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Ruins of Thundertree

Added 2024-01-31 22:18:03 +0000 UTC

Hello all!

The final map of our Candlekeep Mysteries collection is a bit of a doozy and so I had pivoted towards the end of the month here to what was supposed to have been a location of comparatively more narrow scope, but in classic fashion I became far too invested in and sunk a great number of additional hours in, but behold! Thundertree.

If you're unfamiliar, Thundertree is a location from the Forgotten Realms setting and features prominently in the flagship 5E adventure, Lost Mine of Phandelver. Roughly 4 years ago I'd taken a swing at visualizing the tower at the top of the map you see here (the site of a dragon battle), but at the time had written off the possibility of depicting the surrounding town as "unrealistic". Well, take that pre-covid, 2020 me!

The town of Thundertree has clearly seen better days, but the 55x36 square map previewed above boasts a relatively faithful depiction of how it is described in the text, albeit with the overall level of detail and verisimilitude cranked up a few notches from the non-encounter-scale version available in the official module. I enjoyed working on it a fair bit, am pleased with the results, and hope that you will be too.

What's included in the Download:

The 55x36 square map of the Ruins of Thundertree in high resolution, as previewed above
An "Unfurnished" variant where I've removed the rubble, furniture, and general debris from the buildings, leaving all of the overgrowth and a "ruined town" template for you to fill at your leisure
Gridded, gridless, and VTT-Compressed options for all of the above