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336 Gatehouse - Patreon Exclusive

Denizens of the Tower!

So I've been working lately in this gatehouse map. It is the only way to cross a large wall configuration. The gatehouse comes with several portcullis doors, murder holes, and a cool configuration of towers that make defending the place a breeze.

Like other encounter locations I have released in the past, this illustration is included as is, with no PDF lore or any other information. I didn't feel like making a story for a door makes much sense. Regardless, ...

The Corrupted Guild

Travelers of the Internet, we wrote an adventure!

A dedicated scholar who studied the arcane art of teleportation, among many others, founded a guild of students and researchers of this branch of magic: The Insightful scholars. The founder, Devon, was a dedicated scholar who devoted her whole life to unearthing the secrets of the weave. One day she stumbled across a powerful Feywild artifact who corrupted her mind and body. Devon and her scholars slowly succumbed to the arcane influence...

335 The Corrupted Guild (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 335 The Corrupted Guild . Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been r...

335 The Corrupted Guild

Denizens of the Tower!

A dedicated scholar who studied the arcane art of teleportation, among many others, founded a guild of students and researchers of this branch of magic: The Insightful scholars. The founder, Devon, was a dedicated scholar who devoted her whole life to unearthing the secrets of the weave. One day she stumbled across a powerful Feywild artifact who corrupted her mind and body. Devon and her scholars slowly succumbed to the arcane influence of a clay container whose ...

The royal crypt was defiled!

Travelers from the internet!

This is a short encounter scenario about a witch who curses a local noble. Because of this curse, some undead in the family crypt craw out of their graves and wreak havoc in the vicinities. Some of the castle guards already lost their lives trying to solve the issue so the bounty is out for those valiant enough to risk their lives in exchange for gold. A hundred gold pieces for each sellsword who goes there and return triumphant.

Pledge today and gain ...

334 The Curse of the Royal Crypt (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 334 The Curse of the Royal Crypt. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects hav...

334 The Curse of the Royal Crypt

Denizens of the Tower!

This is a short encounter scenario about a witch who curses a local noble. Because of this curse, some undead in the family crypt craw out of their graves and wreak havoc in the vicinities. Some of the castle guards already lost their lives trying to solve the issue so the bounty is out for those valiant enough to risk their lives in exchange for gold. A hundred gold pieces for each sellsword who goes there and return triumphant.

This map comes in two variat...

Gnolls took over everything!

Traveler!

This is a strange underground complex that functioned as a fort of sorts near a well-trafficked crossroads. On the surface, the only thing visible is a squat tower with a large stable. The stable is too large for the tower but the stone building is only an entrance to the underground complex. A quirky architect was commissioned to build the place and he chose to do so in the shape of several schematics of the multiverse of planes. He was not a scholar himself but he used the i...

333 The Converging Fort (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 333 The Converging Fort. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been ra...

333 The Converging Fort

Denizens of the Tower!

We start the month with a cool underground location. This is a strange underground complex which functioned as a fort of sorts near a well-trafficked crossroads. On the surface, the only thing visible is a squat tower with a large stable. The stable is too large for the tower but the stone building is only an entrance to the underground complex. A quirky architect was commissioned to build the place and he chose to do so in the shape of several schematics of the m...

Dungeon Vault Magazine 5 is out!

This is issue No. 5 of Dungeon Vault Magazine. A compilation of adventures, lore, excellent cartography, and useful digital goodies.

Dungeon Vault Magazine is all about providing interesting ideas and lore to DMs and storytellers. Within this issue, you will find varied adventure ideas.

These short modules do not stick to a unified template of sections. Instead, they are organically created and follow their own pace. The types of modules you can expect are city/to...

A lovecraftian chapel with an arcane stone idol!

This is a tier 1 (level 3-4) adventure about a strange new cult who kidnaps the cityfolk. None of them have ever escaped or been seen again. The cult’s lair is in an old ruined part of town in an underground complex known as the Chapel of the Ancients. It is an old construction built by an earlier civilization. The strange stone idol (see cover) in the altar hides a terrible secret. Its influence has caused the creation of the cult. It is not just a statue. Something terrib...

332 Chapel of the Ancients (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 332 Chapel of the Ancients. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been...

332 Chapel of the Ancients

Denizens of the tower!

This illustration took longer than usual. It's a large sprawling, non-linear underground location. Two levels, interconnected in many ways. The location has a religious intent, it is a chapel dedicated to a strange statue/idol in Area 7.

The illustration comes in the usual formats and variants. I hope you enjoy this one. I think this is one of my best creations.

But there's more! 

I wrote a cool adventure for this piece. The...

331 Thimokeles' Demiplane (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 331 Thimokeles' Demiplane. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been ...

331 Thimokeles' Demiplane (Exclusive)

Denizens of the Tower!

