The Water Pass in the mountains of Akros does not lead out of the mountains – a circuitous route instead returns those who wander this false pass back to the Phoberos badlands. Near the highest point in the pass is an archway cut into the stone ...
2021-07-24 17:48:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Near the ruins of the lost drow city of Ched Nasad is a foul bubbling cauldron commonly known as the Stepping Lake. This was once a small side access to Ched Nasad that most reasonable people avoided because of the foul bubbling fluids, but with t...
2021-07-22 19:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Vagabond Watch isa small underdark Slaadi mercenary force that works for a few Drow houses. Two red, a blue, and a green slaad form the nucleus of the Vagabond Watch, along with a few affiliated underdark residents who provide intelligence and...
2021-07-19 19:39:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The underworld of Béy Su contains many old temples and other structures that are no longer connected to the world above. The Yellow Fane once sat beneath the shrine of Qón in Béy Su – a garden temple reminiscent of the Garden of Artékh in Th...
2021-07-17 23:52:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The almost serene ruins of the House of Githaleon give way to damp and crumbling darkness beneath. The walls of the main undercrofts of the church have given way – the masonry fallen in often taking down parts of the ceiling and collapsing entir...
2021-07-15 19:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
The old church sits on a low mound hidden among the white aspen trees that have grown around it and in some cases through the outer stonework of the structure. The House of Githaleon was a place of respite and quiet away from the city, and that fe...
2021-07-12 22:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The Darkling River works its way through the underdark beneath the grey hills to depths unknown. This is part of the thirteenth mapped location (and 16th map total) along the Darkling River and the Darkling Lake beyond.
There is a sealed doo...
2021-07-08 22:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
And here we are, the backstage pass for July.
If I can manage to get further ahead by say 3-4 days this month, I'll be back on track with eac...
2021-07-08 22:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The Darkling River works its way through the underdark beneath the grey hills to depths unknown. This is the thirteenth mapped location (and 15th map total) along the Darkling River and the Darkling Lake beyond.
Here the Darkling River picks...
2021-07-06 22:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The first new release of the month comes out tomorrow morning, but in the meantime, let's get ahead of the Kraken Poll this month and get it out NOW.
... 2021-07-06 04:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we go through our back catalog of maps and you vote on which two should be re-released under the free commercial use license. Today we are bringing back a dungeon I drew while playing Four Against Darkness a couple of years ago. 2021-07-03 23:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we go through our back catalog of maps and the many amazing supporters of the blog over on Patreon vote on which two should be re-released under the free commercial use license. Today we are bringing back a moderately large dungeon dra...
2021-07-02 03:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post
What? June is almost over ALREADY and I haven't asked you for your Kraken choices yet! Yoinks!
Well, let's do this!
For new patrons - e...
2021-06-29 17:33:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry about the delay in getting this one out - as it contained some commissioned work, I was checking back and forth to make sure everything was good be...
2021-06-29 16:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the second floor of this massive restaurant / tavern / inn / brewery / entertainment complex! Here we have the upper common room which overlooks the bar below. There is a private meeting room that can be rented out up here as well as th...
2021-06-28 21:53:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a massive tavern / brewery / entertainment area in a wonderfully anachronistic modern style – a mix of restaurant, bar, tavern, and on-site brewery with a large yard out back with two stages, a fountain, and many tables to watch the fest...
2021-06-26 20:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Ancient temples to dreaming gods that predate Great Zorisz can be found scattered around the hinterlands of the Principalities of Black Sphinx Bay. The rotten jungles and swamps east of Khalefteg are home to many such ancient structures. On a dry ...
2021-06-25 00:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post
A small temple of Avánthe along the Rananga River stands almost solitary about a tsán (1.33 km) away from the nearby Sakbe road. Run by The Girdle of Purity Society, mostly members of the Standing Pinnacle clan, this small temple is dedicated to...
2021-06-22 00:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It is a lovely two-story house in a nice part of town… except for the noises. There’s the sound of something scratching in the walls. Always just at the edge of hearing, only loud when you sleep when it becomes an all-consuming cacophony until...
2021-06-20 00:15:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The old mansion has gone by many names over the years – originally Tudor Mansion, it has also gone by Tudor Close, Tudor Hall, Arlington Grange, Boddy Manor, & Boddy Mansion depending on the owners and era. But regardless of the name, the ow...
2021-06-17 22:59:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Ancient temples to dreaming gods that predate Great Zorisz can be found scattered around the hinterlands of the Principalities of Black Sphinx Bay. The rotten jungles and swamps east of Khalefteg are home to many such ancient structures. This temp...
2021-06-15 19:51:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m sure it wasn’t originally meant to be called the Four-Toothed Drunk, but whoever the sign was meant to represent was disfigured by a clever late night piece of vandalism and the now nearly-toothless man on the sign splashing ale all over h...
2021-06-13 00:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post
As the Darkling River works its way through the underdark, it traverses the twists and turns of the Darkling Galleries, home to massive hordes of gibberlings who live around a nearby underground lake. This map connects directly to the Darkling Gal...
2021-06-10 18:54:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Darkling River works its way through the underdark beneath the grey hills to depths unknown. This is the twelfth mapped location along the Darkling River and the Darkling Lake beyond.
Here the Darkling River twists and turns through a se...
2021-06-08 19:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoa, what's this? A backstage pass that isn't of stuff already released?
That's right, I'm getting my shit in order again, and the first half of J...
2021-06-08 00:51:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we go through our back catalog of maps and YOU, the amazing supporters of the blog here on Patreon vote on which two should be re-released under the free commercial use license. Today we are bringing back a he...
2021-06-05 21:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we go through our back catalog of maps and YOU, the many amazing supporters here on Patreon vote on which two should be re-released under the free commercial use license. Today we are bringing back a crumbling island tomb from 2019...
2021-06-03 23:16:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the zipped collection of all ten maps released during the month of May. As has been the case throughout 2021, I'm working on a just-in-...
2021-06-01 18:49:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The coast of Zochlostug is notoriously rough and set with cliffs between 40 and 150 feet tall – even the port of the capital is set on cliffs with the docks and piers lashed to the cliffsides and cargo and passengers brought up to the city throu...
2021-05-31 21:46:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The barrow hill of Balagant the Dragonslayer is set with a double ring of standing stones set around a massive menhir partially shattered in the battle that gave Balagant their moniker. Balagant the Dragonslayer went on to live to a ripe age, defe...
2021-05-27 19:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post