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Thieves' Guild Headquarters Map Discussion

Alright, the votes are IN and you guys chose the Thieves' Guild Headquarters as April's Patron Map of the Month, SO....

...what do we want here?

1. What location would you guys like to see depicted? (i.e. docks, warehouse, tavern front, underground, orphanage front.  I'm kind of liking the idea of a tavern or other establishment as a front, with a warehouse in the back surrounded by a maze of alleys. Thoughts?

2. What features shoul...

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Tier Rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack [40 x 45]!

This Map Pack features [2] variants of a road leading through a Dense Forest; Day & Night. The forest itself contains a couple of ridges to provide elevation and break line of sight, several trees for cover, a large cave, an underwater cave, several small holes within the rocks, and a large body of water with a few small islands, one of which containing a small set of ruins on an overgrown magical symbol...

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Tier Rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack [40 x 45]!

This Map Pack features [2] variants of a road leading through a Dense Forest; Day & Night. The forest itself contains a couple of ridges to provide elevation and break line of sight, several trees for cover, a large cave, an underwater cave, several small holes within the rocks, and a large body of water with a few small islands, one of which containing a small set of ruins on an overgrown magical symbol...

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Tier Rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Dense Forest Random Encounter Map Pack [40 x 45]!

This Map Pack features [2] variants of a road leading through a Dense Forest; Day & Night. The forest itself contains a couple of ridges to provide elevation and break line of sight, several trees for cover, a large cave, an underwater cave, several small holes within the rocks, and a large body of water with a few small islands, one of which containing a small set of ruins on an overgrown magical symbol...

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Random Encounter | Dense Forest [40 x 45] Map Pack!

This is a Patron-Voted map for a random encounter taking place on a path running through a Dense Forest. The goal of the map is to provide you with a backdrop against which you could run many different scenarios. The map includes:

1. Entry/Exits from the North, South, Northeast and Southeast.

2. A large body of water with a small island.

3. A walled chasm toward the southern part of the forest.

4. A large cave entrance, which could lead to another map.

5. An unde...

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The 500 Art Commission Poll!

Please vote for the map you would like to most see rendered as a 3D Illustration by a commissioned artist!

If there's a map not mentioned below you want considered, just mention it in the comments! I will let this vote run for a week, then start looking for an artist.

Let the vote begin!!

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The 500 Celebration Art Commission!

We just reached 500 Patrons, which means it's time for another art commission of a map that you (as a group) vote upon and choose!

I've attached the images of other Art Commissions, which were for the Cliff Mage College, Lockwood Noble Estate, Pirate Port of Velkarta, Dwarven Outpost and Ivorium Mage Tower.

I will be setting up a Poll directly after this for you to vote upon the map you'd like to see most rendered into a 3D illustration to help use in your campaigns/adventures to ...

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Tier Rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack [42 x 50]!

This Map Pack is for the luxurious estate, Blackwell Manor, the home to an aging widower noble known as Lord Blackwell. The map contains [2] floors and will eventually contain a lower level, as well, which will be released to you for free. There is a main post that describes the various rooms in the estate, as well as offering some potential uses for it in your adventure/campaign.

Download the files here!

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Tier Rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack [42 x 50]!

This Map Pack is for the luxurious estate, Blackwell Manor, the home to an aging widower noble known as Lord Blackwell. The map contains [2] floors and will eventually contain a lower level, as well, which will be released to you for free. There is a main post that describes the various rooms in the estate, as well as offering some potential uses for it in your adventure/campaign.

Download the files here!

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Tier Rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack!

Here are your rewards for the Blackwell Manor Map Pack  [42 x 50]!

This Map Pack is for the luxurious estate, Blackwell Manor, the home to an aging widower noble known as Lord Blackwell. The map contains [2] floors and will eventually contain a lower level, as well, which will be released to you for free. There is a main post that describes the various rooms in the estate, as well as offering some potential uses for it in your adventure/campaign.

Download the files here!

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Blackwell Manor Map Pack [84 x 100]!

I created the following 2-Floor Noble  Manor (with an eventual lower level) to provide a lush and elegantly themed environment for a variety of campaign/adventure purposes, some of  which are mentioned below:

| Ravenloft themed castle or manor to house a prominent NPC or BBEG.

| Headquarters for the PC's, or a temporary base of operations.

| Mage Guild for one of your magical organizations.

| Noble Estate for use with Heists, Murder Mysteries or Haunted Mansi...

