What monster do you want?
I'm thinking of creating a giant creature asset to go with the Reef Hole Maps which you prefer? I'll try to make variants that will work with each map variant.
Eric Henson posts
Reef Hole - Feywild, Shadowfell
[30x30]
For those of you running seagoing adventures in the fey or fell planes these variants of my Reef Hole map should come in handy. Regardless, I would suspect they could work as lair entrances for specific types of monsters even on the Prime Material Plane. In the case of the Feywild version perhaps a "shiny" giant crab, like the one from Moana! That whole scene makes for a great adventure session!
On the other hand, the Shadowfell variant allows for something like a giant undead electric eel which saps the mana it needs for its charges from the living things nearby! The area near its lair is drab and fishermen sailing overhead pull up large catches of dead fish. Heroes must defeat the creature and restore balance!
Grid/Gridless, Fey, Fell, versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Necromancer Tier Maps
Reef Hole - Feywild, Shadowfell
Reef Hole
[30x30]
If you on discord you saw I was working on some underwater terrain. I'm very pleased to feel that I've got it down enough to put out a map. Have you ever been swimming and find yourself over a deep spot? Creepy right? Well....Sea Dragons, Dragon Turtles, and other denizens of the deep have to live somewhere, so why not a big thalassophobia-inducing hole?!
I imagine this map being useful for entrances to the Water Plane, Big Monsters, and more. Tons of variants to come with this map and they've honestly got me excited for another seafaring campaign someday. All My Necromancers and Death Knights you are in for a treat!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, are available. I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Minion Tier Maps
Independence Fest - Fireworks
[30x30]
What's an Independence Day festival without fireworks?! ...Or really any fest for that matter. Hopefully, this map comes in handy for all kinds of celebration shenanigans. Perhaps the party has a silly encounter where they are trying to entertain the village folk as host of this party. Man, that sounds fun have each play juggling aspects of running the shindig.
I also really like the idea of having the players have to steal or kidnap, really any sort of stealth mission where they have to time their actions with the booms of the fireworks. This is great back there is only a set amount of time to complete the task because the fireworks will run out.
Grid/Gridless, day, night, and fireworks versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map!
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-Eric
The Modern Lich
Necromancer Tier Maps
Independence Fest-Day, Night, Fireworks
Independence Fest
[30x30]
For those of you planning an Independence Day adventure, I figured this might come in handy. The scene before you is a small town's lakeside festival where a path winds its way up the hill to a small tower platform. The platform is used to fire off the arsenal of handcrafted fireworks from on high. The audience spreads out on the hillside for prime viewing. The day is lighthearted with plenty of grilling, drinks, and traditional games of cornhole.
A night version with fireworks going off will be released soon for Necromancer tier patrons. so stay tuned.
Grid/Gridless, day, night, are available. I hope you enjoy the map!
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-Eric
The Modern Lich
Minion Tier Maps
Snowy Gulch
[50x50]
I used this map for my party's encounter with the goblins and their mega wagon north of Bryn Shander. It's a large spread-out encounter with plenty of room for maneuvering. This frozen gulch has 20-foot cliffs flanking it where players might be able to gain some tactical advantage. One of mine used her eldritch blast to blow snow and ice off the clifftop, piling it below to create difficult terrain.
I have also included a bonus asset. My version of the goblin wagon!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, aurora versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Necromancer Tier Maps
Mounds
[30x30]
For those more random encounters, I made this simple map. Your players might be able to eke out some tactical advantage here by taking the high ground. These maps are good for more straightforward battles without the imposed physical obstacles I normally include.
Grid/gridless, night, winter, fey, fell, abyss, and hell versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and creating with a purpose!
Don't forget to join the Discord if you haven't already! It's a good way to spitball ideas for each others' games!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
$1 Minion Tier Maps
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Mounds Day/Nigh/Feywild/Shadowfell/Hells/Abyss/Winter
Drifter Road - Desert
[30x30]
The only landmark in an otherwise featureless expanse, your party's road to salvation and their next adventure! This drifter road comes lined with palms and a more barren variant. It's my first foray into desert-themed maps and I'm just warming up! Bulettes, Ankhegs would make great ambush encounters here!
Feel free to comment below or join the discord for any requests or suggestions!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, palm, and palmless versions are available. Other variants are soon to come! I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Northlook Inn - Bryn Shander
[30x30]
This map was a ton of fun to make. My gang and I will be starting Rime of the Frostmaiden this coming week and I'm so pumped! Here is the Northlook Inn from Bryn Shander. A large A-frame building with brazier spires around the entrances. I themed the architecture to have some Viking influence.
