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$100 Goal Reached! The Lich's Lair 40x60 Battle Map is Finally Here!

Hi everyone, this map required a lot of trial and error figuring out how best to create seamless modular 10x10 tiles but I feel I've created something you guys will love and the wait will have been worth it!

In total the modular pack contains 32 10x10 tiles. I used 24 for the map above and there are also an additional 8 variant tiles I didn't end up using included as well. So if you don't like the map above you can make your very own lich's lair or undead dungeon, fit for any undead occasion!

I'd also love to know what you guys think of the modular system and if you like to see more of these in future, so please comment below.

Lastly Rianna wrote up a background story for this map which is awesome and you can read below! :D

Hailing from a war torn land, when their home was turning to darkness, the followers of a mystical religion dedicated years of research and secret reconnaissance to find the one light that would save them. The tomb of their forgotten god.

Confident of their discovery—for it matched all their descriptions—the acolytes summoned their friends, to descend into depths of a hidden tomb, long obscured by the passage of time.

But, when they found his humble sarcophagus, they could not open, nor break it, to resurrect him. Their spells and incantations fell into silence, and they believed all was for nothing.

Desperate after having come so far, they turned to the library, searching for some hidden rite that would allow them to release, then resurrect, their last hope for the land. But once amid the ancient books, they slowly began to hear whispers and the echoes of voices.

They made the mistake of believing it was their deity, communing with them, guiding them. And slowly, it began to drive them mad. Now they work, tireless and sleepless, to resurrect their “god”; carefully undoing the seals which were laid centuries before, as they slowly unlock his sarcophagus.

But this place is not what the poor acolytes believe. Within the stone sarcophagus grins an ancient lich, trapped and sealed long before. Aware of the plot against him, he created plans—one of which was to be implemented, should all else fail.

This last plan was to send his thralls out into the world, to spread the rumour of the hidden grave of the God of Light, who would rise and aide his people in need.

Though centuries have passed, his plan has finally come to fruition, in the form of the desperate souls who have sought him out, and now struggle to free him from his entombment.

He will be kind to them. He will kill them first. Not like that giant, Therog, to whom he promised eternal life. He wonders how that idiot is appreciating his existence as a corrupted water elemental, now—his skull certainly made an excellent fountain!

...No, for too long has the lich lain, chained and bound, watching a scrying mirror embedded in the lid of the coffin above him. Unable to kill him, his nemesis had resorted to this torment—forcing him to watch the very celebrations of his defeated reign, by the filthy peasants who used to squabble over who among them they would sacrifice first.

Gradually, he saw as the seasons turned, his cities grew and fell, and the world forgot all about their fearsome and terrible ruler.

Almost. They did not forget about their God of Light. Mortals were always so desperate to turn to the last, tattered shreds of hope, wherever they would find it. Even in mouldy old books.

Nor, entirely, did everyone forget about him. He would be remiss not to cede that the followers of his nemesis remembered his resting place all too well. But, by the time they arrive to stop the actions of the acolytes, it will be too late.

He will be free, and his reign will begin again. Finally.

Warned by the whispering voices to be wary, the acolytes have set magical traps throughout the tomb. They are desperate to buy themselves more time against the dark forces that fight against the release of their ancient saviour—for he is their last hope, and he must be resurrected...

$100 Goal Reached! The Lich's Lair 40x60 Battle Map is Finally Here! $100 Goal Reached! The Lich's Lair 40x60 Battle Map is Finally Here!

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Subscribed for this map! (I know it was also free on reddit, but hey). Was looking for a good lichy-crypty big-enough dungeon for the pen-ultimate dungeon of my campaign. The party will be level 19 here... should be good!

Sean S.

Thanks!

Mike Serfass

PDF for the Lich's Lair is up, still working on the modular kit PDF but will get it out asap!

Thank you!

baldrage

Awesome, thanks for the feedback Baldrage and Mike, I'll put together the PDF for you guys this week and will include PDFs for all future Modular pieces. :)

I would also appreciate if if you could format this as a PDF for printing in A4/8x11 size - thanks!

baldrage

You needn't do the extra work if I'm the only person asking for this. I'll figure out how to print the jpgs. I print maps on cardstock then laminate it. I can draw on it with dry erase or wet erase markers. And the tiles resist spills. Thanks!

Mike Serfass

Hi Mike, the 10x10 Hexes were designed with A3 Printing in mind to keep them as complete pieces however if A4 is something people would be interested in printing them as then just cutting and pasting onto cardboard or something similar I can make them up as PDFs for home printing. It'll just take a me a few hours and I can do it later this week. :)

Are there pdfs for this? Thanks!

Mike Serfass

The Google drive has been updated to contain the LIch's Lair PSDs, thanks Torben. :)

Congratulations on reaching $100! I like modular maps for their flexibility and reuse. I'd like to see more.

Mike Serfass

hello can't see the psd file

Torben Bundgaard-Knudsen

Very impressive!


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