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TEMPLE OF THE COUATLS DND BATTLEMAP
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Time worn and ravaged, this temple stands stark amongst the ruins of an ancient city. Although partly flooded and slowly reclaimed by nature, some magic force within has kept this place safe from treasure hunters and errant adventurers.
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To get all 18 of the variations we made for this map, check out the post on our Patreon here!
Couatl Dungeon DnD Battlemap!
This is the boss level of the 5 floor dungeon we created to accompany our Temple of the Couatl battlemap.
The maps above come with a full 70+ page adventure, items, NPCs cards, minis, monsters and more.
Involved in this release were:
DMDave
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The full set of maps and other content can be found, for free, HERE. (zip files are at the bottom of the post).
Please consider becoming a Patron to recieve more adventures like this one!
Maps I did of Castle Korvosa for Pathfinder circa 2008
Cheers!
Lazz
Mysterious Mountain Monastery: Blood Moon!
This is the blood moon variation from our newest map pack.
Send your monks here to avenge their masters and attain some new badass ki moves or gain a monastic tradition. Fight under the epic blood moon and unleash your true powers!
Get the gridded/ungridded HD map with all variations here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mysterious-18x31-28530023
Lava Battlefield!
Danger is mounting. The heat is unbearable. Trip your ancient foes into the lava stream and make sure you yourself don’t slip.
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Nothing says Happy Holidays like some line art of an ancient and ruined shrine to a dead eldritch god!
Maybe I should’ve done the Candle Nights map first… downloads at patreon.com/dungeonmapster
Ruins of Thar
Monster Mondays #2: Goblins
Goblins. How can you not love them? They’re tiny, adorable, mischievous, adorable, horribly brutal and bloodthirsty… OH and really damn adorable. But recently, a DM friend of mine was telling me how she has trouble with goblins. Due to them having very low stats, most DMs send a handful against a party, and end up causing a TPK, because they underestimated the gobbos. So, let’s take a close look at the little green scoundrels.
STATS
AC: 15 (leather armor + shield) or 13 (without shield)
Average likelihood of being hit by PCs: 30 - 45%
HP: 7 (min 2, max 12)
Highest skill: Stealth +6
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.
Average Damage dealt per Round: 6 (3-8) slashing or piercing.
Probability of hitting the PCs: 50 - 75% (on average)
Unique Features:
.Nimble Escape: The goblin can Disengage or Hide as a Bonus Action
Language: Goblin. The goblins can fluently talk, write, and read goblin-ese.
Other Creatures that Dwell in the Same Environment: Goblins are civilized. They hang out with other goblinoids (bugbears & hobgoblins), more powerful humanoids (orc bandits, drow wizards), and with animals that they have tamed (worgs, dire wolves, blood hawks, owlbears, bears in general, almost any forest critter you can think of , death dogs). Other creatures that accompany goblins include druids, ogres (and onies), hill giants, and sometimes kobolds.
With the numbers done, lets move on to Strategy talk…
ANALYSIS
From reading the facts above (and the stat-block in the book), the following things should be made clear…
Goblins are hard to get a good hit on. With an average attack modifier of +3, most players will miss half the time, remember this! That said, most goblins will go down in 1-2 hits (for a level 1 party). That said, a single goblin won’t last long against a Party of PCs.
Goblins have two attacks: scimitar (melee) and shortbow (ranged). This makes goblins very versatile creatures, able to fight both face-to-face, and from afar. Keep in mind, on average they deal about 6 points of damage. This means a few hits against your Lv.1 Wizard will KO him. Keep this in mind when you consider…
Goblins are very good at stealth. The Nimble Escape feat allows them to run out of most battle encounters and attempt to stealth into the background. Remember: an creature in stealth cannot be hit by direct attacks. Being able to pop in and out of cover gives goblins a major advantage.
So then, let’s talk strategy…
STRATEGY
I’ll let you in on a little secret. In D&D, combat is primarily influenced by the number of participants. Whichever side has more people will have the greater advantage, because that side will get to attack more. A band of 3 goblins is disadvantaged against a party of 5 PCs, because each goblin will get 1 hit in, while the party will get AT LEAST 5. Meanwhile, a band of 6 goblins already means one of the PCs will get hit more than once, which at levels 1-3 could be deadly. So consider the following strategies for making a compelling goblin fight.
Strategy 1: United We Stand.
Goblins are rogue creatures. They are not meant to fight anyone alone. So first off, never just throw 1-2 goblins against your Party. Even if you party consists of 3 players, 1-2 goblins is nothing to them. You could make the fight tougher by throwing some 6-7 goblins against your 3 Level 1 PCs. But that’s just unfair, and you can’t expect the Party to try and fight their way out of it. Instead consider the term of the month: diversity.
