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Manshoon's Sanctum

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Hello all!

Manshoon's Sanctum is my latest map pulling directly from adventure material in the 5E universe. Like my other recent maps in this vein, the Sanctum here is from Dragon Heist, specifically from the "Winter Wizardry" chapter towards the end of the module. Those of you familiar with the adventure will be aware that it's known for featuring multiple potential antagonists. As the name suggests, this location serves as the extradimensional hideout for one such antagonist, a rather famo...

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7 Year Community Assets

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Hey folks!

Last month as a part of our 7 year milestone on Patreon I invited all of you to submit ideas and requests for various asset needs specific to your campaigns! As you might imagine, those requests have generated a rather diverse selection! Altogether we've gathered 89 assets spanning a wide spectrum from pieces like monster organs, vampire hunting kits, and playing cards, all the way to demon portals, Egyptia...

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Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 7

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Hello all!

Welcome to the 7th "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.

As you might imagine, you can anticipate digital copies of th...

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Destroyed Assets Poll!

Hello all! Doing something a little different here.

I'm planning on releasing Destroyed Assets 5 later this month; I've obviously got parts of it put together right now, but was bouncing off of different ideas and thought that perhaps I could get some guidance from you all on what you'd like to see contained therein. I know this particular theme is fairly popular and routinely requested, so I want to make sure it's filling needs appropriately.

This is a flash poll that I'll be acting on in the very near future; p...

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Monthly Recap March '24

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

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 6: Arctic Station + Zelk's Apothecary // Direct Link to Post

Dragon Heist: Old Tower

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Hello all!

Old Tower is this month's map derived from source material in the 5E universe, in this case--Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. The Old Tower is just one of among several "side locations" players may encounter along a quick chain of encounters that together compose a chase sequence in pursuit of a powerful artifact.

This map of the Old Tower was made as faithfully to the source material as I could, which is why you'll notice fairly specific looking details like the teleportation circle and particular ...

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Furniture Assets 6

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Hello all!

Welcome to the latest installment in what I believe is our longest-running asset theme now (and for good reason): Furniture assets. Obviously fairly broad in nature, I try to use these particular packs to double down on gaps that I observe in the library while also improving upon/upgrading existing assets that I feel merit it. If you were hoping for something in particular that you're not seeing in this specific set, there is still time to submit requests to the 2024-03-26 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

7th Anniversary Community Asset Pack

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We're bringing back the Community Asset Pack! We have conducted this each anniversary of the patreon for the last few years and it has reliably resulted in both a diverse selection of assets as well as a fun opportunity for those of you that may have a niche need visualized in your campaign.

What is it?

If you visit this incredibly small google form, you can enter up to two requests for assets. If possi...

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Statue Assets 5

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Hello all!

In our currently ongoing Annual Patron Survey (which you have until March 17th to participate in!) one of things made clear in feedback is your all's appreciation for eye-catching, story-driven details and elements in a map. 

Thus, Statue Assets 5! While not literally made in response to ongoing feedback in the survey, it does seem well-timed to suit those needs. The dozens of statues with...

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Oneshot Wonders: Mirabilis

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Hello all!

As I have been steadily releasing the battle maps associated with my partnership with Roll & Play Press's One Shot Wonders project, it seemed high time that we share the regional map for this setting as well!

Mirabilis is the world in which all of OSW's mini-arcs take place and is thusly suitably diverse in its environments and peoples. If you...

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Annual Patron Survey 2024

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You can access the survey here! (Open until March 17th)

Welcome to the 5th Annual Patron Survey!

We have conducted this in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2024-03-06 22:39:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 6

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Hello all!

For the last few months I've been steadily releasing packs made with my friends at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. These releases have all featured maps made for their kickstarter for One Shot Wonders, a brilliantly useful product full of immediately applicable session ideas (and I'm saying that primarily from the perspective of a...

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Monthly Recap February '24

Monthly Recap April '23

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

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 5: Inherited Mansion + Mummy Temple // Direct Link to Post 

Tempestuous Portal

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Hello all!

The Tempestuous Portal is my latest map within the "subclass inspired" series I've taken up recently--this time a blend of the Storm Sorcery sorcerer and Great Old One warlock subclasses. In it, you'll see a mysteriously ascended ring of stone, providing access to unknown depths. 

I imagined this location acting as either a sort of "origin story" backdrop for the storm sorcerer's arcane prowess or alternatively the resting spot of the warlock's patron, a spot t...

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Gralhund Villa

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Hello all!

Gralhund Villa is my latest map derived from source material in the 5E universe, in this case--Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. The Villa represents a fairly pivotal turning point in the narrative of the module as the players transition from a season of getting acquainted with the city to initiating a multi-stage chase sequence that will eventually lead them on a path towards one of the story's great secrets.

This 38x33 square map of the Villa was made rather faithfully to its description in the tex...