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Patron Map of the Month | April!

Every month, I do a map of your choosing and I will select the map for which you vote the most below. It doesn't necessarily mean I won't do more than one, but I will certainly try and complete the one request that wins. Previous winners have been the Pirate Port of Velkarta, the Ivorium Mage Tower and the Iron Keep.

So, let the voting commence!

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Tier Rewards for DoIP Support Map Pack #2!

Here are your rewards for the DoIP Support Map Pack #2 - Gnomengarde [64 x 41]!

This Map Pack is for the Gnomengarde Map from the Dragon of Icespire Peak D&D 5E Adventure, which you could use for that or for your own homebrew campaign. Gnomengarde is a gnomish settlement ruled by two Kings and houses roughly ~20 gnome wizards and engineers that toil away on the crafting of minor magical items.

Download the files here!

2021-03-26 16:34:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Tier Rewards for DoIP Support Map Pack #2!

Here are your rewards for the DoIP Support Map Pack #2 - Gnomengarde [64 x 41]!

This Map Pack is for the Gnomengarde Map from the Dragon of Icespire Peak D&D 5E Adventure, which you could use for that or for your own homebrew campaign. Gnomengarde is a gnomish settlement ruled by two Kings and houses roughly ~20 gnome wizards and engineers that toil away on the crafting of minor magical items.

Download the files here!

2021-03-26 16:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Tier Rewards for DoIP Support Map Pack #2!

Here are your rewards for the DoIP Support Map Pack #2 - Gnomengarde [64 x 41]!

This Map Pack is for the Gnomengarde Map from the Dragon of Icespire Peak D&D 5E Adventure, which you could use for that or for your own homebrew campaign. Gnomengarde is a gnomish settlement ruled by two Kings and houses roughly ~20 gnome wizards and engineers that toil away on the crafting of minor magical items.

Download the files here!

2021-03-26 16:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map #2

Gnomengarde [64 x 41]

This is my interpretation of Gnomengarde, an alternative battlemap with a  bit more focus on the details of the interior. As the settlement is ruled by two kings, I wanted to better incorporate some artistry and representation of that lifestyle between the King's Chambers and Throne Room, as well as better flesh out the areas to feel more "lived in" and "alive" with regards to the living quarters, workshop, kitchen and other areas.

I als...

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Free Illustration Landscape - Ivorium Tower!

I've been commissioning artists to create illustrations of some of my completed Battle Maps (most voted by you) so that you could have some corresponding images to show your players and set the tone/mood of the location in your campaign/adventures.

I'm happy to provide to you an Illustration of my recently completed Ivorium Tower, the 6-level mage tower set on a rocky peninsula.

Feel free to use it in any of your personal gaming sessions, and definitely let me know how yo...

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Up Next - Gnomengarde & Butterskull Ranch!

I AM working on a Noble Estate appropriate for Ravenloft and/or an evil adversary to your party in tandem to this, but the next DoIP maps I'm going to tackle are Gnomengarde and Butterskull Ranch.

I'm excited to get the chance to work on a gnomish environment, as that is something I haven't tried before, and I hope to be able to get these started sometime this weekend and hopefully finished by the next weekend.

If you have any su...

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Tier Rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

Here are your rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

This Map Pack is for the Dragon of Icespire Peak series, providing [2] Maps – Umbrage Hill [70 x 40] and Dwarven Excavation [65 x 37]. The maps can be used in conjunction with the DoIP Adventure or slotted into your own campaign/adventure world as two additional world locations!

The Umbrage Hill map comes with [2] different styles of maps:

| The first map provides a full map of the 1st level, then inclu...

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Tier Rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

Here are your rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

This Map Pack is for the Dragon of Icespire Peak series, providing [2] Maps – Umbrage Hill [70 x 40] and Dwarven Excavation [65 x 37]. The maps can be used in conjunction with the DoIP Adventure or slotted into your own campaign/adventure world as two additional world locations!

The Umbrage Hill map comes with [2] different styles of maps:

| The first map provides a full map of the 1st level, then inclu...

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Tier Rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Maps #1!

Here are your rewards for Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

This Map Pack is for the Dragon of Icespire Peak series, providing [2] Maps – Umbrage Hill [70 x 40] and Dwarven Excavation [65 x 37]. The maps can be used in conjunction with the DoIP Adventure or slotted into your own campaign/adventure world as two additional world locations!

