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About your use of maps

Hey, I want to know how you use maps the most. This is a public poll and I will have a similar one on Twitter too. The results of this poll may adjust the specs of my illustrations in 2019.

Public message for those who have unsubscribed.

Hello, all.

This month of holidays I have noticed that a larger number of people than usual have unsubscribed from my patreon page. A few of them mentioned in the exit survey that they withdrew their pledge because of personal finances at home or because they have not played enough RPG game sessions as of late.

I can't reply to exit surveys but I'd like to tell you all that I am fine with your decision and respect your reasons for leaving. Life changes all the time and sometimes t...

231 Mountain Crossroads (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 231 Mountain Crossroads. 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...

231 Mountain Crossroads (Patreon Exclusive)

Hey there, Denizens of the Tower.

Here is another encounter map. In this case, it is a mountain crossroads surrounded by tall cliffs. I left the actual height of the cliffs vague but I think it would be something around the 50 ft. mark. There are a few ledges along the midside of the cliff too.

Now, this map comes in two versions. One features a blockade in the main road and a few crates and barrels. A band of thieves and bandits have closed off the road and are robbing everyone t...

An Orb of Dragonkind in the Elemental Vault

The illustration I present today was a pitch suggested by a twitter collaborator. It is an elemental vault based on the four elements: fire, air, earth, and water. To access the vault, you have to visit a part of the vault inspired on that element and complete a trial to get a key. The four keys are needed to open the vault's door. I've suggested an orb of dragonkind as an awesome treasure to get at the end of this dungeon. You may put whatever other macguffin you want in the vault.

Ple...

230 Elemental Vault (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 230 Elemental Vault. 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...

230 Elemental Vault

Hey there, Denizens of the Tower.

We're all revving up for Christmas over here. Despite that we'll probably still have an RPG game next week. I hope you will too with your friends and family. I love winter vacations because it's a time when I can spend more time with my relatives and close friends.

The illustration I present today was a pitch suggested by a twitter collaborator. It is an elemental vault based on the four elements: fire, air, earth, and water. To access the vault, ...

A kingdom domain taken away from reality!

I recently had the idea of a whole kingdom transported to a different place. In this case a pocket plane of its own for the kingdom and all of the people that lived therein. While regional maps are not always so useful to people, I thought this one would be fine since the removed kingdom can still take part in anyone's campaign. According tot he lore (which you can change too), the place where the kingdom was in the material plane is currently a barren wasteland or a desert. So anywhere where yo...

229 Tar'Fadin Domain (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 229 Tar'Fadin Domain. 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 t...

229 Tar'Fadin Domain

Hello Denizens of the Tower!

I recently had the idea of a whole kingdom transported to a different place. In this case a pocket plane of its own for the kingdom and all of the people that lived therein. While regional maps are not always so useful to people, I thought this one would be fine since the removed kingdom can still take part in anyone's campaign. According tot he lore (which you can change too), the place where the kingdom was in the material plane is currently a barren wasteland or...

Seabreak City, the engine of the war.

Seabreak City (or whatever name you want for it) is located in between to cliffs and a river goes through it in the form of a river delta. It could be natural or man-made. There are no streets but waterways ala Venice. The western part of the city meets the sea as the city becomes a small group of close islets.

The written content above is available in my website or here on patreon in PDF format for my patreon supporters :D

Pledge today and get this PDF and a ton others which are all ava...

228 Seabreak City (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 228 Seabreak City. 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 r...

228 Seabreak City

Hey there, Denizens of the Tower!

So, here's a very interesting location. Seabreak City (or whatever name you'll use for it) is located in between to cliffs and a river goes through it in the form of a river delta. It could be natural or man-made. There are no streets but waterways ala Venice. The western part of the city meets the sea as the city becomes a small group of close islets.

I've included background lore for the city and description of the labeled locations in the map. There's...

227 Curved Beach

In this illustration you can see a spiral-shaped beach with a magical rose-like plant in the center of the spiral, floating in the water. It is in the middle of a "zone of coherence" which is a place where two plane connect. The rose is physical in two place at the same time, the material world and a garden in the Feywild which belongs to a group of dryads and centaurs. Local fishermen respect the flower because they believe it blesses their work. Also, when people have desecrated the rose, they...

227 Curved Beach (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 227 Curved Beach. 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 re...

