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Dripstone Deep

Nestled in the depths of the Underdark, the tiny settlement of Dripstone Deep radiates an aura of unease and secrecy. The air is heavy with moisture, and the faint, rhythmic sound of water dripping from the ceiling seems to carry further than it s...

The Forsaken Grotto

Kaelith Marrowshade has gone missing. It isn’t that unusual for a ranger to wander off for a few months, but it has been two seasons now since they were last seen. Kaelith was known for their uncanny ability to navigate treacherous terrain and s...

Longboat Mountain – Figurehead House

At the top of the trail leading up Longboat Mountain to the valley travellers get their first view of the longboat itself – an impossibly big wooden boat made from trees that must have been 100 feet across and miles high. Perched over the head o...

Building 13 – Netmaker

Back to the shops along the intersection of Market & Random. Based on a Patreon request from Mark Clover, I’m drawing up individual floor plans for shops, stores, vendors, and businesses along a single market block. As I draw these, I also h...

Under Eastmeadow Manor

Two months ago we explored Eastmeadow Manor – a three-story stone manor house outside of town. The manor is home to the Lindwyne family and their three servants.

There are three levels of basements beneath the manor- centred on the structu...

The deeps far below “The Finger”

This is the last of the maps of “The Finger” and the dungeons beneath it. Last month we introduced the location as part of the Autumn Lands and then did three maps of the location itself (the surface structures, the immediate sublevels, and th...

The Autumn Lands – The Final Map

The Autumn Lands lie to the south of the Midsummer Lands. This map sits to the east of map I from last month and to the south of Map B and is the final map in the set. The goal of the Autumn Lands was to produce a series of commercial-use hexmaps ...

Backstage Pass - April 2025

This month's Backstage Pass is here! This zip file contains all ten maps to be released this month on the blog. The only thing missing (because I have to...

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

Alright, we are finally getting back on track!

This month's selection for the Kraken re-releases are Zath Gor Bastion and the dungeons that go with...

March 2025 Cartography Collection

Here we are, the compiled works of Dyson Logos for the month of March. Thank you so much for your continued support - you make these maps possible.

March Kraken Poll

I've been remiss on the Kraken polls lately (things have been a little hectic here dealing with health & family stuff). So this here's our March poll...

Scavengers’ Deep – Map 17

The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. Generally, the elves only built underground when hiding their breeding and research facilities, whereas the forces of the kingdo...

The Whispers from the Abyss

Centuries ago, a secret temple was constructed to revere Xal’keth, a God of Shadows and Secrets. The clandestine cult obsessed with unraveling forbidden truths and harnessing the power of shadows to manipulate reality quietly constructed it deep...

Graxworm Map 16 – Corpsegaard

The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, several miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for its valuable materials – leather, scales, ichor, tendons, ...

The Labyrinth of Avarice

This small extradimensional space was crafted by Zitharion the Thaumaturge – obsessed with capturing the very essence of greed. He believed that greed was more than a mortal flaw, even more than one of the defining natures that change people int...

Black Star Gaol

Beneath the ruins of the Iron Maw is the Black Star Gaol – the citadel’s small and very well-organized dungeons. Designed to hold four dozen prisoners at any time, the gaol has been abandoned since the fall of the Iron Maw.

The Black Sta...

Building 12 – General Goods Store

Back to the shops along the intersection of Market & Random. Based on a Patreon request from Mark Clover, I’m drawing up individual floor plans for shops, stores, vendors, and businesses along a single market block. As I draw these, I also h...

Deeper Beneath the Finger

Now deep beneath “The Finger” these substructures were used as tombs by the followers of the “Somnolent One”. But on these levels the weird lights in the walls fade away and the stonework appears much older. The map on the top half of the ...

Beneath the Finger

The structure above these dungeons (The Finger, see Monday’s post) is believed by its residents to be a remnant of “Somnolent One,” some vast, dreamlike entity between the folds of reality. These lower chambers still thrum with half-remember...

"The Finger"

In the upper right corner of the latest hexmap (The Autumn Lands, Map H) is a strange stone outcropping (requested by a patron) that looks like a finger pointing to the sky. This freakish natural rock formation has been chiseled away at over the y...

The Autumn Lands - Hex Map H

The Autumn Lands lie to the south of the Midsummer Lands. This map sits to the east of map G from last month and to the south of the original map A – next month’s Map I will be to the east of this map and will complete the 9 map set of the Aut...

The Backstage Pass, Boss, The Backstage Pass!

Here's the ten maps that will be going up on the blog this month. Thank you again for your support, you make these possible.

Scavengers' Deep - Map 16

The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. Generally, the elves only built underground when hiding their breeding and research facilities, whereas the forces of the kingdo...

February Cartography Collection

With the end of the month falling on a Friday, I need to get out February's last map and cartography collection today. So here goes! (Map to follow in the next post)

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The Tower of Vodores

An oddly shaped “tower”, the Tower of Vodores is a brutalist structure standing alone in the Plains of Stone (the badlands to the west of the kingdom, a huge natural boundary between the kingdom and its nearest western neighbours). The structu...

Fortress Thiasau

Fortress Thiasau was built centuries ago by the knights known as the Order of the Crimson Heart. The order operated as paladins but actually worshipped a malevolent deity of chaos and destruction dedicated to despoiling other religions and foiling...

The Palace of Moliades

On the island of Thalares is the palace of the hero Moliades – a charismatic and ambitious young prince turned adventurer. Born into royalty, he inherited a small but strategically important palace nestled on the lush and picturesque island. Tha...

The Kingdom of Kestral

The Kingdom of Kestral is the baked-in setting for the Six-Hack RPG by James Hargrove.

I drew this map based on the description of the Kingdom in the game, making sure to include all the locations mentioned in the “Lay of the Land” porti...

Gref’s Sinkhole

The sinkhole on old man Gref’s farm connects to a number of caves including one that takes the overflow of the muddy waters from the pool and descends deep below (areas 9 & 10). These caves, in turn, connect to the remnants of an ancient tem...

A Dungeon In Two Parts

The shadow crypts are marked on many a scholar’s maps – a complex of long halls of decaying stonework that date back to unknown times. The crypts are decorated with strange glyphs, but the style of work makes it obvious that these sigils were ...