Gyan'dis is a ruined illithid settlement in the Black Loch. The colony thrived in its corner of the loch for over 800 years, until it was brought down and its inhabitants wiped out by Gyan'dis' own elder brain. Normally, I'd talk a little more about...
2022-01-05 22:25:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Gyan'dis is a ruined illithid settlement in the Black Loch. The colony thrived in its corner of the loch for over 800 years, until it was brought down and its inhabitants wiped out by Gyan'dis' own elder brain. Normally, I'd talk a little more about...
2022-01-05 22:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone had a good New Year's and other holidays, however you happened to spend them. I ended up having a few drinks and watching Twitch streams, so if you did anything more exciting than that-- like actually playing a video game yourself-- you probably did better than me, haha.
Anyway, your candidates in the ru...
2022-01-01 23:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone had a good Christmas, or a good Saturday, as the case may be. I certainly did and I'm still recovering from it, so I'll just go ahead and get to the proposals. I'll leave the vote open for around 5 days, since a lot of people have stuff going on at the moment:
Senator Rosamund proposes a minotaur's labyr...
2021-12-26 20:31:21 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, if you missed it at the end of the last post, there's a collection of the annotated versions of all my maps on the Google Drive here.
Second, I've fixed the problem with the Foundry modules...
2021-12-22 16:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Of the many Irish isles, one would have stood out to ancient settlers as a particularly good place to live. With its rolling hills, thick forests and an abundance of arable land, it was exactly what many of them were looking for. The island was called "Ireland" and, conveniently, it was the big one in the middle.
But fo...
2021-12-21 17:59:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Of the many Irish isles, one would have stood out to ancient settlers as a particularly good place to live. With its rolling hills, thick forests and an abundance of arable land, it was exactly what many of them were looking for. The island was called "Ireland" and, conveniently, it was the big one in the middle.
But fo...
2021-12-21 17:59:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to show you what's been taking so long. The rest of the island is done as well, I just need to color the interiors of the buildings. That should take one more day, two at most.
By the way, this island is based largely on Skellig M...
2021-12-19 21:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
As sometimes happens with me, I started on this map with relatively humble plans, which ended up becoming a bit more grand. I've spent the last week drawing this island and now I just need to draw some buildings to put on it and we'll have our town. I think I'm going to draw some caves underneath it as well, but I'm not sure ...
2021-12-10 16:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The Grinning Widow is a ship designed for the Black Loch. In an underground sea, sails aren't going to accomplish much, so the Widow doesn't have any. She's a galley, powered exclusively by rowing, with a crew of 20 oarsmen who all look like they wa...
2021-12-04 11:48:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The Grinning Widow is a ship designed for the Black Loch. In an underground sea, sails aren't going to accomplish much, so the Widow doesn't have any. She's a galley, powered exclusively by rowing, with a crew of 20 oarsmen who all look like they wa...
2021-12-04 11:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe last vote was almost close enough to call, but not quite. So we're having a runoff between the top three. Your contenders are:
Senator Shawn proposes a fortified trading town built on a wide bridge spanning a canyon, with a raging river below. The town has expanded out onto and into the cliffside as w...
2021-12-04 10:11:23 +0000 UTC View PostWe have five proposals for this month's vote, but before I get to them, I just want to show you a picture of a ballista I found. I don't know about you, but I think that's ridiculously awesome and I've drawn one into the Black Loch ship ma...
2021-11-30 03:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post
You can download these tokens here.
With the exception of one random elf, all 17 of these tokens fall into one of two categories:
Let's talk about one of the camels. A ...
2021-11-28 22:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The Smoldering Abyss is a part of the Black Loch almost no one even knows exists. It's a deep, underwater trench at the bottom of a larger underwater trench at the bottom of the loch. And, in a place where no one even wants to think about what might...
2021-11-27 05:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The Smoldering Abyss is a part of the Black Loch almost no one even knows exists. It's a deep, underwater trench at the bottom of a larger underwater trench at the bottom of the loch. And, in a place where no one even wants to think about what might...
2021-11-27 05:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Foundry module has been getting a little big and I thought it was time to start a new one. And since the EncounterPlus module is exported from the Foundry module, E+ is getting a new one as well. This should cut down on the time it takes to download or update. There's specific news for both, so let's do this one camp at a...
2021-11-22 02:25:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This map was the demonologist's tower chosen by the Cartographic Congress. One of the stipulations was that it would have a portal to hell and I decided to go a little... non-traditional with that. "Traditional," in this case, would be your standard-issue Door of Fire. And the problem I have with that is that it's bo...
2021-11-20 21:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE: This isn't in the Foundry module yet. The module has gotten pretty big, so I'm going to create a new one with this map in it. I'll post it here soon.
This map was the demonologist's tower chosen by the Cartographic Congress. One of the stipulations was that it would have a portal to hell and I dec...
2021-11-20 21:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the roof level, which is the last part of Fort Bourtange. I also made something else: an annotated ve...
2021-11-10 20:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the roof level, which is the last part of Fort Bourtange. I also made something else: an annotated ve...
2021-11-10 20:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhew, this month's vote has been quite a rollercoaster. Here's what we're down to in the end:
Senator Jon proposes the Infected Citadel, a dwarven fortress whose lower reaches have been tainted by the Far Realm. The upper level is relatively normal, but things become more bizarre and warped toward the bottom as the Far ...
2021-11-07 20:15:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In the 1500s, the Netherlands were ruled by the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs were an astoundingly inbred German noble family with faces that were about 85% chin. For some reason, they were the rulers of the Spanish Empire.
The people of the the Low Countries didn't want to be ruled by German people, Spanish people or inbred...
2021-11-07 20:07:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In the 1500s, the Netherlands were ruled by the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs were an astoundingly inbred German noble family with faces that were about 85% chin. For some reason, they were the rulers of the Spanish Empire.
The people of the the Low Countries didn't want to be ruled by German people, Spanish people or inbred...
2021-11-07 20:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostWe've gone from ten down to four. Fort Bourtange is coming along nicely and I think I might get it done by Saturday or Sunday at the latest. Anyway, your contenders in the runoff are:
Senator Todd proposes a map inspired by Philadelphia's notorious prison, Eastern State Penitentiary.
Senator Jon proposes the Infec...
2021-11-03 17:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A Youtuber named Andyisyoda is building all of Finbarr's Marsh in Minecraft at the moment and it's incredibly impressive. If you're interested in seeing it come togeth...
2021-11-01 10:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe have ten proposals on this month's ballot and there's quite a bit to read, so I'll keep this short and let you get to it!
Senator Todd proposes a map inspired by Philadelphia's notorious prison, Eastern State Penitentiary.
Senator Bryan proposes a sanitarium for the sane, run by insane Derro therapists.
S...
2021-10-28 06:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the linework for Fort Bourtange finished and ready for coloring. I'm planning to crop this map to a few different sizes, since I don't think most people will need this much space around the fort. This will be the largest size, however...
2021-10-25 04:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's where things are at with Fort Bourtange. This is all of the fort's structures, including about 40 buildings, 6 bridges, a few wells, some watch posts and a windmill. The next step is to scan all this, arrange everything and draw in the...
2021-10-17 21:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The Flying Rook is the sort of place wizards build to show off. Anyone with the power to keep this architectural Frankenstein standing is no joke, but-- just in case anyone wasn't fully convinced-- they made it fly as well.
I didn't have any particular purpose in mind when I added the windmill, but, the more I think abo...
2021-10-09 18:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post
