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The Black Ziggurat - Patrons' Edition
🕑 Added 2024-07-01 13:28:08 +0000 UTCThis map was heavily inspired by the Great Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu in Iraq. If you've ever seen a picture of a ziggurat, that's probably the ziggurat you saw. I designed this primarily as the headquarters of an evil organization, but it could be used as a temple, cult lair or just a dungeon in the desert.
I made a bunch of alternate versions of this place for patrons, one of which was unintentional. Here's how that happened. I was trying to make a version where the ziggurat was floating through the astral plane and I figured I'd do it by changing the colors. I'd make the sand blue so it'd look like nebulous waves of... you know, astral stuff in the background. My thinking was, it wouldn't look like sand anymore since sand isn't blue. Then I got up, grabbed a cup of coffee and, when I sat back down, I realized I had just made a night version of the map.
Anyway, I also made a proper astral version and another version without most of the interior (which is more accurate to the Ziggurat of Ur). Then there are unfurnished versions with and without the statues. Hopefully this fulfills all your ziggurat-related needs, whatever they may be.
Next, I'll be drawing a ruined mage's tower. I've got some ideas about how to make this place interesting, but let's see how they look on paper. It's definitely not going to be just a big cylinder, though. The world has plenty of maps like that. Once that's done, I'll get back to drawing more of the Stygian City.
All right, that's it for now. Hope you like the map!
Download from Google Drive here (under NEWEST PATRON CONTENT).
Comments
Milby's Maps
Thanks!
John Lysaker
Great work!
Ken Francis
That is a great ziggurat! I will be coming up with an ancient Sumerian-like culture, soon, just so I can justify having my PCs find this location...
Milby's Maps
Ah, gotcha. Hope it goes well!
Milby's Maps
Glad you like them! I think I might actually draw ruined and non-ruined versions of the tower. That opens up some interesting possibilities for what you could do with it, like time travel or maybe something involving illusion magic.
Kenneth Schleich
An alternative route of climbing the outside of the ziggurat without ascending the main staircase under the watchful guards... Plotwise the ziggurat is being excavated so the ladders are for the workers
Milby's Maps
Thanks! Out of curiosity, what are the ladders for?
Kenneth Schleich
Looks great! I have a ziggurat themed one-shot that will work perfectly... All I will need to add is some ladders on the outside
Jeffrey P
I am excited to see what a Ruined Mage has in their tower! (ha ha) Joking aside, I'm really enjoying the different maps you are drawing!
