In this thread I am going to post maps you are free to use in your home game.
This is The Tomb of Solwey
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/04/mystery-map-tomb-of-solwey.html)
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/12/mystery-map-misty-enclave-of-awutulik.html)
Very nice. Thanks for sharing these. They are great.
Nice maps! Thanks.
Since I download a lot of other people's maps for use in my games, I'm going to take this opportunity to try and contribute back: Here's a 2 1/2 floor map I made for a vampire lair. These were made in Dungeon Painter Studio, so free to use, but I don't think they can be put in anything commercial:
Floor B1:
(https://i.postimg.cc/VLCZPxsC/Aldred-Crypt1-F-40x42-75.jpg)
Floor B2:
(https://i.postimg.cc/q7szfMS5/Aldred-Crypt2-F-40x43-70.jpg)
Floor B3 (Where you land if you fall down the pits on the other floors):
(https://i.postimg.cc/7LkSJcyj/Ghoul-Caverns-39x46.jpg)
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/bastion-of-krendal-destroyer.html)
Very nice! Dungeonscrawl?
Tonis was a cruel Baron of Ilbor Paiden who had a great dungeon built in which to condemn those who opposed him. After he died, infernal priests of Lashtar turned the dungeon into a great underground temple to their dark lord. Eventually their power faded and various nefarious creatures moved in.
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link (http://https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-lost-dungeon-of-tonis.html)
King Agronis was a holy defender of the faith and of the people, until his daughter was killed in a tragic accident, he sought out practitioners of the dark arts to bring her back and he gave his life in return for hers. He was forever cursed to be an unhallowed dweller among the dead.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/05/barrow-of-agronis-unhallowed-king.html)
Once a necessary defense on the edge of the badlands, Hartlon Keep has fallen into ruin and is inhabited by a goblin clan.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/ruins-of-hartlon-keep.html)
Very cool. I made some hex maps for dungeon crawling. Actually, a lot of them. I know I have a few that I post for free use. I'll have to find them and share them.
If you are looking for some good hex maps, though, I have a book on Big Geek Emporium. Just do keyword search "Tactical Hex Maps".
Quote from: Cathode Ray on January 11, 2024, 11:36:13 AM
Very cool. I made some hex maps for dungeon crawling. Actually, a lot of them. I know I have a few that I post for free use. I'll have to find them and share them.
If you are looking for some good hex maps, though, I have a book on Big Geek Emporium. Just do keyword search "Tactical Hex Maps".
Hex maps? Are these for GURPS and The Fantasy Trip?
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 12, 2024, 04:17:44 AM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on January 11, 2024, 11:36:13 AM
Very cool. I made some hex maps for dungeon crawling. Actually, a lot of them. I know I have a few that I post for free use. I'll have to find them and share them.
If you are looking for some good hex maps, though, I have a book on Big Geek Emporium. Just do keyword search "Tactical Hex Maps".
Hex maps? Are these for GURPS and The Fantasy Trip?
They are for any system, but I made the book with The Fantasy Trip in mind.
I like how many of them have functional loops, so as to complicate the exploration and any chases. Further I enjoy that more naturalistic use of space, such as a cluster of rooms sharing walls or large ceremonial rooms. Please continue!
Greetings!
Dungeon maps are fucking awesome! I love all these weird little maps!
OOH RAH!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Quote from: SHARK on January 12, 2024, 07:11:32 AM
Greetings!
Dungeon maps are fucking awesome! I love all these weird little maps!
OOH RAH!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Even though there are a billion of them out their online, and some great dungeon map generators, I still never get tired of seeing new dungeon maps. And drawing them!
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 13, 2024, 07:13:10 AM
Quote from: SHARK on January 12, 2024, 07:11:32 AM
Greetings!
Dungeon maps are fucking awesome! I love all these weird little maps!
OOH RAH!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Even though there are a billion of them out their online, and some great dungeon map generators, I still never get tired of seeing new dungeon maps. And drawing them!
Greetings!
Totally, my friend! I agree. I am the same way. Awesome weird dungeon maps are always cool, and useful.
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
A prophecy foretold that a great calamity will occur unless a group of heroes can find a lost artifact hidden deep within a dangerous dungeon.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-forsaken-chambers-of-dravon-urus.html)
Nice one!
I'm drawing one up just for the forum!