And I don’t mean in terms of representation. I mean enemy diversity. See, the fastest way to make a fight hard, is by throwing in two different TYPES of enemies. If you have a bunch of fighters, that’s fine, anyone can deal with those. But add a goblin shaman (fancy name for “wizard”) and suddenly, the Party formation is broken, they have to multitask. Add a few sneaky ranged goblins, some super tough goblins, and voila, the Party has to keep switching their combat strategies. They can’t just stand and swing their swords anymore, they have to coordinate, protect one another (especially the wizard).
If you want to take this another step further, don’t just stop at goblins. Goblins are civilized (somewhat) and can train wild animals or use food to bait ogres and giants to guard their camps. Use this to your advantage. Imagine: in the middle of the fight, goblins trying their best to hold PCs when suddenly BOOM a hill giant climbs over the battlement and attacks the PCs. Using a different type of an enemy will result again in PCs multitasking, which is where difficulty comes in hand. They’ll have to prioritize, plan, and actually think, instead of mindlessly rolling d20s. Remember, the more diverse your baddies, the harder it becomes for your PC.
WARNING: Don’t go too crazy with this either. Don’t over-diversify your band of goblins, or have there be some 20 odd goblins against your 3 level 1 PCs. Remember to keep it fair. Look at their AC and HP and try to imagine how easy it would be for your PCs to bring it down, before you throw it into the fray.
Method 2: Cannon Fodder.
Goblins are hard to hit, move fast, hide well, and die in one hit. For this reason, goblins make PERFECT cannon fodder. They are great at making PCs burn resources and chipping away at their health. So send small bands of goblins (2-3 goblins). Or instead, have the PCs infiltrate a base filled with goblins, forcing them to either sneak past (which your Paladin will not be able to do, trust me), or fight through small guard posts filled with goblins (and some accompanying allies, like worgs, wolves, etc.) The main focus shouldn’t be on the goblin, instead it should be at their leader.
Goblins are sneaky and very survivable, but they are also somewhat dumb, and easily fall under the influence of their, smarter goblinoid cousins. Consider: hobgoblin. A goblinoid with both intelligence and brawn [we shall discuss goblinoids at a later time]. The whole point of the goblin outposts, of the small skirmishes the Party has with the goblin guards, is to build up leader of the goblins. With their resources wasted, the Party comes up against some hobgoblin or bugbear, with a big pet wolf or something of the like, and suddenly, this fight that seemed pretty easy becomes deadly difficult to the PCs. They are drained, tired, and barely can stand together. The goblin here, sacrifice themselves, for the sake of helping their leader have an easier time fighting the Party. Because even with easy battles, the Party uses up potions, scrolls, spell slots, daily feats, etc.
If the fight is still easy, you can always just throw in a few more goblins that have come to help their boss, or were awaiting in their bosses chamber for an ambush. Whatever you want.
And with that we end our talk of goblins. I hope you have learned some new cool things from this. If not, I still hope you enjoyed the read. Please message me telling me what parts you liked, disliked, what could I change, what could I keep the same. Your comments are priceless to me.
The Unfair DM
By @mastrokoboldo (instagram).
The wizard’s library.
Another busy but fun night. Recreating an old pirate adventure from Dungeon Magazine. Happy gaming!
When I have a moment between projects, I like to make more maps and games!
I have a real love of the older mini games and Microgames or Metagames, that came out back in the 70′s and 80′s. They were simple and fun. Lots of good memories playing them with my friends back then.
So I put together my own homage to those types of games. I put in some simple rules to go along with it, the rules are really rough and not intended to be serious, just for fun. You can download the images and print them out, maybe mount the map and the player tokens on cardstock. Use a six sided die for the rules provided.
Have fun and Play “Crypt of the Worlock” my original microgame creation, and happy gaming!
I am working on expansions and other games like this so stay tuned :)
Cheers!
Lazz
Design for a plan for imperial catacombs, France
A Winding Desert Catacomb
Running a campaign set in a desert, or with an Ancient Egypt-inspired area? Please enjoy my (free) catacomb and tomb battle maps, now available for download on my blog!
Downloads at the bottom: https://www.2minutetabletop.com/desert-catacomb-ancient-egyptian-battle-map/
And hey, I plan on making a grand exterior gate next. What would you like to see standing guard outside?
496 The Unspeakable You can get a copy here if you want it https://bit.ly/2Koxd6H
After the redesign of the Cartography standards, I did another redesign, this time around, I added more details for R&D to help in making map design easier. Something else that was requested from upper management was the addition of low, medium & high complexity maps, and the workflow chart showing how a map starts and travels through the various steps to completion within our corporate environment at that time at Wizards of the Coast.
I hope this helps everyone in creating their own maps and making gaming more fun and enjoyable for all :)
Cheers!
Lazz
474 Sanctuary of the Moon Goddess (Daytime Map)
