I've been making a lot of battlemaps for my family campaign, and realized that sometimes other DMs just want a quick and dirty battlemap to have on file. I'm kinda particular with my terrain, so I usually prefer just spending 30-60 minutes on something that will flow exactly like I envision.
I'm posting all of these with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, so feel free to save them and dust them out if they'll suit you for something. I'll add to the thread as I continue making stuff.
Let's start it off with a bunch of forest see-through-the-canopy maps I've made for a bunch of encounters thus far.
Here's a couple from a session I ran recently. The first one was in a rocky crag outside a cave, where an earth elemental had been forced from its home by the BBEG so she could use it to house a portal to the abyss. Second one is the inside of that cave with rune-covered stones that the party removed to allow the elemental in (and keep from getting TPKed by a ticked off BBEG).
Wow those are amazing what do you use to make them?
It's all on Inkarnate. Best $25 I ever spent on this hobby.
My home game recently did a faywilds excursion. Here are a few quick battlemaps. In the first one they were harvesting oil from the orange bulb trees, but an unsuccessful check or harvesting the tree's biggest bulb caused an ochre jelly to slime its way out. Second one was just a dense forest setting. Lots of trees and bushes for small fae creatures to hide in. They got punked by some faerie dragons.
Do you publish these on Inkarnate? They're a lot better than any of my battlemaps.
I have a small selection that I have published on Inkarnate, but I find they don't get a lot of traction because the Explore tab seems to only bring up maps from certain creators or something. That's why I thought I'd start posting them here for people to use.
Remember, these are all here with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, so just point people back here if they ask where you got the maps.
Here are a couple from a session a long time ago. They got ambushed by a homebrew baby cockatrice by the farm road, and then helped a farmer with a "ghost" in his barn that turned out to be pixies that were causing trouble. One of the pixies is now a Tasha-style sidekick for the party.
A field where the bushes all became awakened shrubs, so there's a version of the map without the bushes so they could all become tokens
Aaaaaaaaand a simple lake shore. It's so heavily water-balanced because a crazy magic man basically polymorphed them into having gills so that they'd fight a sea monster underwater. They mollified it by petting its neck.
Just finished a campaign arc with my family game. I'll be parsing through which battlemaps I think people can use and posting them.
But first, some catch up with some liminal spaces that are good for encounters.
A mine entrance
A bridge over a fast moving river
Another cave entrance. The stone door was a puzzle, but here was the top down view in case they failed to open it (the BBEG would have appeared and fought them)
These two were a church/temple/ritual ground place where there was a gem in the center the party was going for. If they walked over the radius, the ground would glow as they tripped the trap. However, the party had the druid summon a bird familiar to grab the gem, sooooo no gargoyle battle.
This was a little fun side mission for them: clearing out a cockatrice nest. I homebrewed some baby ones so that they could get overwhelmed. Only one person was petrified for an hour. Big bounty for them.
Another "the landscape changes in the middle of the battle" pair of maps. This one was a demon portal.
I've been on sabbatical from DMing my family's game, but I still have a backlog of cool maps to share.
Today I'm sharing a bunch I made for a particular fighter pit / gladiator battle session I did with the party. Generally the same layout, but the terrain and lighting changed with each round of the tournament.
First round was like, I forget, giant hyenas? But I made enough terrain for some interesting pouncing/hiding opportunities.
Second round was done in dim light and they fought a couple of ambushing gricks. A good time to challenge the non-dark vision PCs.
Then the last round was one big battle against a single gladiator. In our run of it, the doggie TCoE sidekick and the gladiator went high on the initiative and the doggie got one-shot by the gladiator in the first turn, which was a good start to get the PCs all riled up. But as the battle went on, I had spellcasters that were making the edges progressively squeeze inward with an electric shock circle. I was trying to make it very claustrophobic for the casters and range fighters. They did fine, though.
These are pretty awesome, I have to say. Do these only really work in VTTs, or are they printer friendly for physical minis etc?
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Also your link for the licence is asking for donations...is that for you or for the licence website?
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These are pretty awesome, I have to say. Do these only really work in VTTs, or are they printer friendly for physical minis etc?
I have them optimized for web so that they don't bog down VTTs. But I have the option to export them at much higher resolutions that could be printed out, I suppose. I've only played virtual dnd, so I've never thought to make print outs...
I've been making a lot of battlemaps for my family campaign, and realized that sometimes other DMs just want a quick and dirty battlemap to have on file. I'm kinda particular with my terrain, so I usually prefer just spending 30-60 minutes on something that will flow exactly like I envision.