Feel free to comment below or join the discord for any requests or suggestions!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, aurora versions are available. Necromancer tier gets levels as tokens! I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Minion Tier Maps
Necromancer Tier Maps
Northlook Inn - Day/Night/Aurora/Tokens
Drifter Road - Northern
[30x30]
I put this variant together for those parties who might be traveling in the north or the mountains but perhaps not in the arctic. A little more greenery and thus a larger variance of monsters and encounters can take place here. I added the aurora and some snow versions. I'm thinking we'll need some roads out of the cold. How about a desert or palms? Never done that before! Let me know!
Feel free to comment below or join the discord for any requests or suggestions!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, aurora, and snowing versions are available. Other variants are soon to come! I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Drifter Road - Snowy
I'm pretty pumped about this one!. I had a lot of fun working on the aurora. If you are playing Rime of the frost maiden its a must! This set of variants has snowy weather as well. I next release a set of less snow variant for those of you playing in areas that are northerly but maybe not Icewinddale. I think I will include the aurora effect as well. Let me know what you think!
As always let me know if you have any requests!
Grid/Gridless, day, night, and snowing versions are available. Other variants are soon to come! I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Drifter Road
30x30
My party needs some maps that specifically depict a more temperate climate. They are on their way north to Icewind dale. So I made this encounter map should they happen across something. I will be releasing a series of variants that are pretty fun. One of them a sandy desert and palm version as well as some that will work well for Rime of the Frostmaiden.
Necromancer Tier Patrons stay tuned and let me know if you have any requests!
Grid/Gridless, and night versions are available. Other variants are soon to come! I hope you enjoy the map!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Beach Front
30x30 or 50x50
Well, we are in the dead of winter here IRL but I'm dreaming of beaches. This set of beach fronts are a great landing point for the party or even for a creature to assail your group of heroes from the water. There are some great terrain obstacles your foes can use to their advantage 3 small peninsulas and the high ground behind the first tree line.
The winter variant has a cool ice flow to act as another physical obstacle. I'm particularly excited to play that one!
Grid/gridless, night, winter, fey, fell, abyss, and hell versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and creating with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Cave Entrance Feywild/Shadowfell/Hells/Abyss/Winter
Cave Entrance
35x35 or 50x50
Your party has been hired to kill "The Beast" and they've tracked it back to its lair, only perhaps they are in for more than they thought. This cave entrance is large! Who knows what monster lurks inside. Maybe the tactic is to fight it here in this almost arena layout.
Or perhaps a large rebel band has made this cave their home and the only way in is this one opening, well guarded they will put up a fight. How ever you run it this map should do well for large battles!
Grid/gridless, night, winter, fey, fell, abyss, and hell versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
Cave Entrance Feywild/Shadowfell/Hells/Abyss/Winter
Cairn Circle Winter
Grid: 30x30
I wanted to do a release of this map themed for Winter. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the original Cairn Circle map set.
Something is up in the forest! Strange creatures and happenings have been reported. Some say they've seen Satyrs and Sprites. Let your players investigate and stumble upon a strange and wonderful scene or large stone cairns erected in a circular clearing. Could this be the cause of enchantment and mysterious doings lately? Perhaps it's some sort of gateway. Whatever it is, it's fun.
Grid/gridless, night, and magic versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$3 Minion Tier Maps
Cairn Circle Magic/Night/Grid/Gridless
River Run
Grid: 30x50 or 30x100
I was pretty pumped to put this map together particularly the Abyssal variant which I think works well for a River Styx motif also. I think this map, while fairly straightforward, provides a lot of opportunities for unique encounters. The two main obstacles here are the river itself and the various elevation options. Whether it's river crossing or river traveling via boat it should work well. You can add baddies who reign down hellfire gauntlet style while the party has to balance attention between defending themselves and succeed a skill challenge to make it over the rapids!
Grid/gridless, night, Fall, Winter, Fey, Shadowfell, Hells, and Abyss versions are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless( w/Winter!)
$1 Minion Tier Maps
30x100 Day/Night /Winter
$3 Necromancy Tier Maps
30x100 Feywild/Shadowfell/Hells/Abyss
Farmhouse
Grid: 35x35 or 50x50
The seasons are changing and nobody knows that better than a farmer so this time I was inspired to put together a farm. The farmhouse itself is a small 2 story dwelling accompanied by a barn and a mill. This encounter map is perfect for small siege-style encounters where the party might have to withstand the onslaught of monsters like goblins, recaps, zombies, or whatever you can dream up! Because I have included fall and winter versions they should work well for those holiday/seasonal one-shots.
