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The Black Loch: Caves and Tunnels - Patrons' Edition
🕑 Added 2022-09-19 16:28:51 +0000 UTCI'm fully prepared to admit that these are some of the most uninteresting maps I've ever made, but that's basically the point. There are plenty of interesting maps in the Black Loch, but sometimes that's not what you need. Sometimes you just need a cave or a tunnel without anything special in it, because it's random encounter time and the party will be fighting *rolls dice* ...giant bats.
That's what these are for. They're not specific locations marked on the regional map, they're for the places in between.
Of course, the Black Loch is a sea, so there will be plenty happening along the coast as well. For those encounters, there's the Black Loch naval battlemap. While I originally made it as a backdrop for ship battles, I think it's just as good for encounters on land as well. And it's plain enough to be fairly reusable.
There's only one thing to do before I get started on the last map in the Black Loch: draw tokens. I'm going to make tokens for all the various creatures mentioned in the lore, as well as the notable characters. I already made tokens for some, so I just need to knock out the rest.
Anyway, I won't ask what you think of the maps because, let's be honest, they might be the most boring maps I've ever drawn. But I hope they're useful.
Well, I'm gonna stop typing and start drawing. I'll be back with some tokens in a few days!
Download from Google Drive here (under NEWEST PATRON CONTENT).
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Milby's Maps
To be honest with you, these kinds of maps aren't the sort of thing I draw very often. There are plenty of artists who do and I've always gone the other direction, making larger, more complex centerpiece maps. There's an artist called Neutral Party who makes exactly the kind of maps you're describing and you may want to have a look at them.
This is actually the first of your maps that I would be using in my campaign. I need a simple, short cave that won't take the party too long to explore. Loving the other caves you've made, but they're too rich for this stage of the campaign. Personally I would love to see more plain, neutral maps like this one, which can be adapted to many situations. Maybe as low-effort extras?
