Ettercap Caves

Old Firth Road has been a shortcut between Three Rocks and Greenhill for generations, but only the bravest (or those in the most need) dare to take it since all manner of creatures call Karrelfirth home. About midway along the road, the Resting Caves have offered shelter and a fresh spring to travelers.

Recently, a pair of ettercaps have taken over the caves. They have cultivated a number of giant spiders which they use to help protect their lair. The nearby forest is suffering under the predations of these creatures and is nearly barren of any life larger than a squirrel.

d4 things you might find on an ettercap
1)  50 of silk cord
2)  a silk garotte
3)  a silk bag (can hold 100 gp encumbrance)
4)  a small sac filled with one dose of extruded spider venom

d4 things you might hear about the Old Firth Road
(you can decide if any of them are true or not)
1) A pair of trolls are attacking travelers on the road.
2) Grigor Lightshadow, a local thief, disappeared along the road while carrying a bag of stolen jewels.
3) Goblins riding giant spiders are hunting dwarves and gnomes along the road.
4)  Willem Smith will pay well for an armed escort to protect him along the road so he can make a delivery on the far side.

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The Rat Warren Mines

I posted this map to twitter a while ago and in a recent poll, folks asked me to write some lore and post it next.  Here we go.

I think my favorite take on this map is from @wrinklewroes:

You expected danger to lurk around every corner. Instead, it’s nothing but an hours-long rat killing exercise. You exit the dungeon and look for the man who offered you gold to slay the monster within but can’t find him. Suddenly you’re coughing up blood.

The mines ran along the course of a fissure and series of small caves that led deep into the cliffs. No one thought too much of it until the miners broke through into the tiered cavern, and then the rats came on in earnest. The mining company also dug out a set of office space and a vault, that work also connected to the rats nest off of the cavern making a full circuit. That's when the rat problem really took off.

Rumors persist that the mine's treasury is still hidden, behind the swarms of rats, giant rats, and rat-men that now inhabit the complex.

2d3 things in a ratman's purse:
2)  A lucky rat's paw. (will allow the holder to reroll 1 attack each month)
3)  A small pewter locket w/ a picture of a young human family (worth 15 gp)
4)  A bronze key.
5)  A leather cord strung with knucklebones and a plain copper ring (worth 5 gp)
6)  A bag of dried mushrooms, if consumed will heal 1d4 damage.

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This map is available for personal or commercial re-use with attribution. Please let me know if you use it for a personal game, I love to hear that my maps help people enjoy gaming. If you use them commercially and let me know, I'll post a link here.

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Overland Geomorffs

To make twitter's #FF a bit more interesting, I'm going to start dropping some Overland mini-maps to go along with my Underdark mini-maps. I'm calling them - geomorffs. They're not quite geomorphs since they don't align on the edges, but you could certainly string them together.  Each will be a small encounter setting you could use in your own adventures, or to expand a published adventure. They'll also be useable with any of my other Overland maps.

The first set was published on March 29th, 2019:

I published three more on April 5th, 2019:

I published three more on April 12th, 2019:

I published three more on April 19th, 2019 - and the awesome @Molvayaana created a set of tokens and bespoke magic items for the red-rock desert setting

If you like these, check out my Underdark Geomorffs.  You might also find something you like on my page of favorites.

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These maps are available for personal or commercial re-use with attribution. Please let me know if you use them for a personal game, I love to hear that my maps help people enjoy gaming. If you use them commercially and let me know, I'll post a link here.

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