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Court of the Count Photoshop File

Ravenloft--Court of the Count

Hello all!

Here is the next (I believe I see some light at the end of the tunnel!) set of battle map scale rooms from Castle Ravenloft from the Curse of Strahd module.

As with its many predecessors, I have saved each of the rooms as individual PNG files for easier manipulating. For anyone keeping track of the Ravenloft project closely, know that once the entire castle is finished I will absolutely be going back through all of its disparate pieces and organizing them, making easier print versions, compiling them into en...

Urban Assets

Hello all! Here is what I'm planning on so far for the Urban Assets Pack I'm going to be working on. In summary:

- Several rooftops of various sizes and multiple colors

- Window outlets & balconies

- Chimneys (with and without smoke)

- Flags of various styles

- Landscape indicative of an urban area

The rooftops will absolutely constitute the bulk of the assets pack as I'll be trying to create all available options and allow you to 'build your own' rooftop, but I am certainly open to suggestions on additional ...

Maphammer's Modular Crypt

Hello all!

As a part of my ongoing friendship with Maphammer (and in the interest of cool, free assests!) I wanted to make sure you were aware of their recently released Modular Crypt tiles. As you can see in the image, these are separate tiles/hallways that can be built together for easy, quick crypts. 

You can download them yourself (as well as a bunch of other free stuff Maphammer has put out) at this link. 

Enjoy!

Asset Pack Theme

Hello all!

Now that the River pack has been released, it's time to vote on the theme for our next public pack! Hopefully all of the themes are fairly self-explanatory, but please feel free to make suggestions if you have something else in mind!

River Assets Pack

Hello all!

Here is my River Assets Pack--the 4th public release of assets so far. Make sure to check out the Forest Assets, Tavern Assets, and Snowy Assets in order to combine them and make maps like the example featured above.

This pack ...

Misc Rooms pt.1 Photoshop File

Ravenloft -- Misc Rooms pt.1

Hello all!

Here is our monthly installment of battle map scale rooms from Castle Ravenloft from the 5E adventure Curse of Strahd. As always, I've divided each room into separate .png files for your convenience.

In other news, my players are about to enter Ravenloft near the end of the campaign, so I'll be taking some pictures as they explore the castle using the rooms you've all supported so you can see what they might look like in action (anyone played Betrayal at the House on the Hill?).

Enjoy!

Everska Photoshop File

Evereska

Hello all!

For the last map of March I've created a revision of a previously existing map of a location in the greater D&D universe: Evereska. 

One of the last elvish strongholds to the north in the setting of Faerun, Evereska was used primarily in the 3.5 edition (correct me if I'm wrong, being a 5e player myself). It is the remnant of long waged conflicts between its residents and the greater wilderness surrounding it and protected by an all-encompassing 'mythal boundary' maintained by its arcanists. 

River Assets Preview

Hello all!

I'm still working on the total River Assets pack, but am realizing there are some areas where I want to expand it so that it feels more usable before I share it with the public. However, since some of it is finished (the pieces featured above) and you all have been waiting for some time now, I wanted to share what was complete so you could play around with it. I intend to create the following additional pieces for the pack and have it released in April:

- One 'Medium' River (roughly twice as wide as the one pictured)...

Main Floor (1) Photoshop File

Ravenloft -- Main Floor pt.1

Hello all! 

Here is the next set of rooms from the main floor of Castle Ravenloft from the Curse of Strahd 5e module.

Five separate rooms (separated into individual .pngs per usual) containing more statues, suits of armor, mirrors, debris, and a great dining table + spooky organ combo. 

Enjoy!

New Owl Well Photoshop File

'New' Owl Well

Update July 2021: Based on requests I've made a nighttime version of the 'New' Owl Well map. Map files of the new variant included in the ZIP file below. 

Hello people! 

This month marks One Year since I started this Patreon and I thought a fun way to look back at that milestone would be to revisit one of the first maps I released: Old Owl Well.

As I hope you'll agree, I'm proud to say that I've gro...

Dungeon Assets -- Part 1

Hello all!

Due to some scheduling conflicts with the release of a different commissioned city map (now coming out in March) I went ahead and bumped up the release of a first round of dungeon assets!

$5 Patron Halosos had requested that for their commissioned reward at that tier that I make a mini asset pack of various dungeon-themed accoutrement to be used in making battle maps. Seeing the opportunity and all of the other fun little things I ended up making for the recently released Catacombs from Castle Ravenloft (not to mention all of...

Waterfall Photoshop File

Waterfall Campsite

Hello all!

