Far from the safety of any shore, in a shallow expanse of cerulean waters, rises a structure that defies the sea’s eternal hunger. Thassa’s Spire ascends like a spear from the ocean floor to breach the surface world, its stone weathered not by waves but by centuries of salt‑laden wind. The waters part around it in a perfect cylindrical voi...
2025-08-25 14:15:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A small temple dedicated to a martyr of the prince of tears – the chapel of the drowned saint is looked upon by most townfolk as a remnant of a bygone time; a time when people still worshiped and made regular sacrifices to the gods of yore.
The chapel itself has a very small congregation now, barely able to fill half the pews on the most...
2025-08-22 15:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hidden within the crumbling remains of an abandoned amphitheatre lies the Vault of Echoes – a place where sound lingers far longer than it should, curling in corners, whispering in stairwells, and sometimes shaping itself into something dangerous. The walls, floors, even the air itself, seem to hum faintly, as though remembering every word eve...
2025-08-20 14:27:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been experimenting a bit with five room dungeons again, this time annotating them as I draw them. The goal is to have a collection of quick dungeons in this format that I can grab-and-go and be ready to run with close to zero prep while also being completely system-independent. These more closely follow the classic Five Room Dungeon forma...
2025-08-18 14:27:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Nestled into ancient ruins in overgrown woods, this ramshackle structure could be home to a druid, a hermit with forbidden knowledge, or a portal to the mythic underworld attended to by a crone ancient beyond years.
Running with the Mythic Underworld theme we get something like this:
Deep in a forest that the locals avoid (not out of...
2025-08-15 15:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Originally built to honour the noble line of House Virell, the DreadWarren was abandoned after a plague decimated the region. Over time, treasure hunters looted the eastern crypts, and recently a small group of bandits have claimed them as a hideout. The western sanctum remained untouched, locked, barred, and protected by arcane seals. A reclusi...
2025-08-13 15:07:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the twelfth map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map sits underneath Map 5 (Tower Dungeons) and Map 1 (Tower Base) above that. The access from Map 5 is via the secret door to the south of the main area – the very route that the masters of the Cult of the Fractured Eye left to explore several days ago.
Like much of the dunge...
2025-08-11 23:14:10 +0000 UTC View Post
[Note: This map has been slightly modified from the version appearing in the backstage pass.]
This is the eleventh map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map sits directly underneath Map 10 (Lost Dungeons) and Map 9 (Ancient Sewers) above that. A single set of stairs links this area to the lost dungeons above, and a pair passa...
2025-08-08 15:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the tenth map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map sits directly underneath Map 9 (Ancient Sewers). A single set of stairs links this area to the ancient sewers above, and a further set of stairs leads further down into the depths below (and eventually back to the main dungeons).
Sitting beneath the ancient sewers, this secti...
2025-08-06 15:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The plan is to update this Patreon campaign before the summer is out. Back when I started my Patreon in 2013, the only model that existed was the “per creation” one instead of the flat monthly subscriptions. Patreon phased out that campaign style se...
2025-08-01 14:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is this month's Backstage Pass. In addition to the regular items (Promo 300 dpi versions on paper backgrounds, B&W PNGs with and without grid), this package includes two 300dpi painted versions as I continue working on colour pieces for the Pat...
2025-08-01 14:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kraken is here!
This month's votes went to "The Vault of the Shadow Lich" (which is available as a deskpad in my redbubble store) and "The Ruined Athenaeum of Vicon" (one of the ruins maps released during a full month of ruins in 202...
2025-07-31 17:38:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. Generally, the elves only built underground when hiding their breeding and research facilities, whereas the forces of the kingdoms, assisted by the dwarves, were constantly building underground as the elves were unrelenting and ...
2025-07-30 16:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The July Cartography Collection is here. This is a patron-exclusive perk that I send out every month. After 6 months or so, I post them to DTRPG along with that month's backstage pass for $5.
2025-07-30 04:42:05 +0000 UTC
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August is almost here and the Kraken is coming!
Every month you vote on which maps we re-release from the back catalog under a patron-exclusive commercial license.
