AtaraxianBear

Five maps for adventures in a flood zone (free version)

Map sizes (2+ maps for supporter)

1. Flooded Village [40x50]

2. Flooded Castle Ruin [80x50]

3. Flooded Forest [30x40]

4. Flooded Bridge [30x40]

5. Flooded House [25x30]

Ideas for encounters and gameplay

• After a period of heavy rainfall, the area's infrastructure has collapsed and a state of emergency prevails. The maps are ideal for telling short stories about individual ...

  2025-11-03 11:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Seven maps for adventures in a flood zone

Map sizes

1. Flooded Village [40x50]

2. Flooded Castle Ruin [80x50]

3. Flooded Forest [30x40]

4. Flooded Hill with refugees [45x60]

5. Flooed Hill with ruins [35x45]

6. Flooded Bridge [30x40]

7. Flooded House [25x30]

Ideas for encounters and gameplay

• After a period of heavy rainfall, the area's infrastructure has collapsed and a state of emergency ...

  2025-11-03 11:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Patient statues of toads lying in wait [35x47] (hand-drawn)

I'm very sorry for the long wait since the last maps, but the toads have finally reached us! My partner's very first hand-drawn map is available to everyone, and we would love to hear your feedback! Style, usability, etc.

I'm still working on my thesis for another month or two and will only be able to make maps sporadically, but after that I can work through the mountain of ideas that have accumulated and delight you with maps at a much higher frequency. In a few days I...

My first hand-drawn region map and five battlemaps of locations on it! (free version)

Sorry about the long wait. I've been sick for a while and am currently finishing my degree. So I'm even more proud to present my first self-drawn map to you. It's a first attempt; I still have a lot to learn and would appreciate some productive feedback :)

My partner is also working on her own hand-drawn maps, which might appear here soon (and she's at a much higher level than me :)

As for the maps, I've written a little philosophy-related mini-adventure around them. Nothing elabo...

My first hand-drawn region map and six battlemaps of locations on it!

Sorry about the long wait. I've been sick for a while and am currently finishing my degree. So I'm even more proud to present my first self-drawn map to you. It's a first attempt; I still have a lot to learn and would appreciate some productive feedback :)

My partner is also working on her own hand-drawn maps, which might appear here soon (and she's at a much higher level than me :)

As for the maps, I've written a little philosophy-related mini-adventure around them. Nothing elabo...

Another long path high in the mountains [80x35] (free version)

Please excuse the long pause. I'm currently ill and working on my master's thesis, which is why I haven't been able to get many maps out lately. I hope I'll be well soon and be able to work more. Besides, maybe my partner will join in, and there might be some cool hand-painted maps coming!

Until then, here another goat path :)

-AtaraxianBear

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Get 250+ more free maps in my cloud: 2025-08-12 10:10:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Another long path high in the mountains [80x35]

Please excuse the long wait. I'm currently ill and working on my master's thesis, which is why I haven't been able to get many maps out lately. I hope I'll be well soon and be able to work more. Besides, maybe my partner will join in, and there might be some cool hand-painted maps coming!

Until then, here another goat path :)

-AtaraxianBear

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You can find almost all maps collected here in the cloud for a quick download: 2025-08-12 10:09:00 +0000 UTC View Post

A dungeon full of trash and rats [40x75] and a goat path in the mountains [70x35] (free version)

Today I lead you deep into a dungeon full of accumulated trash. Besides trash, there are also many corpses that the rats are feasting on. I also offer a nice little path high up in the mountains. It's very narrow in places, offering many tactical opportunities.

I wish a lot of fun with the map! :)

-AtaraxianBear

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Get 250+ more free maps in my cloud: 2025-07-22 21:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post

A dungeon full of trash and rats [40x75] and a goat path in the mountains [70x35]

Today I lead you deep into a dungeon full of accumulated trash. Besides trash, there are also many corpses that the rats are feasting on. I also offer a nice little path high up in the mountains. It's very narrow in places, offering many tactical opportunities.

I wish a lot of fun with the map! :)

-AtaraxianBear

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You can find almost all maps collected here in the cloud for a quick download: 2025-07-22 21:18:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Baldurs Gate inspired Spider Queen Encounter [53x65]

Free again for everyone who enjoys the map :)

I had a lot of fun with the spider web bridges; I hope they and the map as a whole offer many opportunities for interesting combat interactions!

-AtaraxianBear

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All ice will melt [30x30] (phased) and a beautiful beach with just a bit of trash [30x55] (free version)

It'll be 37 degrees here next week, so I've made a suitable map.

Stage a chase through an icy desert. It will eventually end here at the ocean, where there's no escape. Suddenly, cracks appear in the ice everywhere, and the entire mass breaks away from the ice sheet. You have to imagine that the ice floes then drift further and further out to sea, melting in the process.

Gameplay Ideas

- Enemies in the water become increasingly powerful the ...

All ice will melt [30x30] (phased) and a beautiful beach with just a bit of trash [30x55]

It'll be 37 degrees here next week, so I've made a suitable map.

Stage a chase through an icy desert. It will eventually end here at the ocean, where there's no escape. Suddenly, cracks appear in the ice everywhere, and the entire mass breaks away from the ice sheet. You have to imagine that the ice floes then drift further and further out to sea, melting in the process.

Gameplay Ideas

- Enemies in the water become increasingly powerful the ...

A small part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now also be experienced in your campaigns [40x60] and [30x30] (free version)

Ideas for this map

- The ground is sometimes quite solid, sometimes you sink. From a gameplay perspective, I would recommend using this in appropriate situations. Jumps, tackles, and similar maneuvers have the potential to cause a character to drown in the garbage or even under the garbage on low rolls. Since there is more water and garbage underneath, which is constantly moving, the character disappears into the garbage and can easily be driven to another location with...

