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Adventure Assets 4

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Roughly a year ago I began the "Adventure Assets" series in response to feedback in that year's patron survey generally expressing a desire for more specific assets that might fit more niche scenarios or create visual interest in a map of otherwise more mundane pieces.

The Adventure Assets series looks to help provide pieces that are characterized by visuals and tone of specific adventures (for now, from 5E D&D). I really like that this helps create a grab-bag of goodies catered to DMs that are going to be runnin...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 15

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Welcome to the 15th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Argynvostholt - Main Grounds

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This month's 5E-based content is the main grounds of the castle of Argynvostholt, derived from the location of the same name from the Curse of Strahd adventure module. Like many of the adventures locations, while it is not strictly required to visit for a playthrough of the adventure's story, it does feature a number of characters that can be encountered in a variety of ways throughout other areas of the setting.

This particular location made the cut for an updated interpretation (in spite o...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 14

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Welcome to the 14th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Monthly Recap July '24

Hello all! Here's your recap of everything released in the last month:

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 12: Glacial Lair, Dungeons, Bandit Hideout // Direct Link to Post

• Bandit Hideout ZIP Download

• 2024-08-02 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Crooked Moon Tokens: Final Bosses

UPDATE 8/13: The final FINAL Bosses are here for the Crooked Moon project! Feast your eyes on the glory of the colossally-sized Wicker Giant and Ghostlight Locomotive. These two new creatures are now available using the download link below alongside the previously released Haunted House Mimic. Enjoy!

Hello all! It seems that we've reached the end of the line for my work on The Crooked Moon. The set i...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 13

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Welcome to the 13th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Werewolf Den

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This month's 5E-based content is the Werewolf Den, derived from the location of the same name from the Curse of Strahd adventure module. Like many of the adventures locations, while it is not strictly required to visit for a playthrough of the adventure's story, it does feature a number of characters that can be encountered in a variety of ways throughout other areas of the setting.

This particular location made the cut for an updated interpretation (in spite of the beautiful, full-color ma...

Ships & Sailing Assets 2

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Over 5 years ago I released "Ships & Sailing Assets 1"; a what now seems like humble collection of furniture pieces alongside an assembly of varying shapes and sizes of ship templates to construct as you needed. Since then the theme of vessel/ship had laid dormant until we released Airship Assets 1 + 2 in the last twelve months. Obviously those were generally more of a high-magic/technological bent to them, but did deliver a great deal more of ship accessories and deck templates.

Today, we're re...

Planar Assets 1

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Back in the Spring you all indicated via our Annual Patron Survey a significant interest in expanding the available assets pertaining to otherworldly or strange areas. Thus, Planar Assets. This is a new series I'll be continuing to add to that is intended to cover asset types that would be indicative of different "planes" (i.e. "worlds") of a campaign.

Almost four years ago I released a pack of "Feywild Assets" that many of you may be accustomed to using--because of the preexistence of that set, it f...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 12

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Welcome to the 12th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Monthly Recap June '24

Hello all! Here's your recap of everything released in the last month:

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 10: Underground Nest + Inn + Cemetery // Direct Link to Post

• Underground Nest ZIP Download

• 2024-07-06 02:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post

The Crooked Moon Tokens: Part 5

UPDATE 7/26: The back half of this near-final set is here! This portion contains 5 of the "boss" enemies of the campaign and each with their own individual flair and menace. Enjoy! The ZIP download below now contains all of Part 5's tokens, as featured in the banner above.

Hello all and welcome to another release of tokens for the project, The Crooked Moon. The set releases here is just half of what ...

Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms: Part 3

UPDATE 8/29: The back half of the third set of tokens, "3.2", is here! Within it is contained the creepy crawling Omukade and its spawn, an adorable Nue, Onibi, and Ryuto as well as a fiery pack of elemental dragons. Updates to the statblocks coming soon. Enjoy!

Hello all! And welcome to the next (possibly last?) installment in our Ryoko's token series.

In September of last year as a ...

Ground Textures 3

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I was excited to get to slot in Ground Textures 3 into my releases because I felt confident that I'd get to deepen the variety of the available floor textures, something I may particularly get more nerdy about, doing as many interiors as I sometimes find myself doing. As the ground textures section of the library has grown over the years I find a weird satisfaction in being able to give this balcony that tile pattern or make the floor of the manor house seem a bit more posh than that of the adjoi...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 11

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Welcome to the 11th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Kolat Towers - Upper Floors

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Today's release is the inevitable followup to last month's release of the "main grounds" of Kolat Towers.