I've pulled up 10 maps to pick from this month:
Long buried beneath the fractured remnants of an ancient battlefield, the Reliquary of Whispering Steel was excavated to house the armaments of legendary warriors whose souls were bound to their blades. Over time, these weapons began to whisper forgotten lore and forbidden secrets, attracting those drawn to power and madness alike.
The Sha...
2025-07-28 23:32:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, several miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for its valuable materials – leather, scales, ichor, tendons, and more. Practically every bit has some value to someone, and in the long term, the expectation is ...
2025-07-25 14:41:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Nestled beneath crumbling temple ruins, the Shattered Vault of Serathis is a damp and sprawling complex. Rough-cut stone columns rise from wet stone floors, vaulted halls drip with moisture. Ornate runes glow faintly along cracked walls, hinting at long-forgotten rituals. Alcoves conceal old scrolls now rotted and mildewy.
The vault served...
2025-07-23 13:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, several miles long and large enough to contain a town in the mouth. Creatures have set up here to “mine” the massive corpse for its valuable materials – leather, scales, ichor, tendons, and more. Practically every bit has some value to someone, and in the long term, the expectation is ...
2025-07-21 23:34:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Ashen Throne is a dungeon near the Cindermaw – an ancient volcanic caldera. A geothermally heated subterranean river carves through winding corridors, pooling in eerie grottoes that glow with phosphorescent fungi. Scattered throughout are crystalline veins and a lone, pulsing amethyst shard rumored to guide or mislead those who seek it. 2025-07-18 14:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Outside of the City of Copper Bowls, at the border between the farmlands that support it and the badlands beyond, is the Hexatomb – an old burial site that is the source of ghost stories more than anything else anymore. Inside, it shows signs of having been used for small illicit parties, as a goat shed during bad weather, and at some point, a...
2025-07-16 13:52:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the ninth map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map sits directly to the east of Map 8 (Connecting Tunnels). It has no remaining surface connections, as the city above was razed many ages ago, leaving only a few basements and bits of sewers.
The cult is blissfully unaware of the ancient sewers and have not ventured within. The...
2025-07-14 23:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the eighth map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map attaches to the east side of Map 5 (The Tower Dungeons). No direct surface accesses exist to this map, just the cave on the west side to Map 5, and the ruined sewers and basements that lead to Map 9.
This area is comprised of several low-ceilinged twisting caves with uneven ...
2025-07-11 03:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the seventh map in the Index Card Dungeon II set. This map sits directly underneath Map 6 (Dungeon Ruins), which in turn is below Map 2 (Northern Ruins). There are two stairways that descend from Map 6 to this map and another set of stairs that lead down further into the depths.
This area has not seen more than a token entry by the...
2025-07-09 01:57:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Here comes this month's Backstage Pass. You may note that one of the maps in this month's was also included in last month's zip file - that's what I get for zipping it up on a Sunday night and rushing it out... I had 11 maps in that one instead of 10. <...
2025-07-07 22:21:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. Generally, the elves only built underground when hiding their breeding and research facilities, whereas the forces of the kingdoms, assisted by the dwarves, were constantly building underground as the elves were unrelenting and ...
2025-06-30 14:49:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The June Krakening is here!
With your votes, we have settled on the re-release of the Serpent Wetlands hex map, and Loreweaver Monastery.
These are released to you under a patron-exclusive commercial use license (as indicated in the license ...
2025-06-30 14:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's this months compiled PDF of all the mapswe released along with their text. This is a monthly Patron exclusive that will be released in six months to a year for non-patrons via DriveThruRPG at a cost of $5.
2025-06-30 03:42:33 +0000 UTC
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A wee little hamlet of some fifty heads along the Wychwood Way on the edge of the forest of the same name, Tallow Bends has built up around the point where the Whispervale Trail joins the Wychwood.
For much of the Wychwood Way, it runs along the River Tallow, including past the abandoned location of the original town of Tallow’s Landing....
2025-06-27 14:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
With July rolling in on us, we need to pick which maps to re-release under the patron-exclusive commercial use license.
Here's this month's choices. The top two will be announced a re-released on Monday.