This week's map is the Shadowed Wetland (30x35), a bleak and colorless bit of forest inspired by Shadowfell. That said, it probably could be even more bleak and colorless, I'm nearly able to detect green in the grass and bits of brown in the trees. Also, I'm not 100% sure there would be grass or plant life in the Shadowfell in the first place, so I suppose this maps is full of inaccuracies. Let's just call it a spooky forest and leave it at that.

If you like the map and are interested in more, come by my Patreon, I've got a bunch of them and I draw more every month.

High above the clouds, set on a layer of solidified Air and kept in place by eternal winds - the elegant, delicate construction serves as a temple of elemental air.

No earthly sounds can be heard there - just a whispering and roaring of the winds, and silent, almost ethereal hymns played by them on leaves and branches of the crystal tree.

There's no altar nor clerics - just a pool, illuminated by blue light - with an otherwordly face carved from unknown substance. It seems to wait...

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LINKS:

• 72DPI "parchment" map (grid/gridless) is available for free here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/164549366
• 150DPI map (2 backgrounds, grid/gridless) and gallery is available for free subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/164551807

^{Supporters (Cartographer tier} got access to additional green screen variant, no watermark 300DPI maps and VTT ready files)
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^{Credits and attribution:}

^{Created in Dungeon Alchemist, with additional assets.}

^{Thanks to DA asset creators: SAC, smashbear76, DallasRT and others}

^{This map was created by hand, with assets placed carefully together. I don't use generative AI and I did my level best to avoid using AI-generated assets.}

This is a short-module focused on an NPC, a quest-giver. In their search for job opportunities, renown, and glory, the characters gravitate toward influential people and beings. These quest-givers are the door to amazing adventures.Vesper Eaglemark is the leader of the Hollow Brand, a somewhat-new guild of heroes and mercenaries. He is a beacon for small jobs and errands for people looking to make a name for themselves. But sometimes, his guild requires a group of adventurers, ready for anything. Perhaps, his guild can be the means to greatness for a not-so-popular group of heroes.

Download a free version of this map and read more about it in our Blog.

"Deep underground, where not a single ray of sunlight reaches, cultists of the Earth Cult once met regularly. Their offerings and rituals brought the earth to life and created several mudflows. At the center of the ritual chamber lies an arcane crystal of the earth element that is still active; too dangerous for the cultists to remove, it was left behind. Only a decayed skeleton bears witness to the atrocities that once took place here."

Get this map in 200ppi, without watermarks and with inspirations on how to utilize these maps on my patreon. You can also download about 300 other maps for free there.
https://www.patreon.com/RandyMaps/posts/mudflows-ritual-164196823

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

Heyya Folks,

This week I've put together Aencar's Manor, a haunted noble estate inspired by the Forgotten Realms, designed to fit easily into almost any fantasy campaign.

Rather than creating another abandoned ruin, I wanted the manor to feel unsettling because of how well it's been preserved. The gardens are still maintained, the halls remain immaculate, and from the outside it appears as though its owner simply never left. Only after stepping inside does the truth begin to reveal itself.

Once home to the legendary warlord Aencar of Battledale, the estate hides a forgotten defensive line beneath its halls, built to guard one of the region's largest known entrances into the Underdark. Whether you use it as the home of a noble family, a haunted estate, a secret cult's headquarters, or the gateway to a larger underground adventure, I wanted it to support a wide variety of stories.

Aencar's Manor — 48x36

If you'd like the high-resolution files, gridless versions, VTT-ready exports, and multiple variants—including restored, corrupted, and alternate versions of the manor—they're available on my Patreon:

https://patreon.com/dungeonmr

Thanks for taking a look. I'd love to hear what you think.

The sea-salted air clings to your skin, and your mind is numb from monotony. Your only view for weeks has been the vast endlessness of the ocean, and a cruel, elusive horizon. Your shipmates spotted land once, only to realize upon your approach that it was a mirage.
Suddenly, a familiar sound pierces through the dead nothingness, and your muscles engage, the memory of battle firmly embedded in their fibers. Cannon fire.
You shout, commanding that everyone ready their stations. The crew ready themselves with a quick pace, their movements more lively and spry than you've seen them in a long time. The only one missing is the Captain. Then it dawns on you: You haven't seen the Captain in days...

This map is 20x28 and comes with JPGs of the upper/lower deck and the Captain's quarters overlayed, but also comes with the PNGs and WEBP files of just the ship layers, all completely FREE with no grid/watermarks!
Get them free here.
This was made entirely with my library of assets, which have been launched and are available for use!

Thanks for reading! Happy gaming, stay magical ~

With solid walls, imposing towers and watchful guards - Crossroads Inn is prepared to repel not only the local bandits, but a slave raids or even a remnants of a Tuigan Horde.

A bowl-shaped valley serves as a meeting place and a market for local communities - every tenday gnomes from mountain valleys, orc and human farmers, miners and lumberjacks are travelling here to sell, buy and celebrate.

Gems and iron tools, sheeps and cattles, salt and spices - all of this can be found here, and market days are attracting minstrels and musicians.

DM NOTE: I created this map to serve as a convenient hub for my players for exploring the region, with a possibility to become their property. More to come!

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LINKS:

72DPI day/night maps are available for free here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/164184455

150DPI and 300DPI watermark-free maps, gallery and VTT ready files are available for free subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/164255561
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Credits and attribution:

Thanks to DA asset creators: SAC, smashbear76, DallasRT, Random Ladybird, Centimar DeVarion, Swedish.Cook, Yomgeon, varkas.amdir, [DE] SunWatcher, SketchyCleric, BlueMayje and others

Thanks to sketchfab creators: Alben Tan, local.yany, Valery.Li, Derlvenner, PilotPirx, kEam, Damn_Daniel, Al Dazeel, emptypen2477, GSCreations, kenchoo, zz062050x and others

This map was created by hand, with assets placed carefully together. I don't use generative AI and I did my level best to avoid using AI-generated assets.

As generations passed, the glaciers carved into the earth slowly but surely, as a knife would cut through bread. One such mass of ice had caught the attention of the powers that be, so much that yearly expeditions to the barren Rivers of Ice were warranted.

History spoke of a cataclysmic Titan, who's fury was stopped only by the heroics of demigods creating an onset of unyielding freeze forming the Rivers of Ice, which for years had laid dormant in its prison. History became myth, and myth became folklore, but all the while the archives of the magus retained such horrific texts that the risk of inaction outweighed the dangerous and expensive endeavors.

This year, for the first time, the expedition reports made mention of a shadowy figure, still deep within the ice. The surface melts away, slowly bringing the figure into the foreground.

Hey all! You know the deal by now, you can check out this map and it's may variations over here!

Enjoy,

Matt

Hello!
I reached out to reddit a while ago asking to make a map for someone and this was the result of their request! I used the project to create a timelapse/tutorial of how I make maps in Inkarnate. Feel free to have a watch! Hope it offers some insights or inspirations to others!
Youtube link to Tutorial

The map is quite bare for now as others can clone it on my Inkarnate page. Plus the original redditor still has more ideas in mind.
Cloneable Link to Inkarnate