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The Village of Winten Ford

Winten Ford was built up around a small mill built by the eponymous ford on a small river. Between the mill and the increased traffic, the old ford became a muddied mess and eventually was replaced by a wood and stone bridge at the same time as the two small towers were built here (the larger on ...

The Maze of Yivh’Kthaloth

The minds of the things that reach out from the far realms are impossible to understand. Thus it is with Yivh’Kthaloth who reaches out to those that seek guidance and order in the face of chaos and madness. This eternal being craves order in disorder – it impresses those it touches to build s...

Dohrlegond’s Tombs

A twisting descent under “Dohrlegond’s Rock”, a massive stone spire, leads to a small set of caverns and tombs. The descent spirals around a very tall cave with a couple of points where you can see into the central cave. Under the current “management” of the ogre warlord Thar Gorecrushe...

Passages Beneath

Overrun by a gang of black flightless humanoid birds (dire corbies), this structure was cut from the rock by a slave group of norkers under the orders of the Hun’mtor mining consortium (a drow-owned business specializing in the mining and acquisition of specific rare ores). The sigil of the Hun...

Return to the Screaming Hall of the Ur-Goblin

This is an oldie dating back to its initial release eight years ago that we're bringing back today.

Crafted as the lair and fortress of Vrunek, and earthbound Ur-Goblin who could be mistaken for a massive gargoyle, the outside of the structure is clearly marked by the worked mass of stone b...

Backstage Pass - June 2022

Here's the releases that will be coming to the Dodecahedron during the month of June. Well, once the two Kraken releases from May go up on Thursday and Saturday (if you haven't voted for those yet, get o...

Elleden's Vault

The walls, ceilings, and floors of this underground structure are covered in pale green ceramic tiles – age has not been kind to the mortar involved and the tiles achieve about 70% coverage overall now, although most of the fallen tiles were swept up and discarded instead of littering the floor...

May be a Kraken?

Every month I put up a list of 8-12 maps to vote on for this month's "Release the Kraken" where we re-release maps from the archives under the free commercial use license.

As May is almost over, I ...

Greybreaker Fortified Mine

Lead by Druthik Greybreaker, a team of dwarves built, worked, and eventually abandoned the Greybreaker Mine in the hills of Khalefteg to extract a small vein of silver and mithril. The high value of the mithril and the annoyance of the prince of Khalefteg required a certain amount of fortificatio...

Twins’ Stairs

The “Gavren Mesa” is a small stone mesa about 50-60 feet above the surrounding badlands. There’s one narrow trail that leads up to it, but the more popular way up is the Twins’ Stair – a twisting cave where both entrances are bracketed by a pair of statues of some forgotten elven twins....

The Guild of Five

Built 60 years ago by five moneylenders in the City of Copper Bowls, the Guild of Five was an informal “guild” to work against the puritanical governance of the city and legitimize their usurious ways. Officially a shrine to Belpheromas, a demon of gold and contracts, the structure helped leg...

Pyramid of Zangro Spell-Eater

This small three-tier step pyramid is the resting place of the naga Zangro Spell-Eater and their scions, servants, and “disciples”. The base tier of the structure contains crypts and halls, the central tier is solid except for the staircase leading down from the top tier which is a block with...

Howling Passages

These interlinked caves along the rocky shores of the Great Legate Lake produce a strange atonal howl when the winds are blowing in from the waters. The caves themselves twist and intertwine, and further structures have been dug out beneath them that have since partially flooded.

The caves ...

Gaerborin Keep

Gaerborin Keep was struck down in the great war by mighty elemental magics and rock-shattering bombardment in an effort to destroy the three Dwarven EarthShips that were stationed there. It was targetted for such heavy assault because it was built and maintained by the Gaerborin half-elf family �...

The Raining Cave

As the world grows dark, Heretic Nezek has moved his banished congregation from the great cathedral city to this cave that looks out over the great bridges on the edge of the dark forest. The main complex of the cave and the first sublevel are illuminated by enchanted torches that illuminate with...

Blackstone Bastion

This small black fortress sits off the rocky eastern shore of Shu-Qune. A narrow walkway leads down from the cliffs and then back up to the rocky peninsula where the bastion sits. The main tower / keep of the bastion is 5 stories tall, with most of the towers only having two stories with crenella...

Oreney’s Watch

Old crumbling stoneworks indicate that this was once part of an extensive set of structures built up around a bridge over a small tributary of the Alaric. The bridge, some stairs, and a small tower are the only parts of the old structures that remain in decent enough shape to be used – and a sm...

May 2022 Backstage Pass Addendum!

Yeah, so I failed to include the high rez versions of "Not Yours" (hint: It's "Mine") in the Backstage Pass.

This little zip file fixes has all three versions of that map.

Thanks again for your support!

Backstage Pass - May 2022

The May Backstage Pass is here! 10 more maps this month -

* A small fortress
* Another stepped pyramid, because of course...
* Small pentagonal building
* Two more sets of ruins
* Mines...

Release the Kraken on the Crypts of the Queen of Bones

Every month we go through our back catalogue of maps and you vote on which two should be re-released under the free commercial use license. This particular map was never released as a “Patron supported” map at all, as it was part of a session report from...