Denizens of the Tower!
So I've been working lately in this gatehouse map. It is the only way to cross a large wall configuration. The gatehouse comes with several portcullis doors, murder holes, and a cool configuration of towers that make defending the place a breeze.
Like other encounter locations I have release...
2020-03-20 00:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Travelers of the Internet, we wrote an adventure!
A dedicated scholar who studied the arcane art of teleportation, among many others, founded a guild of students and researchers of this branch of magic: The Insightful scholars. The founder, Devon, was a dedicated scholar who devoted her whole life to unearthing the secr...
2020-03-16 21:11:30 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 335 The Corrupted Guild . 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 ju...
2020-03-16 21:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower!
A dedicated scholar who studied the arcane art of teleportation, among many others, founded a guild of students and researchers of this branch of magic: The Insightful scholars. The founder, Devon, was a dedicated scholar who devoted her whole life to unearthing the secrets of the weave. One day s...
2020-03-16 21:08:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Travelers from the internet!
This is a short encounter scenario about a witch who curses a local noble. Because of this curse, some undead in the family crypt craw out of their graves and wreak havoc in the vicinities. Some of the castle guards already lost their lives trying to solve the issue so the bounty is out for ...
2020-03-13 23:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 334 The Curse of the Royal Crypt. 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. ...
2020-03-13 23:21:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower!
This is a short encounter scenario about a witch who curses a local noble. Because of this curse, some undead in the family crypt craw out of their graves and wreak havoc in the vicinities. Some of the castle guards already lost their lives trying to solve the issue so the bounty is out for those ...
2020-03-13 23:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler!
This is a strange underground complex that functioned as a fort of sorts near a well-trafficked crossroads. On the surface, the only thing visible is a squat tower with a large stable. The stable is too large for the tower but the stone building is only an entrance to the underground complex. A quirky architec...
2020-03-10 20:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 333 The Converging Fort. 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 jus...
2020-03-10 19:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower!
We start the month with a cool underground location. This is a strange underground complex which functioned as a fort of sorts near a well-trafficked crossroads. On the surface, the only thing visible is a squat tower with a large stable. The stable is too large for the tower but the stone buildin...
2020-03-10 19:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post
This is issue No. 5 of Dungeon Vault Magazine. A compilation of adventures, lore, excellent cartography, and useful digital goodies.
Dungeon Vault Magazine is all about providing interesting ideas and lore to DMs and storytellers. Within this issue, you will find varied adventure ideas.
These shor...
2020-03-10 16:43:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a tier 1 (level 3-4) adventure about a strange new cult who kidnaps the cityfolk. None of them have ever escaped or been seen again. The cult’s lair is in an old ruined part of town in an underground complex known as the Chapel of the Ancients. It is an old construction built by an earlier civilizat...
2020-02-29 18:07:54 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 332 Chapel of the Ancients. 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 ...
2020-02-29 18:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the tower!
This illustration took longer than usual. It's a large sprawling, non-linear underground location. Two levels, interconnected in many ways. The location has a religious intent, it is a chapel dedicated to a strange statue/idol in Area 7.
The illustration comes in the usual f...
2020-02-29 17:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 331 Thimokeles' Demiplane. 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 j...
2020-02-28 06:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower!
A mage named Thimokeles built a tower close to some small settlements. The wizard does not care for those towns, nor does he intentionally mean them ill. However, his experiments and arcane practices often cause them trouble. Sometimes it's sudden changes in the weather, other times it's the irrat...
2020-02-28 06:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Travelers!
Here's the 18th 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 quirky mage who ...
2020-02-24 18:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 330 The Kuo-Toa Idol. 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 o...
2020-02-24 18:31:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Denizens of the Tower.
Here's the 18th 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 i...
2020-02-24 18:31:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler, hear this news!
This is an underground cavern complex near a natural spring in the mountain range. Some of the tunnels are submerged but they also connect some of the surface areas. This location is the perfect hideout for a pack of kuo-toa cultists who recently moved to the area. The kuo-toa are innately insa...
2020-02-21 18:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 330 The Kuo-Toa Idol. 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 o...
2020-02-21 18:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower!
This is an underground cavern complex near a natural spring in the mountain range. Some of the tunnels are submerged but they also connect some of the surface areas. This location is the perfect hideout for a pack of kuo-toa cultists who recently moved to the area. The kuo-toa are innately insane....
2020-02-21 18:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey traveler, will you hear local gossip?
It's been reported that a transitory imprisonment area in the local city barracks has a high death count. For some unknown reason many of the inmates die in the barracks' jail before their eventual shipment to a max security prison. The warden of the jail, Dirty Joe, insists tha...
2020-02-17 00:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 329 The Limbo Arena. 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 on...
2020-02-17 00:43:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Denizens of the Tower,
It's been reported that a transitory imprisonment area in the local city barracks has a high death count. For some unknown reason many of the inmates die in the barracks' jail before their eventual shipment to a max security prison. The warden of the jail, Dirty Joe, insists that many of the tempo...
2020-02-17 00:43:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a tier 3 (levels 10-14) adventure about a black dragon in a nearby swamp. The dragon found a way to use an arcane device in his lair to extract people's souls and become a powerful spellcaster. A group of valiant adventurers rushes to the scene with the hope of saving as many of the missing travelers as possible. They...
2020-02-14 00:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 328 Black Dragon Lair. 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 ...
2020-02-14 00:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, Denizens of the Tower
As far as I can remember I had not ever done a dragon lair. Weird, right? well, this is an adult black dragon's lair. It's got swamp access, accommodations for kobold lackeys, and some strange gold-plated face in the main entrance because the dragon took this place. The original purpose ...
2020-02-13 23:58:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Traveler from a foreign land!
This is a forest encounter map with some interesting lore to kickstart a cool adventure. It is a secluded location in the depths of a great forest where an ancient ruin awaits after eons of abandonment. In the middle of an eroded expanse of stone tiles, three large pillars with alcoves in t...
2020-02-11 21:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the .psd file for 327 The Silent Automata. 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 jus...
2020-02-11 21:48:08 +0000 UTC View Post