The Umbrage Hill map comes with [2] different styles of maps:

| The first map provides a full map of the 1st level, then inclu...

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Dragon of Icespire Peak Support Map Pack #1!

I am pleased to release the first [2] support maps for Dragon of Icespire Peak (DoIP) tonight -- Umbrage Hill [70 x 40] and Dwarven Excavation [65x37]!

Dwarven Excavation should be fairly straight forward, as the party makes their way to the dig site and meets a pair of dwarves eager to explore a set of dangerous ruins they've recently uncovered.

Umbrage Hill comes with [2] options for a map:

| Option 1 provides you with a full base map for Level 1 and then [2] PNG Asset fil...

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FREE Battle Map - Portal of the Dragon Queen [30 x 30]

This was a map request in Discord last night (join, if you haven't already, it pays off!).

It depicts the final showdown of the member's dragon-themed campaign, where the party finally arrives at the portal leading toward Tiamat, Queen of Dragons. There are [5] Draconic Runes (written in Draconic Script -- they're the first letter of each color of the dragon heads with corresponding lighting) with which the players may need to interact, as well as heaps of dragon bones to the north/sout...

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Multiple Floors as Assets vs. Maps

There will occasionally be maps, like the forthcoming Umbrage Hill, that feature a large base map with a single building (i.e. mill tower) that contains multiple floors.

My question to you is the following:

1. Do you prefer to have this in the form of 3 full maps (70 x 40), where the only difference is the floor of the mill/tower?

2. OR do you prefer to have 1 full map (70 x 40) of the base floor, and then PNG assets of Floors 2 and 3 that you can layer in VTT on to...

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DoIP Map | Umbrage Hill - Coming Soon!

I'm excited to say that the first Dragon of Icespire Peak map will be coming soon, which is my interpretation of Umbrage Hill.

This map release will potentially feature something new -- instead of 3 large maps, where the only difference is a floor of the mill, there could be one large map and 2 assets representing the other [2] floors, so that you can simply place that asset over the original tower when you party moves up/down.

I want to understand, however, if this will ...

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Tier Rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

Here are your rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

This Map Pack is for the Phandelver Series, providing [3] Maps – Harbin Wester’s House, Linene Graywind’s House and Halia Thornton’s House. This release brings us to a conclusion on the Lost Mine of Phandelver Map Series, as every possible map has now been created for the adventure from start to finish, including main quests, side quests and every named Phandalin home.

My next plan is to move on to Dra...

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Tier Rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

Here are your rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

This Map Pack is for the Phandelver Series, providing [3] Maps – Harbin Wester’s House, Linene Graywind’s House and Halia Thornton’s House. This release brings us to a conclusion on the Lost Mine of Phandelver Map Series, as every possible map has now been created for the adventure from start to finish, including main quests, side quests and every named Phandalin home.

My next plan is to move on to Dra...

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Tier Rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

Here are your rewards for the Phandelver Support Map Pack #6 [35 x 24]!

This Map Pack is for the Phandelver Series, providing [3] Maps – Harbin Wester’s House, Linene Graywind’s House and Halia Thornton’s House. This release brings us to a conclusion on the Lost Mine of Phandelver Map Series, as every possible map has now been created for the adventure from start to finish, including main quests, side quests and every named Phandalin home.

My next plan is to move on to Dra...

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Phandelver Support Map Pack #6!

This is it!  The LAST Phandelver Support Map Pack.

This means that I have created every possible map for the Lost Mine of Phandelver possible, including every side quest, every named Phandalin Home on the map, every included quest map and restored versions for Cragmaw Castle, Tresendar Manor, Ruins of Thundertree and Wave Echo Cave.

This Map Pack contains [3] maps  -- the homes of Halia, Harbin Wester and Linene.

I hope you guys enjoy this map pack, and I look forw...

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Tier Rewards for the Upper/Lower Halls of Mhalduun Map Pack [46 x 44]!

Here are your rewards for the Upper/Lower Halls of Mhalduun Map Pack [46 x 44]!

This Map Pack is for the Upper and Lower Halls of the Dwarven Kingdom of Mhalduun, a sprawling mining community that includes 200+ dwarves. The halls provide a variety of potential social encounters, combat encounters and resource areas for your own campaigns, adventures and stories, from locations of particular rare minerals, expertise in crafting magical weapons/items, access to deeper areas of the mountai...

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