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YOUR PLAYER'S SMALL SMUGGLER BOAT
🕑 Added 2024-03-31 18:36:09 +0000 UTC
... and many more!
Smugglers are as old as the concept of states and tariffs themselves. They undermine the order in ports and sell their goods on the black market, providing access to items that are not freely available. Whether it's artifacts of forbidden gods or that coveted wine from a country currently at war with this kingdom's sovereign, smugglers always have their ways. They know secret paths and waterways and serve either as a swift and discreet mode of transport for paying adventurers or as a sturdy vessel for those daring enough to take the helm themselves.
This Pack Contains:
10 Animated Battlemaps
10 Animated Sceneries
1 Animated Intro Sequence
13 Rendered Player Handouts
This pack contains various scenes with the same boat, offering your players a ship without necessarily granting them the flagship of a realm. This small and agile vessel is suitable for lakes, rivers, or coastal sea navigation and can be the starting point for many adventures.
Here are some inspirations:
Players navigate a secret water canal in the swamps to escape pursuers.
In the middle of a lake, the players must disembark to retrieve an important item from the depths below.
A storm is raging at sea and the group has to use a great deal of skill to ensure that their boat doesn't sink.
At a hidden smuggler's dock, the players encounter an important NPC.
The players tie their ship to a tree and make camp for the first time in weeks. A great opportunity for attacks or a social encounter.
Near the coast, the group is attacked by a Shipbreaker Leviathan.
After their ship was heavily damaged by a group of pirates, the Players find themselves regaining consciousness on an unknown beach.
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Disclaimer:
Although I work super hard on my standard of quality, this is no official content! This map pack is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
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Comments
Beneos Battlemaps
Hey Michael, the simple and honest answer is: it would be too much work. A tracking shot in an otherwise finished level is much easier than if I had to integrate NPCs and render them separately just for the intro scenes (which are only added as a bonus because we have the scenes for the trailer videos anyway). In the interval we release and the amount of content we bring (compared to all the other map creators out there) unfortunately doesn't leave time to animate several "extras" by hand in our quality standards for these sequences.
Michael Rozmin
I always find myself wondering why you don’t populate these movies with people. Like the Blood On the Vine tavern. Your movie showed it empty. It would be cool to see it with the folks mentioned in the story. Also in this boat. A couple gruff smugglers would have been fun to see navigating the boat. Just a thought.
