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Gnarsh’s Domain The gnoll warlord Karag was granted visions of a lost and razed desert temple that contained a portal that could be opened to the Abyss with the right rituals. The temple was dedicated to an ancient evil ally of Yeenoghu, whom the gnoll demon then turned upon and imprisoned...

The House of Kalaxar (Linear Dungeon Experiment 2) Most have forgotten the House of Kalaxar, and that isn’t just strange coincidence. The house was built above a small spring that is believed to be somehow connected to the river Styx, worlds away. Thus it was that Kalaxar the necromancer built...

Pit of the Sand Wraiths (Linear Dungeon Experiment 1) There are few water sources in the badlands at the heart of what was once Zorisz, but the trickle that comes out of the Pit of the Sand Wraiths is one that is given a wide berth. The waters are not tainted, but only come out in a trickle...

Honestly, using a shield effectively is an IMPORTANT skill. Using a shield the way you THINK it should be used invites being killed quickly by someone who knows what they are doing. You have a shield and sword and someone swings for your head. The response from someone untrained in sword &...

Labyrinth Lord’s Known Lands Hex Map With the second edition of the classic Labyrinth Lord B/X retro-clone now in production, I had the incredible pleasure of redrawing the hex map of the Known Lands from the game in my style to go into the new books. Centred around the city of Dolmvay, the...

Scavenger’s Deep – Map 1 The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into underground structures during the great war. Generally, the elves only built underground when hiding their breeding and research facilities, whereas the forces of the kingdoms, assisted by the...

Isle of the Iron Huntress The Temple of the Iron Huntress takes up most of the island of the same name. A small rocky island in the Persimmon Sea covered in a thin layer of volcanic soil that supports scrub and grass but no trees, the island is dominated by the charred black stones of the...

Monastery of the Fire Opal - Upper Levels The Monastery of the Fire Opal is primarily a two-story edifice, and while it looks solid and defensible, it doesn’t have parapets along most of the structure, instead having peaked roofs to keep snow off them. Only the bastion on the east wing and the...

Monastery of the Fire Opal – Ground Level (image is too big to show up in the forums, so click the link above. Click it. CLICK IT.) Last week I posted the Dungeon of the Fire Opal, a classic dungeon that (according to the lore) sits beneath a razed monastery of evil devil-worshipping monks...

Dungeon of the Fire Opal Most old-timers are more than a bit familiar with this dungeon – but almost every generation of D&D Dungeon Master has probably brushed against it. It originally appeared in the AD&D1e Dungeon Master’s Guide in 1979, and then appeared again in the 3e DMG in 2000, and...

Edge Strip Dungeon Measuring in at 8 squares / 2 inches wide by 88 squares / 22 inches tall, this dungeon map was specifically drawn to be used as a sidebar in a book, rather than as a full-feature dungeon map. If reduced to 11 inches tall (for a standard 8.5 x 11 book) this is an inch wide...