Fey Temple Ruins
The sweet perfumes of blooming flowers mix with the rot and death of overgrowth. The scent is of rich black soil, mold, and lichen, all
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Bridge Over Forest Chasm
A great chasm cuts through the forest like a deep wound from ages past. It stretches for miles across the land in both directions—and this
Dead Titan Pass
Legends from time out of mind tell the story of a titanic battle in this vale—a duel between gods. Whatever the truth or embellishment of
Black Market
A short walkway of wooden planks extends from the ruined roof of a storehouse to a stone wall that overlooks the weapons merchant stall. The
Lava Dungeon
Blistering heat assaults you like a charging beast as you enter the lava-filled cavern and your eyes adjust to the dim orange glow of the
Mysterious Forest
Teal fog obscures the forest floor below, and the deathly plummet to it. Winding branches traverse over this drop, altered by hand or by magic
Eldritch Lighthouse
Rain pummels the earth with foreboding urgency. At land’s end, between towering cliffs, a natural stone stairway leads up to a swaying rope bridge—the sole,
Forgotten Island
A narrow shore rises into grass-plumed hills, a landscape of billowing earth cut through by thin earthen trickles of road and gully. A ruined tower
Roadside Field
Gray clouds hide the sun—so the vast field of golden grain cannot shine as brilliantly as it might on a clear day—but the waving field
Remote Ice Camp
A camp stands on a frozen expanse of the lake’s surface. Trodden snow pressed into rough trenches forms paths to and from a group of
Mountain Camp
A steep trail winds along the lowest point of the ridge, through snow-dusted meadows with grass browning in the season’s chill. Fiery colors of autumn
Opulent Ballroom
The magnificent ballroom speaks of fabulous wealth, flaunted without restraint. The vaulted ceiling glows, soft and golden, in the candlelight of several chandeliers. On the
Abandoned Giant Elk Tavern
The door creaks open to a once-grand tavern that boasted tables of food and drink aplenty. A rotting stink is rife in the air, but
Giant Elk Tavern
A grand two-story structure comes into view long before you reach it. The design gives the building an off-kilter kind of look—resembling ascending steps, or
Broken Bridge and Bone Nest
Once a monument of trade and pilgrimage, this bridge now lies shattered, with only a few columns of weather-beaten stone marking its watery grave. Your
Cave of a Thousand Waterfalls
The cavernous underground chamber echoes with the susurrus of cascading water. Ages of erosion from an aboveground source have carved the chamber into a series
Mountain Outpost
The approach to the outpost follows a deep valley with a dry riverbed. The shrubs are in autumn colors, and pale grasses clutch the ground.
Edge of the World
Thick alien vegetation opens on an expanse of floating rock—vast stones hovering with lazy ease, making a path of sorts toward a great towering square
Vacuum Tanker
A teal glint glimmers from the void: a tanker propelled by two gleaming blue thrusters. Cylindrical black tanks straddle the main cabin—one on each side—their
Mountaintop: Cosmic Dragon and Hot Springs
Six inscrutable yellow eyes—each the size of a wagon wheel—regard you with unfathomable curiosity. Wisps of etheric mist swirl around the dragon’s enormous head—like hair
Prison Transport
This twenty-eight-ton ship, the Odobenus, is acutely segmented, with the bridge flanked by two escape pods and connected to the main section of the ship
Baba Yaga’s Domain
Whorls of wind buffet you, its whistling high and teasing as you come face to face with a house on giant legs, standing in the
Floating Village
A balmy breeze teases the waves as they ebb and flow around the village that rides on them. With each movement of the sea, the
Pharaoh’s Tomb
An ambience of decrepitude lingers within this low-ceilinged room. Upon the walls, unnatural flames flicker inside rune-etched sconces, but their crackling flames exude no heat.