Bonus!
I have also added ready-to-use assets for the second floor of the farmhouse and roofs to cover the building!
Grid/gridless, night, Fall, Winter, Fey, and Shadowfell versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
50x50 Day/Night with Roofs
$3 Necromancy Tier Maps
50x50 Fall/Winter/Feywild/Shadowfell with Roofs
Skyland Portal Ring
Grid: 50x50
My first attempt at a floating island. I am excited to do more of these. Whatever you like to refer to the formation as whether it's, earthmote, floating island, or skyland/skisland...this one is a chunk of earth floating high above ground level. It spirals upward clockwise unit it reaches a bridge that leads up to the center mass. The center mass floats above the rest of the formation and contains a stone portal foundation.
This is a great map for those encounters where you want your party to battle their way upward to stop a creature from entering or leaving the plane through a special portal. Perhaps the party needs to make use of this ancient magical site, but it is guarded by fierce flying monstrosities.
Grid/gridless, night, Fey, Shadowfell, Lava, and Hellish versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
50x50 Day/Dusk/Night/Feywild/Shadowfell/Lava/Hells
Drowned Forest
Grid: 36x36 or 50x50
"The Drowned Forest was once a verdant region. A few decades ago, he marsh began to encroach on this area. As the water level rose, the forest was transformed into a more foreboding place. Shambling mounds and blights appeared in the forest in increasing numbers while the water rotted away the trees themselves. In time, strange mushrooms and fungus sprouted throughout the woods. Today, the Drowned Forest is perhaps the most dangerous location in the region. The trees remain standing, but they long ago lost their foliage and are little more than dead, rotting timbers projecting out of the mud. Mushrooms and other fungi sprout everywhere. A thick cloud of spores fills the air and blots out the sun." - Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Another map for a creep encounter in the wild. Each of the versions has an alternate that includes spores or no spores for your convenience. For the first time, I tried out some Hellish and Abyssal renditions. Hope you like them. It should also work well for plenty of creepy adventures everyone will be running in the next 2 months!
Grid/gridless, night, Fey, Shadowfell, Abyssal, and Hellish versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
50x50 Day/Night/Feywild
50x50 Abyss/Hells/Shadowfell
The Lich's Master Map Vault
Free Maps - Master Post Minion Maps - Master Post Necromancer Maps - Master Post
Simply go to the map you want in the list below and inside the page will be download links, accessible only for patrons at those tiers.
Map List
Small Feywild Clearing
Feywild Pond Crossing
Feywild Pond Bank
A Light in the Dark Fey Road
Cairn Circle
Swamp
Dreadwood
Swamp Den
Drowned Forest
Skyland Portal Ring
Farmhouse
River Run
Cairn Circle Winter
Cave Entrance
Beach Front
Drifter Road
Drifter Road - Northern
Drifter Road - Snowy
Drifter Road - Desert
Northlook Inn
Mounds
Snowy Gulch
Independence Fest
Independence Fest - Fireworks
Reef Hole
Reef Hole - Feywild, Shadowfell
Verbeeg Lair - Day, Night, Aurora
Pet Shop
Pet Shop - Supernatural, Nightmare, Night Lit
Ski Lift
Ski Lift - Shadowfell, Feywild, Infernal
Dragon Lair
Dragon Lair - Black, Blue, Red
Suspension Bridge
Suspension Bridge - Fall, Winter
Raptor Paddock
Raptor Paddock - Arctic, Desert, Forest, Fell, Fey
Streamside Fest
Astral Ring
Subterranean Gate - Lava
Subterranean Gate - Acid, Abyss
Hells Wilderness
Underdark Passage - Spiderden, Mushroom Grove
Blighted Crossroads
Lonely Windmill
Fey Ponds
Asset List
Holiday Map Assets
Independence Pack 1
Kraken Token Assets
Store Pack 1
Pet Store Pack 1
Pet Store Animals Pack 1
Swamp Den
Grid: 36x36 or 50x50
How about a super creepy place for a monster or bad guy to make their home in the swamp? For me, this overgrown mangrove/banyan clump has become home to a nefarious swamp hag who's been performing creepy rituals on creatures she's captured (including adventurers?) leaving them maimed and deformed, but why? Outfit the den yourself or use the furnished map versions I have included.
2 Bonuses!
1. I have also added ready-to-use assets to cover the den!
2. This is the first map to include Necromancer Tier content, basically Necromancer Tier maps will be a bit larger and will include some exclusive maps/variants.