Nice old school feel, very nostalgic.
Ancient guardians protect a divine relic within a cave dungeon. Will the party manage to pass their tests and trials to claim it?
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/dread-caverns-of-kannebraus.html)
Nolyd the Cancerous Noble hid his treasure in a well-guarded cave. Navigate through booby traps, solve riddles, and fight off any remaining creatures to claim the treasure.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/01/golden-caverns-of-nolyd-cancerous-noble.html)
These two are nice.
I like how you use the cyan for a classic feel.
The shadow mage has kidnapped an important NPC and taken them to his stronghold. The party must infiltrate the vault, rescue the NPC, and escape.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/vault-of-shadow-mage.html)
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 07, 2024, 11:28:40 AM
Hand drawn in Photoshop.
You are very good at it! I love this style. I am definitively going to steal one for my current campaign. Thank you very much for sharing them.
I hand-drew this map just for this forum's members! (...Even the dots in the center of each hex.) Only the coloring and red hex lines were done with computer assistance.
Enjoy!
LEGEND:
Yellow square - Closed door
Red square - Locked door
Lavender square - Secret door
Blue Circle - Open doorway
White X Square - Statue
Blue Hex - Water
Black Hex - Chasm
Rooms 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, and either 8 or 9 have a gem guarded by something. There are six gem-sized indentations in the statue.
Rooms 8 and 9 are guarded by guards at area 7; the dilemma is the two-door riddle from the movie Labyrinth. Follow the link for the riddle and SPOILER: The solution - https://nerdist.com/article/how-to-beat-the-labyrinth-two-door-riddle (https://nerdist.com/article/how-to-beat-the-labyrinth-two-door-riddle)
You're on your own getting into room 12.
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Amarath the bandit lord took over the northern fortress and made it a base of operations for his gang.
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I color adjusted this to be true non-photo blue, but I kind of like the darker blue I used on the previous maps.
link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/fortress-of-amarath.html)
These things feel professional grade, dude! Seriously appreciate the high quality free resources for us to use. Don't mind if I do. ;D
Quote from: KindaMeh on January 24, 2024, 12:41:53 AM
These things feel professional grade, dude! Seriously appreciate the high quality free resources for us to use. Don't mind if I do. ;D
Thanks! I hope they are professional grade. I've drawn maps for Goodman Games and Night Owl Workshop, and other publishers. And I take commissions.
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-50th-birthday-d.html)
8) That'll go with Goblin Tears cocktail (midori sour with drops of grenadine) and Ogre Cake (poorly made chocolate cake)! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent work! I'll probably slot some of these into a hex map I threw together a few days ago. I'll be sure to let my players know where I got them from, is there somewhere I can send them if they're interested in getting a commission?
Quote from: 1stLevelWizard on January 28, 2024, 08:59:28 AM
Excellent work! I'll probably slot some of these into a hex map I threw together a few days ago. I'll be sure to let my players know where I got them from, is there somewhere I can send them if they're interested in getting a commission?
The hex map I provided is free to all. I'd totally love it if you pass on this Big Geek Emporium link to my
Tactical Hex Maps book. Although the book is out of print, the PDF is crammed with extras!
https://biggeekemporium.com/product/gr0001 (https://biggeekemporium.com/product/gr0001)
I also have some of the hex maps from this book available as folding boards. Dungeon D1 is the most popular. Some include printable PDF scenario cards that accompany the dungeon.
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/grognard-s-realm (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/grognard-s-realm)
Thank you so much, as any support helps an extremely indy guy!
I'd love to see your hex map. The world needs more hex maps.
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Ro'Ahgna'a the half-demon built a dungeon under the cathedral to hide from the holy forces of the church of light, he is biding his time until a false priest can take control and he can unleash his horde of infernal demons upon the empire.
link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/dungeon-of-roahgnaa.html)
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The child of an arch-devil didn't appreciate what his parents gave him, so they built a grotto to send him to for a few centuries until he would become grateful for all he'd been given.
link to full rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/grotto-of-ungrateful-fiend.html)
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 07, 2024, 11:28:40 AM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on January 07, 2024, 10:34:24 AM
Very nice! Dungeonscrawl?
No :(
Hand drawn in Photoshop.
How much would it cost to make beautiful custom maps like this if you do take commissions?
