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A Menu of Our Finest Spelljammers

I promised you another spelljammer a few months ago and it's coming time to deliver. I've drawn an 2022-05-04 07:13:01 +0000 UTC View Post

A few things to mention before I leave for Mont-Saint-Michel

As I mentioned previously, I'm heading to France today. I'm going to visit Mont-St-Michel, the 2022-05-04 05:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post

The Duskfall: A map for DMs whose players stole the airship in the previous map.

You may recognize this map from the last map. It might seem redundant to make a separate map out of it, but ...

The Duskfall - Patrons' Edition

You may recognize this map from the last map. It might seem redundant to make a separate map out of it, but ...

The Roost

This is the map chosen by patrons in the Black Loch Conclave: a drow outpost in the roof of the Black Loch. This map is...

The Roost - Patrons' Edition

This is the map chosen by patrons in the Black Loch Conclave: a drow outpost in the roof of the Black Loch. This map is...

The 44th Cartographic Congress Runoff

Well, we've gone from ten proposals to two in a single round of voting this month, but it needs to come down to one. So, which proposal will it be? As always, feel free to discuss your options:

Black Loch: The Drow Outpost in the Ceiling (Work-in-Progress)

So, I'm in the middle of coloring the drow outpost in the ceiling of the Black Loch. I decided to put the outpost on th...

The 44th Cartographic Congress Vote

This is an excellent month for the Cartographic Congress. We've got 10 proposals and they're really good. It almost feels like there's sort of a theme to them, like a lot of these could be...

The Black Loch Conclave has ended. Here are the results.

After several rounds of voting, a new location for the Black Loch has been chosen: Kenneth's proposal of a drow outpost...

Skatha's Rest

Skatha's Rest is the location marked "Travelers' Ruin" on the map of the 2022-04-15 23:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Skatha's Rest - Patrons' Edition

Skatha's Rest is the location marked "Travelers' Ruin" on the map of the 2022-04-15 23:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post

The Black Loch Conclave - The Final Showdown

These are the final two proposals in the Black Loch Conclave. You all have put forth some amazing proposals for this and the whole experience has got me thinking about some things. I'll explain mor...

The Corruption: A Journey Deep into the Heart of Crazy Town

Let's talk about what this map is intended to be and what I think you should use it for instead. This is a fortified dwarven steelmaking facility that has been infected by the 2022-04-09 16:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post

The Corruption: A Journey Deep into the Heart of Crazy Town - Patrons' Edition

Let's talk about what this map is intended to be and what I think you should use it for instead. This is a fortified dwarven steelmaking facility that has been infected by the 2022-04-09 16:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post

The Black Loch Conclave - Final Round Runoff

After five rounds of voting, we've whittled 20 proposals down to four. Unless one proposal wins more than half of the votes here, the top two will move on to a final cage match, in which they will ...

The 43rd Cartographic Congress Runoff

We're down to two proposals in the runoff. I think both of these are excellent ideas, but which one do you want to see more? As always, feel free to share your thoughts.

Senator Shawn propose...

The Black Loch Conclave - FINAL ROUND

This is the final round of voting in the Black Loch Conclave, with the top two proposals from each first-round vote pitted against each other. If necessary, these ideas will be whittled down in a s...

The 43rd Cartographic Congress Vote

Apologies for posting the vote late. I think all the votes happening lately got me a little mixed up. Anyway, this month, we've got a few past contenders, along with some excellent new ones. Here t...

My wife drew this map.

I've been drawing fantasy maps for a living for about 3 1/2 years now and, in my house, there is exactly one map framed and hanging on the wall. It is this map. You think I'm kidding, 2022-04-01 10:21:47 +0000 UTC View Post

The Streets of Vlyn’darastyl: Roof Level

I never know what to say when I post the roof level of a map. "Hey, here's a useful, but slightly less interesting version of 2022-03-31 18:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post

The Streets of Vlyn’darastyl: Roof Level - Patrons' Edition

I never know what to say when I post the roof level of a map. "Hey, here's a useful, but slightly less interesting version of 2022-03-31 18:06:19 +0000 UTC View Post

The Black Loch Conclave - Fourth Vote

The top proposals from the previous votes are:

• 1st Vote -  The Dwen'del Palace, Drow Outpost in Ceiling
• 2nd Vote - Partially-Submerged Beholder Lair, Deep Gnome Shipyard 2022-03-30 15:42:56 +0000 UTC View Post

The Streets of Vlyn'darastyl

This is a battlemap for the Drow City of Vlyn'darastyl. It's mostly meant to b...

The Streets of Vlyn'darastyl - Patrons' Edition

This is a battlemap for the Drow City of Vlyn'darastyl. It's mostly meant to b...

The Black Loch Conclave - Third Vote

The top two proposals from the second Black Loch Conclave vote were the Partially-Submerged Beholder Lair and the Deep Gnome Shipyard, which will move on to the final ballot. Congrats to Carl and L...

Eel's Maw Stronghold

The kuo-toa get no respect. I don't mean from lorebooks, I mean from DMs. When you're writing an underdark campaign and you need a powerful empire, who do you think of? The drow, sure. The illithid...

Eel's Maw Stronghold - Patrons' Edition

The kuo-toa get no respect. I don't mean from lorebooks, I mean from DMs. When you're writing an underdark campaign and you need a powerful empire, who do you think of? The drow, sure. The illithid...

The Black Loch Conclave - Second Vote

The top two proposals from the first Black Loch Conclave vote were the Dwen'del Palace and the Drow Ceiling Outpost, which will move on to the final ballot. Congrats to AN7 and Kenneth!

Here'...

Two Things

First, if you're a patron, I need you to break a tie in the Cartographic Congress. The vote has been 10-...