Kolat Towers is this month's map derived from source material in the 5E universe, in this case--Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. This pair of towers serves as the initial infiltration location for players as they act in pursuit of one of the campaign's possible antagonists, Manshoon. Within it lie the means of acces...

Woodland Assets 4

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It has been 5 years (counting back to "Tree Assets 2") since I drew and painted a conifer tree. 5 years. As time has marched further and further away from that date I found myself becoming increasingly less likely to use them in maps and begin to lean more on the deciduous trees that I'd made more recently. You might understand why then, I was rather eager to invest some time in creating a more modern set of these piney fellas.

And let me tell ya, it took quite some time to be inve...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 10

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Welcome to the 10th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps ar...

Monthly Recap May '24

Hello all! Here's your recap of everything released in the last month:

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 8: Palace Rooms, Sea Caves, Derelict Arena // Direct Link to Post

• Palace Rooms ZIP Download

• 2024-06-03 16:09:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 9

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Welcome to the 9th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps arr...

Kolat Towers - Main Grounds

Hello all!

Kolat Towers is this month's map derived from source material in the 5E universe, in this case--Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. This pair of towers serves as the initial infiltration location for players as they act in pursuit of one of the campaign's possible antagonists, Manshoon. Within it lie the means of accessing the true sanctum utilized by Manshoon, a location I've already mapped that you can see here.

Because...

Combat Assets 4

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When putting out last month's addition to the Destroyed Assets series, I felt that an expansion of the Combat Assets would be a natural companion to that. This latest set of unfortunate creatures was made a bit differently than Combat Assets of the past. While previously (in Part 3 especially) I had made measures to include skeletons of corpses that matched their more recently deceased counterparts, this time I opted to omit that option in favor of including a greater number and variety of corpses. It's my hope that as we ...

Industrial Assets 3

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Industrial Assets 3 is epitomizing a lot of what I've tried to focus on in my asset pack releases in 2024. We're bringing in new themes and ideas (craft and trades-based industry) while simultaneously introducing what I believe to be improvements on existing elements in the library (workbenches, wheelbarrows, wells, cloth overhangs). I like doing somewhat more niche themes like the Industrial assets because of the way that I know that the assets will seep into many other areas of your maps. My own example map here may depi...

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 8

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Welcome to the 8th "map pack" released in collaboration with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. This pack and all future ones are now going to bleed over into what is to be included in their latest kickstarter: The Map Library.

Obviously you can anticipate digital copies of those maps arr...

Monthly Recap April '24

Hello all! Here's your recap of everything released in the last month:

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 7: Gnoll Camp, Bank, Mine Entrance // Direct Link to Post

Criminal Bank ZIP Download
2024-05-03 20:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms: Part 2

UPDATE 5/31: The back half of part 2 is now available, as seen in the updated preview banner above! This full set now includes tokens for a trio of animated constructs, a pair of rather monstrous beasts, and a spectral pirate figure (with a bonus variant token that's decidedly more corporeal). The statblock PDF has now been updated as well and includes several more pages' worth of information and statblocks. Enjoy!

Hello all! And welcome to the next installment in our Ryoko's token series.

The Crooked Moon Tokens: Part 4

UPDATE 5/29: The download URL below now contains the other half of part 4! This second set brings us the Witchwood, Ferryman, Tome Reveler, Cheshire Cat, and Chupacabra rounding out the entirety of this semi-swampy, semi-cryptid themed set. Enjoy!

Hello all and welcome to another release of tokens for the project, The Crooked Moon. The set releases here is just...

Node of Nirvana

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Last month as part of the "thank you" to folks that participated in the annual patron survey I sent out an opportunity to participate in a community-generated map prompt. After a narrowing-down process we ended up at:

A scene from the plane of Mechanus, featuring dangerously stiff cliffsides. A religious shrine or memorial dominates the space, but signs of a recent celebration can be seen scattered about.

I'd originally intended to include a small subterranean...

Destroyed Assets 5

UPDATE 8/20/24: Realized today that the numerical labeling on the "destroyed furniture" pieces in this pack were incorrect. I've since fixed that labeling and for those of you who would be bothered by that, can find the updated pack via the ZIP link below.

Earlier this month I put out a poll looking for feedback/input as to the contents of the pack I'm now releasing today: Destroyed Assets 5. In that poll the...