Quote from: THE_Leopold on January 31, 2024, 10:16:41 AM
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 07, 2024, 11:28:40 AM
Quote from: Eirikrautha on January 07, 2024, 10:34:24 AM
Very nice! Dungeonscrawl?
No :(
Hand drawn in Photoshop.
How much would it cost to make beautiful custom maps like this if you do take commissions?
For a typical map, like the ones I've been posting here. +/- $125 (as of Jan 2024), I can offer them for such a low price because I have templates and brushes set up for this, but the more complicated and detailed price can vary. Email me for discussion: dungeoneering@nightowlworkshop.com
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Mallist was an evil high priest in service of a minor god of corruption and pestilence. Cultists built a new temple for him. Darkness has fallen on the nearby lands.
link to high rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/01/temple-of-mallist.html)
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It has long been rumored that the ruins of the once mighty citadel of Odasfib the Terrible sat over a labyrinth filled with treasures and traps.
link to full rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/)
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 05, 2024, 04:49:07 AM
In this thread I am going to post maps you are free to use in your home game.
This is The Tomb of Solwey
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link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/04/mystery-map-tomb-of-solwey.html)
Quite like that style, it's a nice shade of blue that is vibrant enough to pop without inducing eye bleeding, and the cobblestone texture in the walls gives visual interest, though I'm personally partial to the classic crosshatch pattern.
Thanks for sharing, I'll probably drop a couple of these in my westmarches.
Quote from: Zenoguy3 on February 12, 2024, 04:15:32 PM
Quite like that style, it's a nice shade of blue that is vibrant enough to pop without inducing eye bleeding, and the cobblestone texture in the walls gives visual interest, though I'm personally partial to the classic crosshatch pattern.
Thanks for sharing, I'll probably drop a couple of these in my westmarches.
Thanks, I love the crosshatch pattern too, but so many cartographers use them I wanted to have something different to differentiate these maps.
Quote from: Thor's Nads on February 12, 2024, 06:20:23 PM
Thanks, I love the crosshatch pattern too, but so many cartographers use them I wanted to have something different to differentiate these maps.
I definitely get it, and it's working.
Quote from: Thor's Nads on January 24, 2024, 08:54:56 AM
Thanks! I hope they are professional grade. I've drawn maps for Goodman Games and Night Owl Workshop, and other publishers. And I take commissions.
I
"Hope"
they are professional grade, he says.
Absurd levels of modesty.
Maps like this belong in a bound hardback book.
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The Einfaldur dungeon is a maze of corridors under the city, some of which have been abandoned and are now home to rats and other vermin. The adventurers must make their way through this labyrinth, avoiding or confronting both guards and criminals, to find and rescue a captive ally.
link to full rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/)
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Deth Daekas was the student of an Eldritch Lord, but he never achieved the level of proficiency as his master. So he sought other methods to increase his power by finding and modifying artifacts. He passed before completing his work, his tower is said to be filled with unique magic items of immense power.
Full rez version here. (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/03/wizard-tower-of-deth-daekas.html)
Quote from: Thor's Nads on March 06, 2024, 09:33:39 AM
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Deth Daekas was the student of an Eldritch Lord, but he never achieved the level of proficiency as his master. So he sought other methods to increase his power by finding and modifying artifacts. He passed before completing his work, his tower is said to be filled with unique magic items of immense power.
Full rez version here. (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/03/wizard-tower-of-deth-daekas.html)
Best one yet!
Quote from: Thor's Nads on March 06, 2024, 09:33:39 AM
Deth Daekas was the student of an Eldritch Lord, but he never achieved the level of proficiency as his master. So he sought other methods to increase his power by finding and modifying artifacts. He passed before completing his work, his tower is said to be filled with unique magic items of immense power.
So glad I'm still subbed to this thread. great work.
Bookmark Dungeon
Doors are left as blank open doors so you can change them as needed to locked, secret, concealed, or whatever.
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Adiv the Crooked Wizard is a powerful wizard who is known for his knowledge of dark magic and his willingness to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. His keep is located in a remote region of the land, surrounded by a dense forest and guarded by fierce creatures.
The objective of this adventure is to explore Adiv's keep, retrieve a powerful magical artifact, and defeat Adiv himself. The artifact is said to have the power to control the elements, and Adiv has been using it to terrorize the nearby villages.
link to full rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/search/label/bookmark)
Excellent thread!
