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265 Veldanterra

It's been a while since I posted a large city map. This is Veldanterra. The most prominent feature of this grandiose city is the floating fortress. A chunk of land floats freely and moves around the city at a height of 500 feet. This is possible thanks to the work of a great wizard ho lived 200 years ago, he created a complex apparatus which uses affinity stones attuned to the Elemental Plane of Air. This creates a connection with the raw energy from that plane that allows the castle to float...

Fellicious the Bard

An elf bard who has seen the end of his adventure days now owns a popular tavern near the treetops. The place is surprisingly popular despite its unusual location. Fellicious the Bard is the barkeeper but still finds the time to entertain his patrons with songs and stories from his long adventuring days. This plot mixes with the story of Zellimar, an evil drow wizard whose only objective is to destroy the forest. Unbeknownst to everyone at the tavern, the fate of both Fellicious and Zellimar ...

264 Fellicious the Bard (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 264 Fellicious the Bard. 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...

264 Fellicious the Bard

An elf bard who has seen the end of his adventure days now owns a popular tavern near the treetops. The place is surprisingly popular despite its unusual location. Fellicious the Bard is the barkeeper but still finds the time to entertain his patrons with songs and stories from his long adventuring days. This plot mixes with the story of Zellimar, an evil drow wizard whose only objective is to destroy the forest. Unbeknownst to everyone at the tavern, the fate of both Fellicious and Zellimar ...

263 Pirate Docks

A new short adventure!

In the lore I wrote, this location belongs to a renowned pirate, Captain Vermillius. He's made headlines over the past few years and currently commands a fleet of 10 vessels. He rose to prominence a few years back when he took over a military ship and the navy could do nothing to stop him. This military ship has now become the flagship of his fleet. It was renamed "The Abbady".

Pledge today to get this and 200+similar to this.

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263 Pirate Docks (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 263 Pirate Docks. 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 rasterize...

263 Pirate Docks

Denizens of the Tower!

This is a large battle map with tons of things in it. There is a large docking area. A hidden cave and grove, and a pirate ship with two decks. Plenty of space for a frontal assault, a backdoor infiltration, or just about any plan of action a group of reckless PCs may be up to.

In the lore I wrote, this location belongs to a renowned pirate, Captain Vermillius. He's made headlines over the past few years and currently commands a fleet of 10 vessels. He rose ...

262 Harrakan

Harrakan is home to mostly gnomes with a fixation in developing and researching psionic abilities within their own population. They have had several breakthroughs and today, about half of them share a neural link strong enough to be considered a kind of telepathy. What they did not expect is that the combination of hundreds of their minds in the neural network would arise as a sentient being which is a sum of all of them. This sentient amalgamate calls itself Harrakan. It is now the de facto ...

262 Harrakan (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 262 Harrakan. 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 rasterized to...

262 Harrakan

Denizens of the Tower!

I've been working on this underground gnome small city. Harrakan is home to mostly gnomes with a fixation in developing and researching psionic abilities within their own population. They have had several breakthroughs and today, about half of them share a neural link strong enough to be considered a kind of telepathy. What they did not expect is that the combination of hundreds of their minds in the neural network would arise as a sentient being which is a sum of...

261 Mirror Temple

The place has seen better days but its real purpose is to record and collect images from the night sky. It's a kind of observatory that let's you see the sky as it appeared in the past. The collection goes back thousands of years. The study of the sky, and the patterns that origin from it across the eons holds many secrets and the key to understand ancient prophecies and omens.

The observatory's keeper is an arcanaloth who will not help any visitors. The place is not empty of dangers ei...

261 Mirror Temple (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 261 Mirror Temple. 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 rasteriz...

261 Mirror Temple

Hey Denizens! 

April comes to an end and I bring you this dungeon map. The place has seen better days but its real purpose is to record and collect images from the night sky. It's a kind of observatory that let's you see the sky as it appeared in the past. The collection goes back thousands of years. The study of the sky, and the patterns that origin from it across the eons holds many secrets and the key to understand ancient prophecies and omens.

The observatory's keeper is ...

OP16 The Void Sword (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for OP16 The Void Sword. 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...

OP16 The Void Sword

Hello, Denizens of the Tower, friends, supporters, and random internet people.

Here's the 16th 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 legendary weapon known as the void sword. This ancient blade is the source of life for the immortal priest of a...