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Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms: Part 1

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Update 3/26: the back half of part 1 is now uploaded and available here (see new preview image above)! The complete part 1 set now includes the Hunting Narcissus, the Hone Karakasa, the Hemlock Whipweed, Betobeto-san, Betobeto-sama, and the Anise Starshooter. You'll also find a new link below for Statblocks v1.2 which includes a few more of the statblocks as they steadily become finished!

Oh, w...

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Food Assets 2

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Hello all!

Back in the summer of 2021 I released Food Assets 1, a pack that very self-evidently contained a bunch of food! Since then, I've dipped into that pack frequently whenever doing virtually any kind of urban map as well as other auxiliary scenes where campsites or other habitation may be. And the thing about using a pack frequently like that is you get pretty familiar with both its contents and its gaps!

Thus, Food Assets 2. My aim here was to improve on older assets that I felt merited it, incre...

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Airship Assets 2

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Hello all!

The follow up to last year's Airship Assets 1 has arrived. As with its predecessor, this pack contains a wide variety of structural and accessory components necessary in the construction of airships! What differentiates this pack however is that while the first focused primarily on a more typical vision of airships as relatively sleek, technology-driven vessels, this second set instead focuses much more on organic...

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The Crooked Moon Tokens: Part 3

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Update 3/27: the back half of part 3 is now uploaded and available here (see new preview image above)! The complete part 3 set now includes the Vampire Clergy, the Pumpkinhead, the Phantom Hearse, Phantom Steed, and the Phantom Driver.

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Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 5

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Hello all!

For this project I've been very lucky to work with the folks at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. You might already be familiar with some of their previous work, including the Game Master's Fantasy Toolkit. Their kickstarter for One Shot Wond...

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Monthly Recap January'24

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

Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 4: Baker's Dozen + Underground Forge // Direct Link to Post 

Ruins of Thundertree

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Hello all!

The final map of our Candlekeep Mysteries collection is a bit of a doozy and so I had pivoted towards the end of the month here to what was supposed to have been a location of comparatively more narrow scope, but in classic fashion I became far too invested in and sunk a great number of additional hours in, but behold! Thundertree.


If you're unfamiliar, Thundertree is a location from the Forgotten Realms setting and features prominently in the fl...

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Grim Cloister

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Hello all!

The Grim Cloister is an original location inspired by locations that ought to be fitting to specific player subclasses and the like. Back in November I released the Monument of Howls within the same vein for a Path of the Totem Warrior subclass of the Barbarian. The Grim Cloister (as you can probably guess) is likewise inspired by the Grave Domain subclass of the Cleric. 

I imagined this as functioning as a distinctly reverent ...

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The Crooked Moon Tokens: Part 2

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UPDATE 2/1: The remaining tokens of part 2 are available (as seen above)! They are included in the new ZIP download for this overall set, linked below.

Can't tell you how pleased I am to get to share with you the first pieces of what is going to shape up to be an extensive set of tokens for the project, The Crooked Moon.

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Roof Assets 1

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A little while back I got a bee in my bonnet over just how long it had been since I'd last taken a full-throated attempt at making roof textures (if you're curious, it was the "wooden roofs" pack released in April of 2020, almost four years ago). In light of that "fun" fact, I desperately felt we needed more!

Thus, Roofing Assets 1. Rather than tack individual styles onto other thematic packs, I wanted to start a line of assets that was dedicated solely to roofs alone. This would allow me the space to...

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Academy Assets 3

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Today is a "double header" of asset releases due to the way things shook out this month and the first up to feature is Academy Assets 3. The "academy" series serves as a catch-all pack for any manner of assets that might fall within a "magical school" environment as well as general academia, research, or simply upper-crust urban life. 

Academy Assets 3 ZIP Download 

Academy Assets 3 includes...

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Oneshot Wonders Map Pack 4

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Hello all!

For this project I've been very lucky to work with the folks at Roll & Play Press, an ENNIE Award-winning, independent publisher based in London, UK. You might already be familiar with some of their previous work, including the Game Master's Fantasy Toolkit. Their kickstarter for One Shot Wond...

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Monthly Recap December '23

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

Teslite Cruiser: Latest Airship + Accompanying adventure // Direct Link to Post 

The Crooked Moon Tokens: Part 1

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Hello all!

Can't tell you how pleased I am to get to share with you the first pieces of what is going to shape up to be an extensive set of tokens for the project, The Crooked Moon

If you're unfamiliar, The Crooked Moon launched back in October and in short order became the most successful 5E kickstarter campaign to date. It's horror-driven elements comb...

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The Hinterlands

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Hello all!

For the last map of 2023 it feels fitting to share the latest regional map I've gotten the opportunity to put together, another in a series of map types that I personally feel exemplify the greatest sense of adventure and story.

The Hinterlands is a setting for a 3rd party, wherein a certain section of peoples from the Material Plane gain access to the Hinterlands through a rediscovered archway, only to find it go dormant again once they've crossed through. The setting itself is all about that peoples' explo...

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