227 Curved Beach and the Fey Rose

Heya there, Denizens of the Tower.

Hope you're up for another Fey-inspired story. When I think about it, in retrospective, I seem to write a lot about fey and the Feywild. I love it, apparently. In this illustration you can see a spiral-shaped beach with a magical rose-like plant in the center of the spiral, floating in the water. It is in the middle of a "zone of coherence" which is a place where two plane connect. The rose is physical in two place at the same time, the material world and a g...

Greenfurt City

This is Greenfurt City, which is the capital of a kingdom of the same name. Or in your game, it could be anywhere.  I wrote some city background history, a few important places and NPCs, and stuff which you can find in the PDF in the patrons-only post, or in my website elven tower.

I think this is a cool place for any to visit in an RPG game. 

226 Greenfurt City (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 226 Greenfurt City. 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 ...

226 Greenfurt City

Hello Denizens of the Tower!

I hope you're getting ready for a nice end of the year with the holidays coming. I wish you all good vibes for the end of the year. May you spend some quality time with family and friends.

It'd been a while since the last time I did a city map with lore and all. This is Greenfurt City, which is the capital of a kingdom of the same name. Or in your game, it could be anywhere. That's why I did not add a title or text labels to this map. I wrote some city backgr...

OP11 - Orbs of Valor (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for OP11 - Orbs of Valor. 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 t...

OP11 - Orbs of Valor (Patreon Exclusive)

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

Here's the eleventh 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 group of gnome criminals who find the three orbs fo valor and attempt to control their powers. They fail mi...

Three kingdoms in war and turmoil fight over control!

Two kingdoms share the gulf and have been there for the past 200 years. But now, under strange and unexplainable conditions, a section of the population in the middle of both kingdoms has uprisen and proclaimed a new king of a middle kingdom known as the Kingdom of the Flowering Tree. Since the land they claim belonged to both norther and southern kingdom, both of them are allies now against the new fake king. So far, they are losing the battle. The city of Finnstar was destroyed recently.

Unk...

225 Dreamshore Kingdoms (Photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 225 Dreamshore Kingdoms. 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...

225 Dreamshore Kingdoms

Hey there, Denizens of the Tower

A small detour of my usual contributions. I seldom do regional/world maps because people use their own worlds, or published settings and sometimes there's not way to squeeze in a new region without hassle. So I keep them to the smaller size of regions. In this case the place is only large enough for two kingdoms along the shore of a gulf. This gulf you can probably squeeze into any map you already use as gulfs tend to be very generic. On the other hand, this ca...

224 Trapped Vault

Who owns the vault?

What's hidden in the deepest chamber of the vault?

But more importantly, Why did they have to put in SO MANY TRAPS?

The PDF features detailed descriptions of each chamber with rules-specified traps for 5e. Pledge today and get access to this and 200+ maps and short adventures.

Elven Tower.

224 Trapped Vault (photoshop)

Here's the .psd file for 224 Trapped Vault. 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 r...

224 Trapped Vault

So, I had been playing around with the idea of a dungeon full of traps. But I mean, FULL of traps. So I did this one. BTW if you want to see the creation process, I posted a pictorial at my twitter page HERE. 

Ok, so for this map's written content. I did not write a background per se but I did write a more detailed than usual description of all the different rooms. They include rules information for each trap for 5e sy...

Cartography Icons Pack

Hey there, Denizens of the Tower.

Here's a cartography token/tile set for those crafty DMs and world builders that love to create their own locations with premade assets.

There are 190 tokens in total. This token pack is great to create regional or world maps. All tokens are hand-drawn in a style that appears to be made with a soft ink brush. It is possible to create pretty "in-world" maps with this pack. The tokens include geographical features, settlement icons, location icons, backgro...

Explore a crazy dungeon in the Underdark!

An ancient artifact hidden in this underground complex is the one way to find the rightful heir to the kingdom's throne. Pledge today and get access to this map, adventure, and ton of other RPG resources.

Enter at your own peril.

223 The Aredian Manuscripts

hey there denizens of the tower.

Here's a new illustration of an underground location. I've included cool lore about an interesting artifact hidden inside. Plus a few ideas for combat encounters.

All the usual variants are included. I think this map in particular looks really good, let me kinow what you thing of the map and the adventure included.

Until the next one, Elven Tower.

EDIT - corrected small mistake in the PDF, feel free to re-download.