Grand Opera House: Auction
The main curtain has been raised, unveiling the opera house stage, a broad swath of well-trodden wood floorboards. The house lights illuminate center stage, where
Grand Opera House: Underwater Shell
The opera house, a place dedicated to the performing arts, is itself a mesmerizing masterpiece. Thousands of velvet-covered seats fill the cavernous auditorium: curving rows
Tomb of Sand
The ritual sand paintings on the floor continue out onto the stage, which is flanked by curved platforms. On them are low-bordered niches for the
Chthonic Lighthouse
Strange alien light pours from the towering stained-glass windows of the lighthouse, drawing ships to the jagged rocks. Sailors give the island a wide berth,
Endless Dungeon 51 Abyss’s Door
Entering this dungeon feels more like being buried alive than you’d like to admit—the air is sour and stifling, the gloom pervasive, and the grim
Pirate Lord’s Lair
A shape unlike any on the horizon, this pirate lair is a jaw-dropping sight. Perched upon the bleached skulls of six different, massive monsters—not all
Endless Dungeon 41: The Ouroboros
The passage leads away to either side, eventually curving out of sight. A charge dances on the cool air, carrying with it the scents of
Badger Hill
The rolling countryside is an inviting sea of lush and sprightly grass. Simple dirt roads weave through the hills, under trees, and over lazy rivers.
Great Library
The posed bones of a colossal dragon dominate this long, vaulted chamber, its tail pointing to an enormous, ornate table with a sculpted map. Several
Endless Dungeon 21: The Forge
Neither the cold brazier at the bottom of the stairs nor the musty smell bode well for what you will find in this dungeon. The
Endless Dungeon 32: Forgotten Arena
Blood-stained sands and bleached, rotten bones fill the floor of the desolate arena. Skeletons hang from the cruel, rusted manacles hammered into large pillars jutting
Victorian Greenhouse
A place of beauty and botanical inquiry—housing plants of unusual size and richness—this building is designed with arched garden windows topped by fanned transoms, like
Endless Dungeon 14: Desecrated Sylvan Sanctuary
These shadowed corridors, lit sparingly by the embers in black-iron braziers, harbor discordant secrets. A hum of old magic stirs: the hint of something wild,
Stone Bridge
Here in the shadow of the bridge, the structure blocks some of the waterfall’s noisy rumble, allowing you to hear the whirl and chuckle of
Endless Dungeon 10: Lich Lair
The coffin seems innocuous enough, until the top of the lid comes into view. Signs of death are etched into the stone, along with a
Mountain Arena
Blue mist flows from the hollows below the cliff face, pouring down the sheer stone walls like a slow waterfall until it hits a line
Endless Dungeon 9: Demon Lord
The stair down is steep, and as it descends, a sickening smell rises to meet you: sweet incense and rotting corpses, the acrid scent of
Mountaintop Observatory
The view through the telescope is astonishing. Stars that once looked so uniform from the ground suddenly gain stark individuality. They vary in size, brightness,
Mountain Totem
Though you’ve never set eyes on it before, this place feels both familiar and abhorrent, like seeing some hated enemy you’d thought long dead. Wind
Faerie Ballroom
Golden sunlight, warm and dappled, bleeds through the stained glass and falls across the crystalline floor of the expansive ballroom. The glass depicts myriad figures
Adventurer’s Guildhall
A massive wooden door surrounded by high stone walls protects the guild’s campus, red banners decorated with the guild’s emblem hanging from the ramparts. To
Sheltered Oasis
Scattered cookfires sputter beneath the chill wind of the desert’s oppressive night. The oasis hosts many this eve, small groups huddled together in the shadow
Faerie Falls
The realm of the faerie folk, beautiful and fickle. Mirthful and mischievous. A circle of stones might be a place to unload burdens and rest
Serene Lakeside
Amid a lakeside meadow stands a small cabin of rough-cut lumber and shaved logs. The grassy approach is framed by two wide dirt paths. Next
Kelp Forest
This underwater forest stretches as far as the eye can see. The long stalks and bunches of green leaves sway in the gentle push and
Harkenvale
The grand hall lies dark and quiet under the moon, not one window alight with the flicker of candle or sconce, and the gate to
Astral Dock
Beyond the crumbling barrier wall a squadron of metal pillars stand, varying in height, with frost clinging grimly to their brassy metal bodies. A dull
Ancient Arena
The walls of this ancient arena have been all but destroyed, only a few remaining pillars and crumbling bits of edifice remaining. Though the fighting