A mage named Thimokeles built a tower close to some small settlements. The wizard does not care for those towns, nor does he intentionally mean them ill. However, his experiments and arcane practices often cause them trouble. Sometimes it's sudden changes in the weather, other times it's the irrational behavior of nearby wildlife and livestock; and once, an undead corpse showed up in town and it took ten men to stop it. The locals tried to talk with the wizard but...

One Page Dungeon 19

Travelers!

Here's the 18th installment of the one-page-dungeon series. The objective is to create self-contained adventures/dungeons with all things necessary to spawn fun adventures in a single page.  The adventures are system neutral so no rules or mechanics are included.This adventure is about a quirky mage who lives in the forest about an hour away from the nearest settlement. Shadenis is trying to perfect a conjuration spell that will allow him to permanently summon/create gol...

OP18 An Arcane Prisoner (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 330 The Kuo-Toa Idol. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been raste...

OP18 An Arcane Prisoner

Hello, Denizens of the Tower.

Here's the 18th installment of the one-page-dungeon series. The objective is to create self-contained adventures/dungeons with all things necessary to spawn fun adventures in a single page.  The adventures are system neutral so no rules or mechanics are included.

This adventure is about a quirky mage who lives in the forest about an hour away from the nearest settlement. Shadenis is trying to perfect a conjuration spell that will allow him to per...

A lovecraftian idol underground!

Traveler, hear this news!

This is an underground cavern complex near a natural spring in the mountain range. Some of the tunnels are submerged but they also connect some of the surface areas. This location is the perfect hideout for a pack of kuo-toa cultists who recently moved to the area. The kuo-toa are innately insane. They follow obscure motivations that are incomprehensible to other species. Their strange devices brought them to this underground complex. Here, they used clay, rock...

330 The Kuo-Toa Idol (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 330 The Kuo-Toa Idol. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been raste...

330 The Kuo-Toa Idol

Denizens of the Tower!

This is an underground cavern complex near a natural spring in the mountain range. Some of the tunnels are submerged but they also connect some of the surface areas. This location is the perfect hideout for a pack of kuo-toa cultists who recently moved to the area. The kuo-toa are innately insane. They follow obscure motivations that are incomprehensible to other species. Their strange devices brought them to this underground complex. Here, they used clay, rocks, ...

The involuntary jail fight-club!

Hey traveler, will you hear local gossip?

It's been reported that a transitory imprisonment area in the local city barracks has a high death count. For some unknown reason many of the inmates die in the barracks' jail before their eventual shipment to a max security prison. The warden of the jail, Dirty Joe, insists that many of the temporary inmates come to the cells in bad physical conditions and with incurable ailments. A large portion of them die after two days or so. The bodies are...

329 The Limbo Arena (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 329 The Limbo Arena. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been raster...

329 The Limbo Arena

Denizens of the Tower,

It's been reported that a transitory imprisonment area in the local city barracks has a high death count. For some unknown reason many of the inmates die in the barracks' jail before their eventual shipment to a max security prison. The warden of the jail, Dirty Joe, insists that many of the temporary inmates come to the cells in bad physical conditions and with incurable ailments. A large portion of them die after two days or so. The bodies are cremated, it's pol...

The Dragon and the Spirits

This is a tier 3 (levels 10-14) adventure about a black dragon in a nearby swamp. The dragon found a way to use an arcane device in his lair to extract people's souls and become a powerful spellcaster. A group of valiant adventurers rushes to the scene with the hope of saving as many of the missing travelers as possible. They have heard that a medium-sized population of kobolds follows the dragon around and worships it.

This adventure has it all. There are roleplaying opportunities, und...

328 Black Dragon Lair (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 328 Black Dragon Lair. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been rast...

328 Black Dragon Lair

Hey, Denizens of the Tower

As far as I can remember I had not ever done a dragon lair. Weird, right?  well, this is an adult black dragon's lair. It's got swamp access, accommodations for kobold lackeys, and some strange gold-plated face in the main entrance because the dragon took this place. The original purpose of the location is still a large mystery, even to the dragon, but it makes for a nice entrance hallway.

I wrote an adventure to go with this map but this adventure ...

The mysterious automatons in the forest!

Traveler from a foreign land!

This is a forest encounter map with some interesting lore to kickstart a cool adventure. It is a secluded location in the depths of a great forest where an ancient ruin awaits after eons of abandonment. In the middle of an eroded expanse of stone tiles, three large pillars with alcoves in them house three grand automata. The obscure statues appear humanoid but the facial features reveal they were part of an ancient race different from humans. These three au...

327 The Silent Automata (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 327 The Silent Automata. Notice that it is necessary to have Photoshop to use it. Inside you will find that it is all white. That is the uppermost layer, I only use it to make the file preview smaller in size. Once you remove that uppermost layer you'll see the illustration. (it's just one click)

Most of the illustration elements are properly named and arranged in folders in the layer area. Some assets like textures or smart objects have been ra...