I'm posting all of these with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, so feel free to save them and dust them out if they'll suit you for something. I'll add to the thread as I continue making stuff.
Let's start it off with a bunch of forest see-through-the-canopy maps I've made for a bunch of encounters thus far.
Here's a couple from a session I ran recently. The first one was in a rocky crag outside a cave, where an earth elemental had been forced from its home by the BBEG so she could use it to house a portal to the abyss. Second one is the inside of that cave with rune-covered stones that the party removed to allow the elemental in (and keep from getting TPKed by a ticked off BBEG).
Wow those are amazing what do you use to make them?
It's all on Inkarnate. Best $25 I ever spent on this hobby.
My home game recently did a faywilds excursion. Here are a few quick battlemaps. In the first one they were harvesting oil from the orange bulb trees, but an unsuccessful check or harvesting the tree's biggest bulb caused an ochre jelly to slime its way out. Second one was just a dense forest setting. Lots of trees and bushes for small fae creatures to hide in. They got punked by some faerie dragons.
Do you publish these on Inkarnate? They're a lot better than any of my battlemaps.
I have a weird sense of humor.
I also make maps.(That's a link)
I have a small selection that I have published on Inkarnate, but I find they don't get a lot of traction because the Explore tab seems to only bring up maps from certain creators or something. That's why I thought I'd start posting them here for people to use.
Remember, these are all here with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, so just point people back here if they ask where you got the maps.
Here are a couple from a session a long time ago. They got ambushed by a homebrew baby cockatrice by the farm road, and then helped a farmer with a "ghost" in his barn that turned out to be pixies that were causing trouble. One of the pixies is now a Tasha-style sidekick for the party.
Some simple stuff I have laying around.
Simple trees and bushes
A field where the bushes all became awakened shrubs, so there's a version of the map without the bushes so they could all become tokens
Aaaaaaaaand a simple lake shore. It's so heavily water-balanced because a crazy magic man basically polymorphed them into having gills so that they'd fight a sea monster underwater. They mollified it by petting its neck.
Just finished a campaign arc with my family game. I'll be parsing through which battlemaps I think people can use and posting them.
But first, some catch up with some liminal spaces that are good for encounters.
A mine entrance
A bridge over a fast moving river
Another cave entrance. The stone door was a puzzle, but here was the top down view in case they failed to open it (the BBEG would have appeared and fought them)
these are all great! thank yoU!
More maps. Woo!
These two were a church/temple/ritual ground place where there was a gem in the center the party was going for. If they walked over the radius, the ground would glow as they tripped the trap. However, the party had the druid summon a bird familiar to grab the gem, sooooo no gargoyle battle.
This was a little fun side mission for them: clearing out a cockatrice nest. I homebrewed some baby ones so that they could get overwhelmed. Only one person was petrified for an hour. Big bounty for them.
Another "the landscape changes in the middle of the battle" pair of maps. This one was a demon portal.
I've been on sabbatical from DMing my family's game, but I still have a backlog of cool maps to share.
Today I'm sharing a bunch I made for a particular fighter pit / gladiator battle session I did with the party. Generally the same layout, but the terrain and lighting changed with each round of the tournament.
First round was like, I forget, giant hyenas? But I made enough terrain for some interesting pouncing/hiding opportunities.
Second round was done in dim light and they fought a couple of ambushing gricks. A good time to challenge the non-dark vision PCs.
Then the last round was one big battle against a single gladiator. In our run of it, the doggie TCoE sidekick and the gladiator went high on the initiative and the doggie got one-shot by the gladiator in the first turn, which was a good start to get the PCs all riled up. But as the battle went on, I had spellcasters that were making the edges progressively squeeze inward with an electric shock circle. I was trying to make it very claustrophobic for the casters and range fighters. They did fine, though.
And then the little waiting room between battles:
These are pretty awesome, I have to say. Do these only really work in VTTs, or are they printer friendly for physical minis etc?
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Also your link for the licence is asking for donations...is that for you or for the licence website?
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
That seems to be Creative Commons asking for donations. So it's not me.
Thanks for looking up the terms of the use license I'm posting with, though.
I have them optimized for web so that they don't bog down VTTs. But I have the option to export them at much higher resolutions that could be printed out, I suppose. I've only played virtual dnd, so I've never thought to make print outs...
As someone with access to wide format printing at work, I'd LOVE to print some of these!
Those gladiator arena maps are fantastic! I love the shrinking shock zone.
Paladin main who spends most of his D&D time worldbuilding or DMing, not Paladin-ing.
Inkarnate is a really powerful tool, and it is fun to use, I would certainly recommend it to all new map creators
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