Little oopsie with this battle map--I accidentally used the same settings from the Ravenloft Catacombs map and did not realize it until I was basically finished. SO what that means is that this battle map is actually 19x15 inches as opposed to the standard 8.5x11! 

However, the grid is already set to one inch margins, so it is not necessary to double its size when printing either, so essentially its like my normal maps, but at double the normal resolution! I totally goofed, not sure if it's due to lack o...

Catacombs Photoshop File

Castle Ravenloft Catacombs

Hello all!

Here is the next installment in the Castle Ravenloft series. And boy was it a doozy--that's a lot of cobblestone in there. Like, hours and hours of cobblestone. And that's after I used all of my digital tricks to try and shorten my time commitment. The whole thing measures roughly 15x19 inches digitally, meaning it's intended to be printed out at 30x34 inches for a 1in battlemap--that's almost a XL battle map!

Not to mention all of the fun interior pieces (anyone like stuffed owlbears?), you can see why I ha...

Public Content Upload Compilation

Hey there friend! If you've somehow stumbled upon this post from way back in  2018, you can ignore it! Future me has hijacked this post years after  its posting to use it to host ZIPs to link back to in current posts.  You're welcome to peruse the ZIP downloads below, but this is in no way  intended to be user friendly. If you're looking for specific releases  I'd point you towards our Archive or if ...

Dungeon Entrances V1 PSD File

River Assets Preview

Hey all!

Though these River assets likely won't come out till March, I wanted to give you a view of what I was thinking so far. Unlike previous asset packs, most of the assets here will end up being too large to easily display in one image, so this is just an overview.

What I'm planning on including:

- Water textures of all varieties (skinny and wide rivers, creeks, just one big water texture, shorelines, etc.)

- A couple of small 'islands'

- Rocks and other floating natural debris

- Several different bridges

Entryway Photoshop Files

Castle Ravenloft - Great Entryway

Here is the Great Entryway to Castle Ravenloft from the Curse of Strahd 5E module. The 6th in the series so far, these maps mark my progress in mapping out the infamous castle at battle map scale.

I had originally planned on doing the catacombs next to finish out the bottom floor of the castle, but ran into some layout complexities that I hadn't been anticipating so I decided to release this one for now instead while I iron out the catacombs. 

The grand entryway--often the first areas that players get to explore through on...

$1+ Content Upload Compilation

Hey there friend! If you've somehow stumbled upon this post from way back in 2018, you can ignore it! Future me has hijacked this post years

Hey there friend! If you've somehow stumbled upon this post from way back in 2018, you can ignore it! Future me has hijacked this post years after its posting to use it to host ZIPs to link back to in current posts. You're welcome to peruse the ZIP downloads below, but this is in no way intended to be user friendly. If you're looking for specific releases I'd point you towards our 2018-01-28 03:12:09 +0000 UTC View Post

More Assets?

Hello all!

In light of the recent release of the snowy assets pack (sketches are already underway for the Rivers Assets pack), I had been considering the possibility of integrating more frequent assets releases into the paid content stream and was hoping for feedback on that. 

I will continue to release the larger packs (forest, tavern, snow, etc) every ~2 months to the public, but my plan would be to replace one of the five paid maps I release each month with one 'mini pack' (roughly 1/2-1/3 of the normal packs). These mini packs ...

Snowy Assets Pack

Here it finally is!

The complete Snowy Assets Pack. Containing everything from a windswept snowy field, a cozy cottage, several snow-lined trees, and even a 5ft block of ice cause why not.

As usual, this assets pack is compatible with the previous forest and tavern battle map packs, making for even more mapmaking possibilities with each new pack released.

I'll probably have plans to expand this pack in the future (cause who doesn't need more snow covered things in their life?) but will likely not do so until I've expanded other ar...

Snow Assets Preview

Hey all!

I've been working hard to get the snow assets pack finished and it's nearly there! The final, complete version will be going up this weekend, but I wanted you to have a sneak peek first!

This version contains a good amount of the assets that will be in the final version, but is still missing a few parts that are in the works (some road pieces, a couple campfires, two frozen ponds, and a snowy cabin to name a few). In the meantime, please enjoy what is finished before anyone else can. 

If you notice any bugs ...

2018 Resolution: More Teaching!

Happy New Year! 

Of many things I am thankful for in 2017, your collective support is absolutely one of them; thank you so much for choosing to help financially support this map-making venture and know that I am truly grateful.

Looking forward towards 2018 however, one of the areas where I'd like to shore up my efforts is in the realm of passing along my (at times, limited) knowledge to you all. In 2017 I released two map-making guides (2018-01-01 18:17:15 +0000 UTC View Post