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Snake Den
🕑 Added 2020-01-29 06:45:53 +0000 UTCTroy and I sat down a few days ago to design a unique "micro-dungeon" for his upcoming article. I don't want to give too much of it away yet, but suffice to say we settled on this winding tunnel; the grave of a humongous snake where kobolds have moved in to care for its still-live eggs.
Taking the results of our brainstorm I settled in with pen and paper and rather spontaneously decided to take another crack at what I've labelled in my brain as the "Darkest Dungeon style," which essentially boils down to me deliberately applying twice as much ink with a very heavy hand. I find that this style suits dark dungeons (go figure) and offers a lot of interesting texture. I'm very happy with the way these lines turned out.
I let said lines do the talking in this map and so I kept the colors very flat, but I want to experiment more with coupling this style with the usual texture that I apply with the color brushwork. I'm excited to experiment some more next month!
Below are links to these pledge rewards. There are seven unique variations this time in lieu of night-time variants, four of which you can see above.
I've let you in on our kobold-flavored plans for this map, but what other encounters come to your mind? Let's brainstorm different ideas in the comments!
Thanks to Patrons like you this map is released under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Comments
Scarlet T
I feel like you must be psychic! I was wanting a good dead end but thick with danger vibe place for the fae wild game I ran and as always you come through~! I'm so excited for this weekend but even more so now that I have something to chase my players down into~!
Ross from 2-Minute Tabletop
Thanks Narolas! It seems I missed that step in my routine. The downloads are up above now.
Nope
I'm not seeing the .zip link to download this, just the link to the assets and variants. Is that just me?
Joe Brooks
I'm really digging the heavy ink/heavy hand/flatter colour style. It makes the cavern interior really pop. I'd love to see more experimenting with micro-dungeons, and I'm definitely going to use this one for a blood god cult style encounter. Fantastic work!
