them?  What was their intended purpose?  Some are content protecting them without ever knowing the truth while others spend their life in search of these answ...

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Cramped City Streets and Alleys

The perfect place for a city chase with narrow streets and alleys all around.  Your players can crash into of the merchants set up on the corners and send fruit flying, or climb to the rooftops using cluttered supplies or low ledges.  Climb even higher, to the highest point on the map, and dive into a small box of hay to escape pursuers. 

2020-10-28 03:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post

We're on Roll20!

More exciting news!

In partnership with DMDave and building on our contributions to Broadsword Magazine, a selection of our adventures every month will be fully ported into Roll20, including maps, token artwork, and dynamic lighting. 

Unfortunately, we aren't authorized to offer discount codes or anything like that, but we're pumped nonetheless. 

You can find our first port, Dead Giants Fortress...

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Town of Nurria and an Update on the 100 Patron Adventure Goal

The town of Nurria is not new to the mining industry and the dwarves who founded it are well aware of the dangers of digging too deep. After a catastrophic event many decades ago, the Dwarves installed impenetrable emergency containment doors on each tunnel, should they ever need to seal one to prevent something from escaping. 

It has been a while since we updated you on this goal, and recently between collaborations and other work it became a bit of a back burner, but no ...

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Vote for the next dungeon!

Get your vote in for our next full-color dungeon map and PDF adventure. 

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Vote for the next battlemaps!

Top two choices will be next up on the work schedule. 

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Winery

The Dragic Winery has sat abandoned for half a century. Now, the fermented smell has returned. Thought to be derelict, could it be possible that the winery is in use once again? Nobody nearby knows of anyone who would be using it, and the people are curious for answers. Have the Dragics returned? Is it haunted? Something else? 

2020-10-03 19:44:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Overgrown Viking Throne

Need something for your party to stumble upon while travelling through the forest? How about some ghosts in a small keep that has been lost to history? Or, better yet, you can check out the free adventure we published to go with this map, here.    

Hope you like it! We had fun with this one. 

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The Haunting of Glencord Wood - Free Sidequest Adventure

Hey everyone, 

More cool news. Recent partnerships have allowed us to increase the rate and quality of our adventure content, and so from now on, more and more battlemaps will be accompanied by small adventure releases just like this one - The Haunting of Glencord Wood - which we're releasing for free to give you a taste of what's to come. 


(Sorry folks already at the Fable tier, we'll have a full length adventure just for you very soon. Thanks for the support...

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