"Black Angler Lighthouse"

Hello Everyone ! 

It is the second map of our pirate themed D&D campaign, so let’s go for ta bit of background.

(warning huge text and spoilers ahead)

Welcome to the "Snapper Island" campaign.

I’m creating this campaign based on an original idea from the first of you guys, so thanks to Brian Bautista for the inspiration :) 

The action takes place in a wide archipelago close to a new continent.

This massive jungle continent is filled with lizardfolks, beasts and other unfriendly inhabitants. All the different races have created their merchant counters and their colony settlement on the archipelago rather than the continent.

In this mess of newcomers, many pirates have made their way and enjoy easy lootings in the midst of all the inter-factional conflicts. In the middle of this agitation the party has received a mission: finding an old ship missing for decade, one of the first pathfinder who discovered this promised Land.

The party will travel around a vast network of islands to find a hidden pirate island call the "Snapper Island" where the old ship is supposed to be held. This island is not only hard to find, but also very difficult to access.

The mains difficulties with the Snapper Island are the following:

The island is in a dangerous area filled with pirates.

The coasts of the island are barded with sharp volcanic reefs making sailing in the area extremely perilous, even for small ships.

The mangrove jungle on the surface is almost impenetrable and therefore the only possible access is by one of the multiple waterways streaking the island.

If you want to explore this Green Stronghold, there is only one reasonable access point: "The Black Angler Pass". This waterway is the widest entrance to the complex network of mangrove creeks forming a natural maze on the island. Only one of its creeks can lead you to the pirates hiding deep within.

This is where the "Black Angler Lighthouse" is set. An old, abandoned building which was built during the first exploration era.

Many wayfarers stop by this strange monument, mostly smugglers, pirates, or deserters. The navy itself raids this place from time to time to purge this outpost from the outlaws, but no soul dares lingering in this strange place.

Some sailors whisper uncanny stories about the nocturnal visitors of this abandoned place. Sometimes you can find a campfire with food still cooking in the crockpot, but no one around. It is said that if you try to spend the night there, you will vanish mysteriously.

I hope you like this little piece of the campaign. I am looking forward to telling you the next part with a new map. 

I Hope you like ;) 

See you soon

(ps: As i am late on the schedule I planned this post is not charged)

Inocyde