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This was originally designed for a Sword & Planet adventure for Warriors of the Red Planet. I'm still working on the encounter key, but here is the map. The idea is a remnant of an ancient civilization live in the ruins of their ancestors, they've forgotten how to use the highly advanced technology that fills the place.
Link to high rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/03/remnants-of-galik-mon.html)
Nice. I always liked that kind of backstory: a race with "lost" technology they don't know how it works unless they can figure out someday how to reverse-engineer it.
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A tomb to a long forgotten god-king was hewn out of solid rock. Is it filled with treasure? Or death? Most likely both.
link to full rez version (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/04/rough-hewn-tomb.html)
never disapointed seeing this thread in my unreads again.
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Rift of the Elemental Lord
A rift to the elemental plane of ice has opened nearby that leads to an Elemental Lord's abode.
link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/04/rift-of-elemental-lord.html)
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Tower of Xthar'Drim
A Sword & Planet adventure for Warriors of the Red Planet.
Xthar'Drim was a rogue Jedak who defied orders and broke away from Helium to form his own city state. He took the tallest tower in the ruins of an ancient city whose name is long forgotten, but is called Kith Drangor by the locals. There he began to build his kingdom, recruiting any scum and villainy that would join his ranks. He captures and enslaves others to throw into the dark pits under his tower, he uses these poor unfortunates in macabre gladiator games.
Link to high rez versions (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/04/tower-of-xthardrim.html)
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Here is the Tower of Xthar'Drim drawn in isometric. Looking at the flat top down maps wasn't always clear on how they interconnected, even with the help of the sideview. This should clarify.
link to hi rez (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2024/04/tower-of-xthardrim-in-isometric.html)
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Strange Wizard Tower of Gaz the Berserk Sentinel
link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/10/mystery-map-strange-wizard-tower-of-gaz.html)
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Tower of the Amaranthine Wizard
Tobias Ealdwil, known as the Amaranthine Wizard delved too deeply into eldritch lore, his mind became consumed with psychotic thought and he fell into a bizarre nightmare. His apprentice was eaten alive by an alien monstrosity summoned from the unknown depths of the abyss. His tower, once a beacon of learning and progress became infested with unspeakable abominations. Now it sits abandoned and forlorn at the northern edge of the region. An eerie magenta glow forever radiates inside.
link (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/04/free-map-friday-tower-of-amaranthine.html)
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Every era has a harbinger that represents the Spirit of the Age. At the end of the reign of the Eldritch Lords the darkest Harbinger, named Hyjel arrived who represented pestilence. Hyjel, whose name means cancerous rot in the foul tongue of demons, built a sinister spire that spread cancer throughout the land, a darkened blot on the peaceful countryside.
A conclave of wizards, clerics of light, and paladins joined forces to conquer Hyjel. A great battle ensued and Hyjel was forced to flee back to the Abyss he came from. His tower however remained, a dark and malevolent force that may contain great treasures and knowledge of dark sorceries.
link to full rez (https://dungeoneering.blogspot.com/2022/06/wizard-tower-cancerous-spire-of-hyjel.html)
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This is a great map. I am running an adventure in my Old School Essentials game using this map. Characters entered on the second floor via the roof (wanted to avoid the gorgons on either side of the front door) and found a room with 6 boxes with perfectly preserved bodies. Should be interesting.
Quote from: GhostNinja on April 26, 2024, 06:43:07 PMThis is a great map. I am running an adventure in my Old School Essentials game using this map. Characters entered on the second floor via the roof (wanted to avoid the gorgons on either side of the front door) and found a room with 6 boxes with perfectly preserved bodies. Should be interesting.
Thanks.
Yeah, the hard part of running a tower adventure in a world where magic flying exists is controlling the ways in and out. Players love to skip all the stuff the DM prepared.
Quote from: Thor's Nads on April 27, 2024, 12:10:21 AMThanks.
Yeah, the hard part of running a tower adventure in a world where magic flying exists is controlling the ways in and out. Players love to skip all the stuff the DM prepared.
Yeah. At this point I am making a lot of it up as I go. I am going to do some preparing and I have the basic idea of the adventure planned out.
It used to drive me crazy when players skipped area but as I have improved as a DM, I don't care anymore. Much of the time they are missing Money, Jewels and other valuable items and they just hurt themselves.