December 10, 2020

Forest Shrine Festival [43x73]

Hey everyone!

We wanted to get back to some Asian themed maps as we hadn't made one since the Steamy Japanese Bathhouse in July last year! Crazy how quickly that time passed by.

So, grab some sake and welcome to the local forest shrine! Nestled on the hilltop amongst the trees and streams, nature and its spirits abound in this sacred space. Lucky for you they're currently holding a festival! Whether your party is welcome or not, we'll leave that up to you...

This made was made in collaboration with Ori the Cartographer who makes awesome battlemaps, so go check out her Patreon.

And also in collaboration with The Griffon's Saddlebag who has provided two magic items to suit the theme. Patrons can get those here. The Windrazor and the Nightstalkers Armor of the Northeastern Wind pair very nicely with the Lone Samurai variation, you can rob them from his fallen body. ;)

Oh and for those who haven't seen it yet, we've got a new contest. Go check it out and take part!

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Grab this map pack's files below:

Forest Shrine Festival $1 Rewards

Forest Shrine Festival $3 Rewards

Forest Shrine Festival $5 Rewards Gridded Pt.1

Forest Shrine Festival $5 Rewards Gridded Pt.2

Forest Shrine Festival $5 Rewards Gridless Pt.1

Forest Shrine Festival $5 Rewards Gridless Pt.2

We might have gone a bit over the top with the size of this map and number of variations and had to split this pack into 4 parts.

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This week's variation lineup:


Comments (16)

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KillinTime2792 . · December 29, 2020

Is there a version of that kirin by itself?

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Paul · December 13, 2020

Amazing stuff! Hopefully it's not too late, how about making a "Christmas themed" battlemap for Christmas? Say for example Santa's northpole and workshop?

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Czepeku · December 14, 2020

There'll be a map coming in a week or two with a Christmas variation. ;)

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Lucas Becker · December 13, 2020

I love the stress on maps from different cultures! Would you ever consider doing an African themed one? I have a setting in my campaign world that's basically a bunch of Afro-fantasy tropes.

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Czepeku · December 13, 2020

I was brainstorming different world cultures and seeing what gaps we have. I don't think we've done anything Native American or African (except the Pharaoh map) yet. Both of which would be great to explore. We've got something Middle-Eastern coming up and we're planning an Indian themed map too.

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tart · December 12, 2020

Yesss keep these Asian themed ones coming!!

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Thomas Crowe · December 11, 2020

Amazing work, I didn't know that I needed to build this envrironment in my game but now I do.

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Isaiah Mossuto · December 11, 2020

Omg its the tree spirit babies from princess mononoke!

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Andrew Prostko · December 11, 2020

Beautiful. Are you planning to do an interior of this shrine by chance?

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Andrewx8 88 · December 11, 2020

It's incredible, Perfect as the entrance to the bathhouse

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Shaynira · December 10, 2020

Brilliant! I have an Asian-inspired region in my D&D world and this is perfect. More non-European architecture, please! Something Egyptian or Mesopotamian would be cool.

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I have nothing BUT contempt for this court · December 10, 2020

awesome goes great with the tree dungeon!

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Kackman · December 10, 2020

Amazing as always.

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Albert Nakano · December 10, 2020

Wow, Beautiful! Your previous Steamy Japanese Bathhouse was also fantastic. Are you still living in Japan?

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Emilia Regan · December 10, 2020

This is... stellar. Wow. One of your best.

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That DAM Patron · December 10, 2020

Ahh this would have been great for my game 2 sessions ago lol