Across the nations of the world it’s denoted that many, even, most civilizations build along the sea, for trade and food. As a cartographer I can say without doubt over the ages the seas have crept closer and closer.
Leads one to wonder, What history ...
2023-07-31 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“Of course I find the arena barbaric! This is a flag for a different “Oglore the gladiator destroyer.”... It's a very common name.” - Ida Holly
Pit fights, Races, Sports, and COMBAT! The grand arena is a scene present across all genres! This variation map o...
2023-07-24 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“The shots came from that direction. Understood Captain- Eliminating that direction”
Stealth missions are one thing. It's another thing entirely to rescue a captured princess who is being held in a 20,000 ton flying death fortress. How do we get in when it ...
2023-07-17 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Just look at it like a vacation! an extended, forced, no escape, starvation induced… horror filled VACATION!” - Ida Holly
The storm shattered the HMS Lillian against the rocks of the island. And for weeks you collected timber and rope, waiting for the fleet...
“I’ve seen many worlds, many cultures. At some point, everyone invents the tank.” - Ida Holly.
“Well, The Moonwell gasket is leaking. We only have 100 gallons of fuel to get us through this siege and drive it back to base. We're surrounded on all sides, the...
2023-06-26 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Adventurers are rarely called ‘Heroes’ even while they are fighting against evil. I think a big reason for this is the way some behave when left to their own devices in large cities.” - Ida Holly
Towering apartments nearly 100 years old stand side by side...
“Still cheaper than a studio downtown.” - CyberIda holly
Cyberpunk Apartments! A battlemap set on the 1203 floor of a massive residential mega structure. Containing bodegas, Night clubs, Hacker Lairs, and Drug dens! Everything you need towering above the city ...
“Sometimes, There is nothing to magic missile BESIDES the darkness!” - Ida Holly
It cost so much to reach even just the first stair. The Plaguelands stretches from the mountain all the way beyond the horizon and all that can be seen is death. No plants, no anim...
2023-06-05 06:13:16 +0000 UTC View Post
“The surprise doesn't come from the fact that it collapsed, Look at it, Of COURSE it collapsed. The surprise was not knowing WHEN or HOW it would!” - Ida Holly
Every campaign isn't complete without a few key adventure scenes, A statue that comes to life, A door...
2023-05-31 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“There are terrible things in all corners of the Elseworlds. But when evil convinces the people it is good there is no greater horror.” - Ida Holly
The Queen's chambers have been breached. But after clambering the chains anchoring the citadel to the dead god be...
2023-05-22 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Keelhaul Falls is a den of horrors. Thousands of ships, more sailing in each day. Murderers, Monsters, and Pirates all living among each other in a bandit camp that grew unchecked to become its own terrible city. Its small wonder the bay is the nesting ground of the Kraken. A fitti...
2023-05-15 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“The legends of the age of magic say an object with sufficient magic thrown into a Quicksilver Crucible emerges as a fully forged humanoid construct, with designs and purpose nearly identical to the intent of the artifact used in its creation.” - Ida Holly
Pour...
2023-05-08 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
"Aye, 'tis true, mateys. Dead men tell no tales!" ~ Jolly Roger
Nothing ever goes wrong on a theme park ride, This time couldn't be any different!
This battlemap is inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the magic kingdom, Disney World. And even inc...
2023-04-30 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“In the deepest mists, on cold nights in isolated parts of the world it is said the dead can peer through the threshold, and spy upon the world of the living” - Ida Holly, on The Haunted Shallows.
As if being lost and stranded in the Mangrove marsh wasn't bad e...
2023-04-23 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wind dragons have ruled the skies over the city for generations, But the Stone Tyrant of the mountains, King of the earth dragons knew peace would not last forever. And so when the opportunity to be rid of the leader of his rival faction arose, and to cast blame upon the mortals with whom she...
2023-04-16 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“They say the ley lines of this world are what we use for magic- I wonder if the moon has ley lines…” -Ida Holly.
The red glow from the meteor was unmistakable. And all across dunwel fen the crash of it falling from the heavens scared the crows into flight. F...
2023-04-09 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“In the ancient prophecies it predicted that the skies would rain fire. I guess we just didn't predict that it would be US in the skies doing the burning.” - Ida Holly.
There was no time to delay. Above the chaotic aerial battle the Admiral's Flagship hung obse...
2023-03-26 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“The sea of thoughts is littered with Dead gods. Some might say this shows the most powerful weapon against some of the more malicious, demanding, devines among our pantheon are felled by a bit of careful thought.” - Ida Holly
The twisted gothic buildings frequ...
2023-03-20 05:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“I heard machines are replacing humans in most industries, I guess that includes stealing catalytic converters.”
There are more horrible things than death, So when Cybernet-X LLC sent it’s kill mech out they considered that a kindness, Not what I would perso...
This month were swinging back around to Phased maps again. It was a very fun experiment doing only Variation style maps but I think Ultimately I prefer doing both. Don't forget 5$ patrons can make suggestions to add to the monthly poll on Discord!
On to news! I've officially opened my own ...
“Someone told me once that the Glow in the sea is from Invisible tiny creatures who live in the water and even inside us. I don’t know about you- but Ley Line magic seems a bit more believable.” - Ida Holly.2023-03-05 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“I knew she was in trouble the moment she walked into my office. She may be a halfling but she was a full woman. And she had feet as hairy as my last case.” - Detective Holly.
Your information was correct. The goon you were hunting after would be in this alleyw...
2023-02-26 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“There are those who say man never should sail. That we were born for the land. But exploration is so inherent in us. I’m convinced if there exists a means to venture, we humans will find it.” - Ida Holly
Waking up on the shore buried in a layer of sand. ...
2023-02-20 02:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post
“What happened to this sacred elven grove is horrible. At least In war you fight your enemies. Here the elves went to battle with themselves.” - Ida Holly, On Felshire.
Long have the elven houses sustained themselves on the powers of the feywild. But with the r...
2023-02-12 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Little unknown fact. Most evil summoning rituals are actually just teleportation spells. They just are open for a few moments and the portals are right in the worst possible place. Or best I suppose. Depending on how into monster invasions you are.” - Ida Holly.
... 2023-02-05 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostBack again for more! This month's expirement is making all four maps variation style. Looking at the archive the variation maps are clearly the least expanded upon so we're padding their numbers in feb. I'd love to hear your feed back on which style you prefer. I'm happy making most but I want to...
2023-02-04 17:49:46 +0000 UTC View Post
“The Tower of the Dragons is a sight to see, even from afar. So few mortals have proven their worth to enter that it is said whole sections inside are inaccessible without flight as it has never proven necessary to build stairs.” - Ida Holly
The pinnacle of the...
2023-01-29 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Takali-li… Takali-li”
below the unknown tallest mountain on earth, where the elder things fled into the vast unknown darkness 50 million years before the first vestiges of humanity would crawl from the mud. Below an abandoned city wracked by polar ice as th...
“The Sunless Sea is the dark ocean below our world. Below its motionless tides deep below the surface of the world hide countless bottomless caverns and twisting mysteries. It really is the barrier of hell.
Not the kind of place I’d want to take a quick dip to cool off.....
Down deep below is an entire world, Aquatic cultures removed almost completely from the surface world.
This map pack explores undersea adventures and takes us to a wide array of possible locations from the deepest debts where the world is plunged into darkness, To the Elder Horror steps of ...
2023-01-08 06:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post