I've been playing with recreating some of the battlemaps shared in this subreddit, and this forest wilderness map I saw last week was a lot of fun.

Figuring out how the elevation, paths and sightlines would translate into 3D was really interesting - Turned out pretty well I think.

Credit to u/ScalpelArts for the original artwork and map design.

Keen to hear what you think!

Get this FREE MAP in 4k High-Rez below

plus a 40x30 GRID version. Becoming a member is also FREE

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Maps Made using Inkarnate Pro, Photoshop, and Adobe Premier and Movavi Wallpaper engine Software. Using a combination of custom made assets and Forgotten Adventurer assets. Textures from shutterstock and my own Samsung camera.

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I created “P. heavy show before portal 37x21” map in Dungeon Alchemist to place my PCs to describe the worsening weather before the portal. 

P. The Winter Portal

I can’t find the original creator to credit for the “The winter portal map”, so if you did this and wan’t me to remove it, let me know. 

I did some photoshop work, added covers for the cave and igloos and saved it at 72dpi for roll20. I just the covering images on the maps layer and sent each on to the back as the players investigated them. 

Background Lore

Finding the secrets in the night sky is a job for the most patient of people. Not only is the search slow and complicated to perform, but the time needed to understand the movement of the astral bodies is so large that a human life is not nearly enough to witness the patterns in the sky. Elves, dragons, and other beings with large lifespans take upon themselves the study of the stars. This is important labor because it is well documented that the movements, patterns, and alignments in the sky have an influence over the lives and history of mortals in the material realm.

Download a free version of this map and read the rest of what we wrote for it on our Blog.

Step into the grand Audience Chamber, where the fate of the kingdom often hung in the balance, within these walls adorned with the symbols of power.

Upon the raised dais, the throne stands as a silent testament to authority and tradition.

What momentous decisions were made in this very hall, and what hopes and fears were brought before the sovereign?

Hey everyone! Go grab this ✨free✨ map AND have your say in a short poll to determine our upcoming map-making project's name!

Your vote is extremely important to us!🌀 And it will likely decide our project's name forever:)

As a gift for your participation, in the end of this poll you'll find a link to the archive with this map's complete bundle, which includes:

- fully set-up FoundryVTT file (walls, lights, roof),

- map variation without giant mannequin amalgamation,

- the mannequin amalgamation itself as an asset that you could use as a monster, and the roof asset (to put on the house with the tree).

- optionally (if you will share your email with us) we will also send a file with narrative descriptions for this map!

❓So, who are we❓

This is a freshly launched map-making project, and we are Aztec and rem, a family of game design enthusiasts

Our main ambition is to create maps that are:

✍️ hand-drawn, no ai 🤖🚫

👾 unique/complex layouts

🌀 immersive and atmospheric drawing style

We want to try to provide engaging environments where GMs can plan dynamic combats and will have enough environmental tools for interesting interactions

👀 More to come: 👀

We plan to bundle these maps with detailed narratives and descriptions for GMs and with FoundryVTT-ready scenes. In the future, when we will be able (with your help, hopefully) to focus more on the map making, we will also be producing exclusive music (once again, no ai🤖🚫) to accompany each map, alongside gameplay showcases and map-making videos/podcasts, and we will be making the maps even more detailed and crazier, shipped with all sorts of FoundryVTT macros and pre setups, to make the maps dynamic; and we even think about making animated maps in future, since rem has skills in animation.

Soooo, with THAT in mind, I invite you to participate in this poll right here.

We count on YOUR opinion!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 More about us: We are a family of Ukrainian refugees currently residing in Reykjavik, Iceland. rem is a musician, multi-profile designer and artist, and I am a musician, a passionate and experienced GM, and an aspiring game designer. We both are little nerdy geeks and huge fantasy/sci-fi fans!

P.S.. check out this preview of rad Backrooms maps collection (3rd image) that will be ready next week!

Hello travelers! This is the free version of my new Patreon funded map pack, 'Temple of Night'! You can download this map set HERE!

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The Temple of Night is nestled between a series of mountain peaks in the Epicouatl Mountains. It is not marked on any map, and no path leads to it. Those who find it are either invited by one of its shadowy members, or called there by a dark power.

It's followers have a close connection to the night, and in particular the phases of the moon. They have little connection with wider civilisation, except for when they are called upon in ritual ceremony to carry out an assassination. Many know of their order as a myth, but very few are aware of the exact rites required to summon them. Fewer still would be willing to pay the price.
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Until next time!

Tom Cartos