The Graxworm is a massive dead dragon of mythic scale, fully 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 that nothing will remain, not even the massive bones. We’ve started our explorations of the Graxworm at the top – the head of the deceased creature – today we are on the opposite side of the skull from last time – the eastern eye socket. Graxworm – East Eye Orre ..read more

Scavengers’ Deep – Map 6 (300 dpi promo) 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 would completely raze any surface defences that they defeated. But the structures now known as the Scavengers’ Deep are atypical, an elven complex mixing some (ruined) surface structures, natural caves, and signifi ..read more

Today we explore the top level of the old silver mine that lends its name to Silver Vale (location A on the Longboat Mountain overview – posted earlier this week). The old silver mine has been long worked out, but now others have moved into it… Longboat Mountain: Silver Vale Cave (300 dpi promo) The upper level of the mine is mostly a cave that had some mining in the south side that were in turn converted into storage and holding areas. The main cave drops down into the lower caves, some of which are partially flooded, and the remnants of the silver mine in the depths (which will be detailed ..read more

Today we explore the first point of interest at the base of Longboat Mountain. Silver Vale is location A on the Longboat Mountain overview and is a small valley at the base of a waterfall. It was also once home to a silver mine (still known as silver cave) and people continue coming here seeking their fortunes. Longboat Mountain: Silver Vale (300 dpi promo) This wooded nook is the first stop along the trail up the mountain. The trail goes along the edge of the river and around the small silvery lake at the base of the waterfall. On the opposite side of Silver Lake is a small prospector camp o ..read more

Welcome to Longboat Mountain. This is the first in a series of maps detailing adventure sites and locations on the trail up to Longboat Valley high atop Longboat Mountain. The mountain is named after the wooded valley (G) near the peak of the mountain – which contains what can only be described as the skeletal wooden remains of a titanic wooden ship of titanic scale. Longboat Mountain – Overview Over this week we’ll investigate Silver Vale, sitting near the bottom of the mountain and the first stop along the trail up to Longboat Valley. Longboat Mountain – Overview (high resolution) This illu ..read more

Sunken markets spot the Bazaar of Sails – five oval market set ten to twelve feet below street level. Where the Bazaar is mostly temporary structures, the sunken markets contain permanent structures, workshops, food & drink, and entertainments. The Market of Wines (which only has a total of four wine houses and mostly deals in leather and bronze goods) is notable in that there is a gate between one of the wine houses and a bronze-crafter’s that leads into the sewers that drain water and waste from the bazaar. The gate and door remain unlocked, and people surreptitiously slip through them ..read more

The Salty Tavern isn’t especially notable – yet another place where you can sit down with some company for a drink and some food – there’s even a private dinning room for larger parties who want a little privacy. But in the basement there are a pair of secret doors. One leads down some rubble to the collapsed remains of Menrina’s Library, the other into a 15 x 10 foot room dominated by an inlaid silver circle… Menrina’s Library & The Salty Tavern (300 dpi, no commercial license) If you look over the map, there are a total of five similar small chambers, each with the circular inlay. If a ..read more

The collection of all 61 commercially licensed maps released on the blog during 2023 is now available in a convenient zip file so you have them all in one place instead of digging through the blog to find them one by one. With this release, we’re finally caught up on the commercial map packs on DTRPG, and now I just need to go update the commercial maps page here on the blog to be up to date. You can grab it from DriveThruRPG now for a penny under $10. Yes, all the maps could be downloaded from the blog for free, but buying the package helps me pay for things like diabetes medicine, blood thi ..read more

Based on a viewer request during stream, today we have a strange set of tombs connected by some sort of ancient ventilation system… And something foul is spreading through them. Dungeon of the Bad Egg (300 dpi promo, no commercial license) At one point, someone really cared about ventilating this small complex – a series of large clay pipes work their way through the complex at ceiling level to distribute fresh air throughout. Ancient bronze grates are mounted to the pipes where they access the various rooms, and are tarnished enough that they easily blend into the stonework unless one is spe ..read more

The collection of all 70 commercially licensed maps released on the blog through 2021 is now available in a convenient zip file so you have them all in one place instead of digging through the blog to find them one by one. I know, it is 2024 and here I am releasing the map pack from 2021, but better late than never, right? The plan is to get the 2022 & 2023 packs up in the next week or two also. You can grab it from DriveThruRPG now for a penny under $10. Yes, all the maps could be downloaded from the blog for free, but buying the package helps me pay for things like recreational mind-alt ..read more