Dwarf criminals on the loose!

This mine belongs to a group of dwarves, but that is just a front. The dwarves run a criminal syndicate that focuses on stealing, breaking and entering, and raiding caravans. People still ignore that these dwarves are guilty of the recent wave of crimes. But things might take a swift turn after a couple of city guards came to inspect the place and were led to the lair of a carrion crawler. Since the guards never returned to tell the tale, there is reason enough to send a larger party. The com...

260 The Mine Syndicate (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 260 The Mine Syndicate. 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 ras...

260 The Mine Syndicate

Hi, Denizens of the Tower!

I bring you this cool mine map! This mine has one main cave with a rail road that branches out to other smaller sections underground. There are three alternate entrances to the mine too. The place is messy and confusing but at least there is transportation, right.

The mine belongs to a group of dwarves, but that is just a front. The dwarves run a criminal syndicate that focuses on stealing, breaking and entering, and raiding caravans. People still ignore...

259 Crossroads Encounter Map (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 259 Crossroads Encounter Map. 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 be...

259 Crossroads Encounter Map (Exclusive)

A quick one here, Denizens of the Tower.

It's been a while since I go back to the basics and do an ordinary crossroads map. This map is 25x25 and it is perfect for all those traveling encounters you've been wanting to use.

An ogre collecting tolls?

A group of "You shouldn't have come here?" brigands ala Skyrim

A dubious shapechanger masquerading as a charismatic vendor?

All of those and more are possible when the group of adventurers come across this location. Do...

Continuing the One-Page series. #15

Here's the fifteennth installment of the one-page 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 mad mage who is trying to summon a primal entity from the Feywild known as the Son of the Storm. This being is an elemental representation of the fury of the sky. If it were to gain access to the ma...

OP15 - Son of the Storm (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for OP15 - Son of the Storm. 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...

OP15 - Son of the Storm

Hello, Denizens of the Tower.

Here's the fifteennth installment of the one-page 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 mad mage who is trying to summon a primal entity from the Feywild known as the Son of the Storm. This being is an elemental representation of the fury of the sky....

258 The Broken Prison

Fresh from the PS oven! I bring you this two story building which is the hideout of a local gang of criminals. There is something that sets these wrongdoers from others of their kind. They brandish strange blades that glow blue and freeze everything they touch. No one has been able to confront them because of this. They use a trapped ice devil to empower their weapons. Taileen, the in-house mage summoned and bound the devil herself.

Now, we all know how that ends up. Well it escaped, ki...

258 The Broken Prison (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 258 The Broken Prison. 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...

258 The Broken Prison

Denizens!

Just fresh from the PS oven! I bring you this two story building which is the hideout of a local gang of criminals. There is something that sets these wrongdoers from others of their kind. They brandish strange blades that glow blue and freeze everything they touch. No one has been able to confront them because of this. They use a trapped ice devil to empower their weapons. Taileen, the in-house mage summoned and bound the devil herself.

Now, we all know how that ends up...

The Hag, or, Be careful what you wish!

Guess what creature lives there? yeah, a hag. They call it Mother Janny and she is a figure of tales and legends that go back almost a hundred years. At first sight, she appears to be a weird hermit who spends her days fishing and carving bone figurines. But every local knows that only in cases of extreme need, you can request her help and she can solve any kind or problem.

It is not free, though... The swamp is plagued with terrible creatures, and the hag's favor comes with a terrible ...

257 The Swamp and the Hag (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 257 The Swamp and the Hag. 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 ...

257 The Swamp and the Hag

Denizens of the Tower!

I bring you a swamp map. Guess what creature lives there? yeah, a hag. They call it Mother Janny and she is a figure of tales and legends that go back almost a hundred years. At first sight, she appears to be a weird hermit who spends her days fishing and carving bone figurines. But every local knows that only in cases of extreme need, you can request her help and she can solve any kind or problem.

It is not free, though... The swamp is plagued with terrible...

A story on the emergence of intelligence.

I've been toying with stories of emergence of intelligence. Situations when a seemingly un-intelligent being or group of beings acquires consciousness and a new form of mind emerges. Now the story here is not 100% original, instead it is inspired by a short story by sci-fi author Alistair Reynolds.

It is about a large colony of worms which exchange chemical messages with pheromones. The worms are simple life forms with no intelligence. But the whole community of worms exchanging pheromo...