“Agrakata is a well defended city. Only a fool would try any sneak into the palace of the Phoenix king. And such a fool would need these maps of the city's aquifers, hopefully such a fool has 250 gold.” - Ida Holly
One little slip up in an otherwise perfectly defended city. An opening to get you behind the walls and not far from the palace where the crown, your target, is. Now here's the rub. You set off alarm bells and the whole operation is a bust, be...
2024-02-28 06:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“The ancient city of A’taran is built upon the limestone Cenotes where the stairways lead to the depths. The dead are offered to the underworld in exchange for the pure life-giving water of its pools.” - Ida Holly, On the Triton sea.
The Underdark reaches below most of the surface world. But sun-dwellers will tell you it's all glowing mushrooms and Duergar. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are biomes of a thousand kinds most upper-folk have ...
2024-02-19 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Most fixers have a whole separate list of gigs they know go bad they give to crews they don't like. But if you don’t die, that means getting onto the ‘Reliable’ list” - Ca$he, Japantown Gun runner
It's an easy gig: swipe the car and get it to Japantown. Is it close to the precinct? Yes. Is the payout bad? Also, yes. Is it a bait car loaded with unregistered firearms? No - they are registered. Look, you're a new crew. Good luck finding something bett...
2024-02-13 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Let's see you get out of THIS one, superdorks!” - Evil Doctor Notida
The villainous lair was easy to find, almost too easy! Entering, there wasn't a guard or henchman in sight. Just a large metal tank and enough explosives to blow up half the city! The alchemical vats and laboratory beakers bubbled, and the only sound was the sudden slam of the iron exit door. Gas filled the chamber, and your vision began to blur; the last thing you saw was the villain's b...
2024-02-05 06:00:06 +0000 UTC
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"Between cults building stone monoliths, the heat, and the sand storms, I can't decide what I'd rather do me in." - Ida Holly
Listen up, soldiers! This information cost our greatest spies their lives. The line of obelisks siphons power from all across the land, funneling it back to the enemy's kingdom. Each one feeds the next in an endless line of invisible power, rerouting ley lines, shaping the landscape, and draining everything for the benefit of the enemy!<...
2024-01-30 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Ida's Guide is here! It's been a long two-year wait, but the book is here at last! Twelve races, 30+ new magic items, a 272-page adventure, player handouts, 17 battlemaps for the adventure’s encounters (8 of which are phased maps!), and a bonus murder mystery one-shot!
I know your gonna love it, If you dig my maps or lore! preorders are available right now at https://balatro.net/idasguide...
2024-01-25 23:25:40 +0000 UTC
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“She had voice like a banshee with a sore throat. It was the kind of voice that could make a harpy sing the blues..” - Detective inspector Ida Holly
A 4 hour One-Shot murder mystery whodunit Inspired by classic dimestore pulp and Noir! Featuring Clues, Suspects, and Player Roles which give each player their relationship with the victim, why they might have wanted him dead, and a dark secret they are keeping from the rest of the party!
The King has a...
2024-01-22 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Deep below the castle dungeons the servants hear the cries of those who are taken. But the lord of the castle continues to forbid anyone from investigating, and prisoners continue to disappear.
The main map of this pack is a Lich’s Lair where a necromancer secretly prepares to preform the transformation, but this map collection includes 10 other variations as well! A pirate’s cove, sewer cistern, fallout vault, Yuan-Ti jungle shrine, a cloning facility, a ...
2024-01-22 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“The Serpent god Nisi’Mammo is the patron of green and gifts. Anything you desire can be yours with a visit to her well. But you will forever be changed. Contorted to her likeness forever more.” - Ida Holly, reading ancient writing on the wall of the Well of the Golden Serpent.
Every adventurer has heard the legend, a well the size of a castle whose waters house a giant statue made of pure gold in the shape of a titanic snake - the Golden Serpent. Standin...
2024-01-15 06:00:07 +0000 UTC
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"In the forests of Dolver, there is a city fallen to ruin before its completion, cursed to wait forever for its citizens to return." - Ida Holly.
Everyone perished before completion, building their new kingdom in the unexplored, mysterious pines without discovering the horrors that lurked among the needles. Every citizen either died or vanished, leaving the castle to fall into ruin.
The strange, haunting need to protect its people awoke something in the k...
