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The Edge of the Woods
🕑 Added 2021-05-22 13:17:37 +0000 UTCThe world fades away into nebulous, dappled shapes as you peer into the woods before you, still and dark... Is there really no way around?
Recently I've been reading Matthew Colville's Priest and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. They are both wonderful stories for different reasons, but they have a particular thing in common which later rose to the surface of my mind. This thing is a forest, something very commonplace in our world and fantasy, but something full of fear and wonder if we give it a little special attention.
The forest's edge is what specifically captured my imagination. In both stories the relatively mundane treeline is described like a dangerous precipice, or like a great wall that looms up on the horizon. An intangible barrier that the characters must steel themselves against and breach.
I wanted to try and capture something of that feeling in a battle map, and this is my humble attempt. I'm sure the opposition will be very tangible in this case (I'm leaning towards goblins), but hopefully a little of the intangible mood I was inspired by filters though. And though I may go on describing travel montages in and out of forests very casually, I'll now have this map in case my player characters intend to set foot in that one forest...
Do you have an especially gloomy forest in your world? If so, what makes it special? I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments below!
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Of course, not all woods are so uninviting! This map's collection of variants also contain some which might be better suited for picnics. :)
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Thanks to Patrons like you this map is released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
I stumbled across this just now, which you can use yourself to add a grid of your choosing to any map. Hope it helps! :) https://yomotherboard.com/add-grid-to-image/
Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
Sorry Paul, it's not really feasible for me to. How do you intend on using them? Perhaps I can help you get a working grid going.
Paul
can you make a jpg/png gridded version when you post these? excluding the pdf
Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
Thank you :)
This is truly beautiful.
Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
Haha, I've already gobbled it up in fact! Now I'm just waiting for Fighter with everyone else. :)
Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
I picked a good one to release early then. Must be fate! Have fun, Bram. :)
Bram
Oh my god Ross. I need this map LITERALLY today for my session this evening. Your timing could not possibly be better. This is AMAZING and you ROCK
Oh man i loved Priest! Just wait till you get around to reading "Thief" :)
