Swamp Ruin | Xak Tsaroth Map Pack!
Added 2024-10-15 15:56:27 +0000 UTCThis was a fun one!
I'm a huge Dragonlance fan, and someone made a comment recently about one of my maps reminding them of Xak Tsaroth, the ruins where Riverwind found the Blue Crystal Staff and where the party later encountered the black dragon, Khisanth.
Since I hadn't intended that map to represent that location, I decided I would make one!
To download the Map Pack, please click on your Tier link below and the download URL will be listed there in map release order.
Tier 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-1-dungeon-81146477
Tier 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-2-world-map-81312503
Tier 3 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-3-master-87793681
Tier 4 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-4-master-87797001
The ruins sprawl across a boggy marsh, which has been presented in both a Daylight and Evening variant for everyone, as I believe that will make the location much more immersive for transitioning parties from day/night and back.
I purposefully left the location fairly devoid of active life, allowing you to choose what lives here for your own narrative/campaign, however, there would be a huge variety of encounters you could plan for a location like this:
1. Black Dragon Lair, exiting/entering through the well in the upper right.
2. Cultists operating out of the ruined temple in the upper right.
3. Lizardfolk/Bullywogs living in huts spread about the ruins.
4. Raiders operating out of the ruins and striking neighboring villages/towns.
5. Ghosts/Undead haunting the ruins of an old city and perhaps guarding a powerful artifact.
Obviously, this location can be any location in your world, but for those playing through a Dragonlance adventure, I hope this will be a fun map for you and your party to explore!
I've also commissioned Art of Neight to create an illustration of the location, so here is a WIP/Sketch of that artwork that will be forthcoming!
I hope you like it and can create lots of fun adventures!
Comments
I believe that was due to a copy & paste error, let me take a look and update things.
Jeff Todd
2025-09-01 14:49:37 +0000 UTCHi there, brand new patron here. I don't know if I'm having a brainfart, but I can't seem to be able to find the map depicted above among the ones listed in the master post. It's not included in the Seatower of Balduran, as described in the post, and the one named "Swamp Ruin - Xak Tsaroth" links to an entirely different map with a jungle ziggurat...
Gabriele Protopapa
2025-09-01 09:53:02 +0000 UTCI first started D&D when I was 11. I always played a Wizard and would name my characters after Dragonlance characters...Raistlin, Dalamar etc. My friend's dad, who was our DM, said I needed to create my own name, I pretended to make one up, but in truth, I took another name out of Dragonlance. The name I chose was Xak Tsaroth. Unfortunately, when the time came to write the name on my character sheet, I forgot the exact spelling and completely botched the name. The name I wrote was Xathroth. Regardless, Xathroth became my favorite character. Anytime a video game required you to name your character, I would put Xathroth. 20+ years later and I'm still doing it. Sorry for the lengthy post. This map is awesome and seeing the name Xak Tsaroth brought back so many great memories. Awesome Job!
Bebop Flop Top
2024-10-24 15:06:45 +0000 UTCYes. ;)
Jeff Todd
2024-10-16 03:06:06 +0000 UTCPLEASE tell me you're going to do the dungeon as well.
DandD Bookclub
2024-10-16 02:52:18 +0000 UTC
