"A wedding is a magical day. Sometimes... too magical."
~ Idia Holly
A pair of love struck heroes have decided to preform an ancient ceremony and honor their love before friends, Family, and their adventuring party. and they take there vows under a local Gazebo... The Dread Gazebo. Ten phase encounter map.
This map is a touch goofier than my normal stuff, but tha...
There is a growing community of Cartographers who specialize in Phased Encounters, and there is a person out there trying to foster and grow that Community.
I don't claim to have created the idea of a Phased Encounter battlemap. no, that honor belongs to my new friend Domille. For those of you who don't know, Domille popularized the idea of making a DnD that expands and grows over the course of the encounter, It's critical to recognize who's footsteps you follow in and pay them the res...
Hi there, A lot of new patrons this week, Welcome! My numbers more than doubled overnight and its all a bit overwhelming. Thank you all for the support. This month I'm starting my monthly map poll where from now through the 5th you'll be able to vote which Phased map you want to see in June. oh, also. 5$ tier subscribers will also be able to add Suggestions to the map poll come the end of June.
So, which of these maps seems most interesting to you?
The Water Temple, An ancient puzzle locks the submerged entrance to an underground temple. The party pulls a series of levers to block the river feeding the lake above, and eventually have access. But- that damn doesn't look all too reliable.
Across the nations of the world it denoted that many, even most civilisations build along the sea, for trade and food. As a cartographer I can say without doubt over the ages the seas have crept closer and closer. Leads one to wonder, ...
“My father used to say that death is just another journey. That always made me think, if the soul leaves the body where does it go? Can a cartographer dream- what would it mean to map the afterlife?”
-Idia Holly
Our adventurers find themselves in need of a medium to contact a person who has died. However when they reach out to summon a ghost, instead something else responds. Something sinister from beyond which attaches to th...
2021-05-22 08:48:17 +0000 UTC View Post
“Uhoh- Whoops, I’m sure that's- fine.”
The location your party is collectively seeking is mapped only by one local cartographer: Idia Holly. After asking around, you arrive at the Cartographic Society & Imperial Notary. The bureaucratic government building would be completely unassuming if not for the Firesnake egg being hidden in it’s observatory. I'm sure it will be fine under the watch of Holly. That portal to the elemental plane of fire that exploded into ex...
“The Baba Yaga, God? Covenless witch? Archfey? Little is known about who they call the mother of Hags- Perhaps the dramatic lack of heroes brave enough to meet with the Baba Yaga is primarily to blame or a more sinister possibility is the depths of her magic preventing anyone from knowing who exactly she is.
Well- either way. As the Emerald Enclaves penultimate cartographer it is my advice to avoid this being at any cost. And to never- EVER eat her food.”<...
Our Adventurers find themselves locked in a life or death chase down the streets in stage coaches. Taking break neck turns, Smashing through busy markets. leaping down to the busy docks.
This map is a sequel to the busy thoroughfare, I had a patron mention "My players would probably highjack a cart and go on a chase"
so- I made that!
The fun thing about this map is you can be the chaser or the chased depending on your encounter.
Our adventurers find themselves in the big city. in the midst's of a chase that ends in active traffic. Fight the enemy while dodging oncoming Stagecoaches, covered wagons, and horses.
2021-05-03 03:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Adventurers top a ramshackle raft as they are pulled at a violent clip down stream. The map this time moves around the players. the raft itself the focal point so tokens don't need to be moved between phases.
2021-04-25 05:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The showdown with the Spirit of Earth. Each time the boss takes 25+ or a round passes the map progresses, the very land itself fighting against the adventurers.
This and my last phased map are out for free, if you enjoy them consider becoming a patron. Over the next few weeks more phased battle maps will be released for my Patrons including a arcane disaster in a wizards library, a perilous trip on a rickety raft down thrashing rapids, and a battle map which is itself ...
A sudden storm strikes the cliff below a overhanging tavern, each round the map progresses a phase, forcing the adventurers to leap the parlous gap while facing there enemies.
It's inspired by the insane combats in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and hopefully forces the players to leap from side to side as the tavern halves tilt back and forth. Dodging furniture attacks from the enemies.
Each phase should only be one round with a total of ten. switching at the end of the ro...
2021-04-20 01:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post