2024-01-08 06:49:15 +0000 UTC
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“Making it through another year is worthy of celebration. Your birthday for you and the New year for us all!” - Ida Holly
And with that- The 2023 season comes to an end! Celebrate the new year at the capital city under a storm of confetti! Even adventurers need a break, a festival and celebration now and again. And after a rough year heading off to the capital to watch the local customary magical sphere descend might be just the thing.
This year mar...
2023-12-31 02:59:37 +0000 UTC
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Pipe Works! Deep below the city, down in the ducts that feed air and power to the mega buildings above, a second hidden society thrives, humming with life creeping in shadows. Those who go down rarely come out either because they can't afford to, or… well..
Some gigs are going to require you to get creative with your entrance and the ducts below the city are always an option. But let me tell you, they got to be the final last option. Between the fumigations, the cavernous drops, the r...
2023-12-23 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Alright students, Look to your left, look to your right. One of those people will not pass my class. And the other will get eaten by an eldar horror…” - Ida Holly at Azmik University
In the sheltered halls of Dark Academia, where forbidden wisdom intertwines with occult secrets, lies the infamous Forbidden Library. This battlemap plunges you into the heart of a archive of tomes with contents that blur the boundaries between knowledge and danger.
N...
2023-12-17 08:09:32 +0000 UTC
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“If a Salt Dunes or Redwaste outlaw starts running while holding up your sand skiff, you run too. You’re on the same team now.” - Ida Holly
The dunes, though only 20 miles across, divide the kingdom so completely. No army can march through; no caravan can trade. Out there, it's an empire of monsters and vultures feeding on what they leave behind. That is, of course, besides the Sand Skiffs.
Officially deemed a crime by the crown, Skiffs are consider...
2023-12-10 06:00:02 +0000 UTC
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In the big city, there are no graveyards. Those fortunate enough to have someone who cares about them are incinerated into ash and disposed of in the mountains of trash. With a good insurance plan, you might even receive a holo-memoriam for a few years. For the rest of us— the nobodies caught in the crossfire as you psychos launch rockets at each other—mass tombs made of concrete and rebar await.
Every flickering street sign and distant siren is a dirge to the struggle for existence...
2023-11-30 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“They say the Queen of Sirens spends her days lavishly lounging on her throne and reading her collection of messages in bottles that will never reach shore like letters from a lover.” - Ida Holly
The Siren's Throne is an inhospitable island chain in the distant stormy seas made up of jagged cliffs above the surf and tangled seaweed strangled around countless rocks and wrecks below. It's bad luck to sail within a mile of it- and worse luck to follow the song...
2023-11-24 06:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“The world is strewn with ancient ruins left behind by forgotten civilizations. Dungeons deep and vast built to entomb ancient peoples, and forgotten magics.” - Ida Holly
United by a need to rediscover the ancient technologies of the forgotten arcane civilization, you gathered as experts in your field to find and reawaken the powers of old. You were on the verge of success when the Imperial airship admiral captured you. Intent on using the power for evil, h...
2023-11-16 06:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“There are legends of ancient devines- fallen into a slumber- waiting to be remembered.” - Ida Holly
There stands to the north a dense, ancient forest shrouded in an ethereal mist. Deep within its heart lies the altar to the ancient peoples' forgotten forest god, the Ent Father. Legends speak of the Ent Father's wisdom, and druids often come to this place to commune with nature and seek guidance. Unbeknownst to you adventurers, tonight, the forest is alive...
2023-11-09 06:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The last map of the Fun Scray series is here and its Scooby doo inspired! I grew up watching the 60s scooby on cartoon network and there is no way I could do a fun scary theme without the number one mystery gang!
This collection includes many of the gang’s most Iconic cases as well as the mystery machine in the bottom portion of each, arriving on the scene to unmask some ghoulies! There are also variations available without the Mystery Machine present in case you want to use them in ...
2023-10-31 18:42:52 +0000 UTC
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“That Can't Be Good For The Table."
Throughout October, I've been crafting my annual set of horror-themed maps—four in total. This year marks the official third installment of this tradition! Inspired by Laudna this years theme is FUN SCARY!
This particular map, however, veers more towards the fun side rather than pure fright, featuring Howl's Moving Castle! It's not only my all-time favorite movie but also a massive influence on my writing and world building. I've p...