Skyship Stargazer
Moonlight pours into the opulent cabin from two beautifully appointed windows set in the aft wall. A large, solid desk covered in charts, maps and
Shrine Entrance
A pair of braziers flicker eternally beside the entrance of the shrine, their flames unmoved by the breeze whistling through the valley. As you approach
Airship Hangar Bay
The air is thick with greasy smog on the lower levels of the sky-dock, where burly laborers haul cargo through the smoke, their coarse laughter
The Sanctuary (Free)
The Sanctuary is an artificial holding area, 100 miles across, created by a nefarious scientist to house his critter experiments—both delightful and devious. Surrounded by
Desert Valley
Like a skeletal sentry tending to an eternal watch, the shadowed ruins stand atop the hill. The moon casts its silver pallor across the valley,
Crabwell NW
This wrinkle-faced kennelborn dresses sharp as a tack. A sky-blue satin vest brings out a sparkle in his dark eyes, which smolder intently on whatever
Undead Swamp
An acrid odor rises from the twilit fens, a brackish mingling of rot and refuse. A slick of algae lends a ghostly green tinge to
Temple of the Couatl
At the top of the temple stands an archway, shadow obscuring the entrance just enough that one must approach on foot to see whether the
Necropolis Entrance
Just beyond shallow, clear oasis pools, a box canyon opens in a mesa of red rock. Tall, square pillars stand before the ravine and line
Harvest Throne
The farmers who stooked their grain to dry must be cursing this dousing rain, but through the veil of water you spy something that makes
Gothic Ballroom
The red tiled floor, veined with a bloody patina, is tinted silver by the moonlight seeping in through the tall windows behind you. Stone pillars
Shadow Portal (Free)
Jutting stones lean against one another, forming a crude doorway. A light emanates from the portal—the deep purple of a bruise—beckoning you forward despite its
Shadow Portal
Jutting stones lean against one another, forming a crude doorway. A light emanates from the portal—the deep purple of a bruise—beckoning you forward despite its
Faerie Portal
Cresting the stairs, a gate within the tree’s trunk beckons you forward. The light radiating from the portal grows fiercer, brighter, as you draw near.
Faerie Portal (Free)
Cresting the stairs, a gate within the tree’s trunk beckons you forward. The light radiating from the portal grows fiercer, brighter, as you draw near.
Dead Tree Crossroads
A solitary dead tree stands at the center of the crossroads. Its gnarled branches bend and twist unnaturally in stark contrast to the leafy foliage
Beneath the Temple of the Fallen
The cool night gives way to balmy air just inside the ruined walls. Across the floor, snakes slide in the grooves between the odd tiles.
Antlion Canyon
The hard ground, slickrock and sandstone, glows beneath a relentless sun. The air is dry, though, and the shadows are cool. This is where rumors
Ancient Battlefield (Free)
This map depicts the remnants of an epic battle waged long ago. Bones—some terrifying in scale—and scattered stonework tell fragments of a story for the
Lava Flow Through a Graveyard
Something strange is happening in this day and night map of a graveyard: it’s been cut in two by a lava flow, and there’s an
Dragon’s Volcanic Grave
This map features the inhospitable, final resting place of a dragon. It is a perfect setting for the end of a quest, or perhaps a
Derion’s Cemetery
This map of a cemetery in summer and winter offers an engaging destination for the party. It can be used to develop a character’s backstory
Frontier Village
With a mountain range in the backdrop, this animated image of a frontier village provides an idyllic and inviting visual aid for the end of
Dungeon Entrance
This animated image provides a mesmerizing visual aid for the start of a dungeon crawl following a journey through dense forest or jungle, or perhaps
Oldstone Region
The ruins of a tower lie strewn about the grassy, undulating hillsides of this map, and a narrow river cuts through it to a small
Roadside Camp
This map provides an interesting stop along your party’s travels. Is it a tinker’s caravan, a bandit camp, a hunting party, or another band of
Door to the Mountain
This illustration is perfect for an attack or defend encounter, or the beginning of a session spent travelling deep into the mountain. Find finely crafted
Crossroads Shrine (Free)
This map and illustration are perfect for a travel encounter, a place to stop for a rest, a moment of prayer to a deity, and
Village by a River (Free)
This map is a perfect starting point for a campaign, a place to rest during a long journey, the setting for something more nefarious, and