A small part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now also be experienced in your campaigns [40x60] and [30x30]

Ideas for this map

- The ground is sometimes quite solid, sometimes you sink. From a gameplay perspective, I would recommend using this in appropriate situations. Jumps, tackles, and similar maneuvers have the potential to cause a character to drown in the garbage or even under the garbage on low rolls. Since there is more water and garbage underneath, which is constantly moving, the character disappears into the garbage and can easily be driven to another location with...

A melting ice dungeon [50x82] (free version)

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A melting ice dungeon [50x82]

Quest Idea

In a fantasy world where magical emissions heat up the climate to the point where it threatens the lives of all its inhabitants, our heroes are sent to the far north to eliminate a major source of these emissions. Once upon a time, a powerful mage was trapped deep in the northern ice after casting an immortality spell on himself. Now the sea is approaching, and its thawing is nearing, forming this cave system. He must be eliminated to prevent worse from happe...

A battlemap to eat the rich in your campaign [20x16]

Quest ideas for this map

• The news has been spreading for days. The Sun King of this land is to be executed today. But shortly before the execution, divine intervention occurs, and an angel of the God of Riches floats down onto the stage in golden armor. He proclaims that the disgusting, filthy peasants should tremble and that no one should question the order his god has ordained for them. Someone speaks up and is transformed into fool's gold by a petrifying ray....

  2025-06-08 11:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Baldur's Gate inspired battle for the grove [46x57]

Recommendations for a battle on this map:

Whether your players are defending or attacking the Grove, I would advise giving the attackers a significant advantage. The location is ideal for demonstrating why, for much of history, a very high price in life had to be paid to overpower an entrenched defender. The gate is a brutal chokepoint, the rocks are in principle climbable, but during the rounds in which you climb, you are completely helpless against all the defenders' ...

A small dungeon which was evolved by an alchemy lab [35x55] and a baldur's gate inspired gnoll encounter map [73x51] (free version)

A small dungeon with some "naturally grown" meat, and another free for everyone Baldur's Gate-inspired encounter. Perfect for slaughtering gnolls, and thanks to leveling and different entrances, it allows for a variety of approaches :)

I wish you a lot of fun with the maps!

-AtaraxianBear

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Get 250+ more free maps in my cloud: 2025-05-29 11:57:12 +0000 UTC View Post

A small dungeon which was evolved by an alchemy lab [35x55] and a baldur's gate inspired gnoll encounter map [73x51]

A small dungeon with some "naturally grown" meat, and another free for everyone Baldur's Gate-inspired encounter. Perfect for slaughtering gnolls, and thanks to leveling and different entrances, it allows for a variety of approaches :)

I wish you a lot of fun with the maps!

-AtaraxianBear

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You can find almost all maps collected here in the cloud for a quick download: 2025-05-29 11:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post

A Baldur's Gate inspired Harpy Encounter at the coast [53x45]

I'm back with a Baldur's Gate inspired map! :)
Sorry for the long break, but I had a big exam to pass (which I did very well :D ). To celebrate, I'm making this map available to everyone for free. It's a Harpy Encounter inspired by the part in Baldur's Gate where my Honor Mode run will likely end when I continue playing (things are looking bad for my group of heroes...). I can well imagine making more maps inspired by this masterpiece :)

I wish you all the very best!
- Your Atara...

The ruins of le château de la Hunaudaye [60x65] (free version)

A quick announcement: I'm currently in the final stages of my studies and have tough exams ahead of me and behind me, which is why the maps aren't coming as regularly as usual. Also, the stress is so big that creating the maps is much less fun than usual and is limiting my creativity, which makes it even more difficult. I hope you understand if I don't have as much stuff (or just smaller encounter) coming over the next four weeks. If you have any ideas for future maps, I'd be...

The ruins of le château de la Hunaudaye [60x65]

A quick announcement: I'm currently in the final stages of my studies and have tough exams ahead of me and behind me, which is why the maps aren't coming as regularly as usual. Also, the stress is so big that creating the maps is much less fun than usual and is limiting my creativity, which makes it even more difficult. I hope you understand if I don't have as much stuff (or just smaller encounter) coming over the next four weeks. If you have any ideas for future maps, I'd b...

Five maps for adventures around colorful volcanic lakes [35x45] and [60x80] (free version)

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Supporter get 300 more maps and these map in high res/10mb/VTT Files

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The finished encounter box with seven maps for adventures around colorful volcanic lakes [35x45] and [60x80]

I hope you have lots of fun with these colorful maps :)

-AtaraxianBear

Quest Idea:

This region has changed suddenly and drastically. A volcano erupted in the region two years ago, and in addition to the sudden destruction, the environment has also undergone long-term changes. The water in the region has become hot, sometimes alkaline, sometimes acidic, and thus undrinkable. Our heroes are hired by the heir of the then count to delve into the depths of the ar...

Three encounter maps with colorful volcanic lakes [35x45]

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Four encounter maps with colorful volcanic lakes [35x45]

Inspired by beautiful, colorful lakes, which usually get their color from minerals, I've created a small encounter box. Here are the first maps. More will follow soon (and, of course, a central map with a castle ruin :D

-Your AtaraxianBear

Encounter map in the ruins of a city [40x50] (free version)

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Encounter map in the ruins of a city [40x50]

A battlemap to support those from last week. Old city ruins that have only been partially reclaimed by nature, with their walls offering the potential for highly tactical battles :)

Have a lot of fun! :)

-AtaraxianBear

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The ruins of the moon goddess [40x55] and the lake of giant lilys [30x40] (free version)

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