Grid/gridless, dusk, night, Fey, and Shadowfell versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
36x36 Day/Dusk/Night
36x36 Feywild/Shadowfell
$3 Necromancer Tier Maps
50x50 Day/Dusk/Night
50x50 Feywild/Shadowfell
Necromancer - Master Post
Each time I post a new map pack it'll be added to this post, so you won't have to search for the map's specific post again. Head here whenever a new map is released to grab the zip file directly.
2020-09-02 22:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostDreadwood
Grid: 24x26
Bonus map this week! This creepy forest map comes by request of Patron Ryan, who needed it for his GoS campaign. The deeper you go into the forest the less the light penetrates until somewhere in its depths there is no distinction between night and day. The canopy blocks out the light. The growth is dense enough to limit any open spaces, and beware of what might be lurking in the shadows. Bioluminescent fungi clinging trees gives of the unsettling feeling of eyes in glowing in the dark, watching you. Luckily they're just mushrooms. Wait, did that one just blink?
Hope this works for you Ryan thanks for the inspiration bud!
Grid/gridless, dusk, night, Fey, and Shadowfell versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Dreadwood Day/Dusk/Night/Feywild/Shadowfell
Swamp
Grid: 20x30
Overcast, fraught with foul odors, dangerous gasses that emit lights at night, and creatures lurking in the stagnate waters....swamps can be challenging landscapes that ward off would-be adventurers. They can mess with your mind hindering your quest or helping you find your new force. Day, night, Fey, or Fell tread carefully friends!
I wanted to revise an older map with new techniques and expanded versions. I was super happy with this swamp map and have used it many times in game. It serves well as random encounter type map as well as a strategic one.
Grid/gridless, morning, night, Fey, and Shadowfell versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Swamp Day/Night/Feywild/Shadowfell
Cairn Circle
Grid: 30x30
Something is up in the forest! Strange creatures and happenings have been reported. Some say they've seen Satyrs and Sprites. Let your players investigate and stumble upon a strange and wonderful scene or large stone cairns erected in a circular clearing. Could this be the cause of enchantment and mysterious doings lately? Perhaps it's some sort of gateway. Whatever it is, it's fun.
Grid/gridless, morning, night, and magic versions of each are available. I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request, by all means, shoot them my way! I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Lich's Free Maps
Each time we post a new map pack it'll be added to this post, so you won't have to search for the map's specific post again. Head here whenever a new map is released to grab the zip file directly.
2020-08-14 03:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostMinion - Master Post
Each time I post a new map pack it'll be added to this post, so you won't have to search for the map's specific post again. Head here whenever a new map is released to grab the zip file directly.
2020-08-14 02:27:40 +0000 UTC View PostA Light in the Dark Fey Road
Grid: 35x13
Filled this map on an encounter request based on the Light in the Dark encounter listed in 3rd edition Book of Challenges. Use the vines and creepers to snag up travelers. I can't wait to use this for my own game! Good overgrown forest feeling to this narrow old road. Fairly dark with a little moonlight on the treetops to help provide that depth.
Daytime and morning versions to come for sure! I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion! Grid/Gridless versions are available.
If you have a commission request by all means shoot them my way I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
A Light in the Dark Fey Road Day & Morning
Feywild Pond Bank
My 3rd Feywild wilderness encounter map. I'm on a Feywild kick. This time another clearing a bit larger than the first and a bit more dynamic so you can include more creatures. This map can be used as an extension of the Feywild Pond Crossing map as I have mimic'd the bankline.
I'm a big fan of the rainbow effect of the flowers which creates some quite obvious whimsical nods. I would say the Feywild maps thus far could double as tropical paradise themes, this one most of all.
For this encounter my players decided to do some harvest, unbeknownst to them they did not have the permission of the local sprite tribe who promptly ambushed them atop their crystalline tigers and awakened tree mounts.
I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request, or suggestion!
If you have a commission request by all means shoot them my way I love a good challenge and to create with a purpose!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Feywild Pond Bank Day & Night
Feywild Pond Crossing
I'm really happy with how this came out. The color palette really lends itself to such a whimsical setting as the Feywild.
The party parts the bushes and tall grass and find themselves on the bank of a pond (or stream). With their objective lying en wait on the opposite side, they have but 2 choices battle through the brush to find a way around or try and cross here. Perhaps, these large lilypads could be useful. Besides who knows what lurks beneath! Day, and night versions to come!
I hope you enjoy the map and as always feel free to leave a comment, request or suggestion!
-Eric
The Modern Lich
Download Free Version Grid/Gridless
$1 Minion Tier Maps
Feywild Pond Crossing Day & Night