2023-10-26 09:10:10 +0000 UTC
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The Town of Pottsfield, located somewhere in The Unknown,Over the Garden Wall, Is thrilled to welcome all to take part in the harvest! So long as you don’t trample the crops… If you do, Enoch will be forced to sentence you to... a few hours of manual labor.
For the entire month of October, as always, I'll be creating horror-themed maps—four in total. This marks the third year of this tradition, and it's officially becoming a favorite! This year, we're taking a page out of Laudna'...
2023-10-18 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Their house is a museum. When people come to see 'em. They really are a scre-am! The First of my Fun-Scary October Halloween maps! The Addams Family Mansion! In a cozy nook between the Swamp and the graveyard! 0001 Cemetery Lane.
For the entire month of October, as always, I'll be creating horror-themed maps—four in total. This marks the third year of this tradition, and it's officially becoming a favorite! This year, we're taking a page out of Laudna's book. The theme of all of them ...
2023-10-09 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“A wizard did it. Just put a sign up outside of every arcane disaster from now on- nine times out of ten it’s right.” - Ida Holly
Meddling is the great strength of wizards, tinkering on the fringes of the powers of the universe. Mostly their magic is cosmically harmless. But every era or so some mage gets ambitious. An attempt to create a Divine being by a mortal is doomed to failure- but that attempt will always come at a cost. For the case of the grim t...
2023-09-28 18:09:13 +0000 UTC
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“Listen potions and spells are well and good but the kind of healing I’d like is 3 or 4 hours in a hot spring.” - Ida Holly
When the party visited the local Onsen they expected a well earned moment of peace and relaxation. But when the wizard asked where the hot water came from the staff all began to act very suspicious.
This map is inspired by the stunningly beautiful hot springs from all over japan. I did my absolute best to capture some of what m...
2023-09-18 19:29:35 +0000 UTC
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WARNING! Hull Breach detected! Station pressure dropping. Reactor failure imminent. All engineer personnel report to airlock subsection 3 for emergency repairs. WARNING! Hull Breach detected! Station pressure drop-
We’ve lived our entire lives planet-side. Where you take things like- air and gravity for granted. They say “everything in space wants to kill you” but they should really hammer home how “Everything” includes space itself! The vacuum seems like a ha...
2023-09-13 09:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“There must be some calculable proportional number between the beauty of a location and the danger.” - Ida Holly
High in the alpine reaches above the veil of clouds where hides a world witnessed most by gods, Where the heavens and earth meet. Few dare to make the days long climb to the top, fewer still survive to the top.
They say, Palidians from all over the world climb the mountain to reach the aurora which many believe is a gate to the celestial r...
2023-09-04 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Relius is such a unique family name. I’ve only heard it once before, belonging to one Saint Relius. But surely, this generous, happy-go-lucky host is not the self-proclaimed purifier of the dead and leader of the undead-hunting plague doctors. It would be a long journey from necromancer-hunting fanatic to humble barkeep.”
- Ida Holly. Ida’s Guide to Worlds Beyond Our Own.
The two-floor inn stands on a lonely crossroads ...
2023-08-29 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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During my first time in The Glassway, I said, “sell everything? What does that mean?” Then I saw a store that sells stores. So, my first question was answered, and that was the beginning of many, many more. - Ida Holly
A mysterious demi-plane that is an alleyway between worlds. This location is a black market for all manner of strange, alien, and otherworldly beings, who sell and barter all manner of rare items and artifacts not seen anywhere else.
Th...
2023-08-23 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“A giant rose!? Does it come with GIANT CHOCOLATES!?” - Ida Holly
The Cathedral of the Rose stands as a towering ruin at the heart of the Bramblefen. Its majesty is marred by time and the echo of forgotten prayers lingers in the air. This ancient structure is now overgrown with the relentless embrace of the Bramblefen. Tall spires reach for the suns of crudilex, yet are anchored to the ground by the sinuous vines of the rose.
Inside, the cathedral ret...
2023-08-14 05:00:05 +0000 UTC
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"Wow! There are enough logs in this river to build an entire forest! And look! A big empty area with nothing but stumps, the perfect place to put it." - Ida Holly, Ida’s Guide to Worlds Beyond Our Own.
Before you is an enormous lumber Mill. The river is filled with so many logs that barely any of the water's surface is visible. You could easily walk across to the other side. The opposite bank of the river slopes steeply upward in tiered cliffs, and a large wo...
2023-08-07 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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