Three Way Dungeon

Lizard Marsh

This was my overview of Lizard Marsh south of Waterdeep.  I made this as a big Sandbox.  "The Bog" is the the local inn where PCs can stay without leaving the marsh.  The main quest was to find out what was going on in the boggard region.

The x's mark the path the adventurer's took.  My PC was Grillup Yellowbelly, a grippli shaman (level 7) who as a backstory had accidentally turned the grippli chieftain into a gibbering mouther.  He was later killed in battle against a group of fire casters due to a poor initiative roll.  My backup character was a lizardfolk fighter named Osikias Sharptooth who had a gamling habit and had a large amount of debt owed to some saurians in the Lizard Marsh.

The boggards were being influenced by a hydrodaemon and so they had greatly increased their territory, driving out the grippli.

The lizard folk could be allied against the boggards.  The dragon was remaining neutral about the whole thing so far but would take action if the boggards grew too powerful.

An unfinished lizardfolk encampment.

The boggard stronghold was heavily fortified using advanced boggards from the Pathfinder Monster Codex.

V = Villagers: 2-3 Boggards 

G = Guard post: 2 Boggard Brutes (CR 3 Fighters) 1 Boggard Hunter (CR 5 Ranger) 

T = Watch tower: 1 Boggard Farcroakers (CR 3), 1 Boggard Swampseers (CR 4 Mystic), 1 Boggard Champion (CR 7 Fighter) 

1. 3 Savage Boggards (CR 3 Barbarians), 2 Scarred ones (CR 6 Barbarians) 
2. 2 Boggard Brutes (CR 3 Fighters), Frog father (CR 5) 
3.  1 Abyssal Warrior CR 8 with 2 Farcroaker guards, 1 Stalker (CR 9 Ranger) with 3 Hunter CR 5 trainees. 
4.  Summoner, this summoner has a ring of Daemon affinity and the ability to cast summon monster VI. There are 3 boggard brutes and 2 boggard champions guarding the summoner. The summoner is attempting to summon more Hydradaemons. 
5.  5 Slurks are hanging out here. 
6.  1 Boggard Prophet (Mystic CR 5) and 3 Boggard Swampseer Acolytes (CR 4) 
7.  Boggard Prison Pit, this is a pit where captives are held, there is a merchant and her family, 3 grippli, and 2 lizard folk. The boggards are sacrificing them as part of the summoning ritual. 
8. Boggard Keep: Boggard Priest King and Boggard Hydradaemon. Hydradaemon summons mud elementals 
9.  Breeding Pond The 
10. bogwiggles are here (CR 1) 
11.  A pair of merrow are guarding this (south) tunnel 
12.  A froghemoth is guarding this (north) tunnel

Ruins of an Ancient Civilization

Planetary ruins

Space Ships and Space Stations

Started playing a Starfinder campaign so I started working on some space ship and space station floor plans.

This one is a two level space ship:

Next is a space station on an asteroid.  I realized later I should have left the labels out.  This one shows a little more of the process.  I start with a blue pencil and make some rough shapes.  Then go in and fill in a bit darker.  Finally go in with a fine tip marker and fill in the final shapes.

The following scans show my process a bit more.

1. Start with a sketch with two different styles on each side of a center line and scan it.

2. Use photo editing software to create a mirror image:

• Create a new drawing large enough to hold the images
• Draw a selection box around the half you want to mirror.
• Copy and paste the selection into the new image as a new layer
• Duplicate layer
• Flip layer horizontally
• Move the two layers next to each other
• Flatten the image, crop the image, and save the image

3. Rough in the walls with blue pencil, creating one layer of the ship on half of the image and another layer of the ship on the other half.  Once the walls are decided fill in with a marker.  Remember this is going to be mirrored.  After the ink is dry erase the blue pencil lines.

4. Scan the new image and mirror the two sides, make the new image large enough to hold both layers of the ship.  Increase the contrast and brightness to eliminate gray levels and lines.  Ready to print.

 

Some more space ships:

New Maps

Some recent maps

Sample Scenarios from Movies and Literature

1. The plans to a dangerous new weapon are stolen and come into the hands of the adventurers.  The plans must be brought to the rebels in order to defeat an oppressing regime.
2. A magical creature shows up in the village and is defeated by the hero.  The village sage sends the hero on a quest to find out why the creature came.
3. A group of adventurers sets out on a quest to restore their homeland from an ancient evil.
4. The adventurer inherits a powerful artifact that must be destroyed by going on a dangerous quest.
5. A former ally has turned evil and set up a fortress.  The adventurers are ordered to find him and defeat him.
6. A hero must infiltrate a group of powerful enemies who are holding a group of hostages.
7. A group of heroes must protect a village from an overwhelming force.
8. The group is sent on a mission to explore a mysterious outpost.  When they do a dangerous monster is released.
9. The adventurers are held as slaves and gladiators and must fight their way to freedom.
10. A researcher creates a group of powerful creatures that escape their cages to terrorize the region.
11. A hero is sent from the future back to the past to try and change the future.
12. The adventurers must protect and save a benevolent monster from those who would do it harm.
13. The adventurers find themselves in a mysterious world of magic and try to find their way home.
14. The adventurers discover that history is being influenced by a group of mysterious beings and set out to find out more about it.
15. A powerful artifact has been damaged and must be restored through a dangerous quest.
16. An evil villain killed the adventurers family.  He was thought to be destroyed but is found to be still alive and regaining power.
17. An innocent creature is prophesied to defeat the evil ruler.  The adventurers must save the innocent.
18. A prophesy predicts that whoever obtains a certain artifact will become the new leader.  A member of the party obtains the artifact.  Those who want power plot against them.
19. A hero goes on a dangerous mission to prove his love.
20. A group of heroes discover that magical monsters are not actually evil and must prove it to the rest of the village.

Fantastic Maps Blog

Fantastic Maps
I really like this guy's maps.  He also has some tutorials on how to make a wide variety of maps using computer software techniques.