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Free Map! - Winter Racing Battle Map - Launch
🕑 Added 2018-12-31 20:32:37 +0000 UTCThe end of the year is upon us and with it comes my last map of 2018! Its a free map, available to all my wonderful Patrons and followers who have supported me this year. Thank you one and all! Have a wonderful evening and all the best for the new year!
Winter has descended on the city, the temperature has plummeted, freezing drains, water buckets, and ponds. Even the great river has frozen, its journey to the sea temporarily halted. Frost and ice cover the streets making them treacherous, while above, the clouds, grey and looming, promise snow. At this time of year the people of the city take to the frozen river and celebrate the turning of the seasons with a spectacle of skill, courage and strength, the Winter Race is here once again!
- 30x30 grid map
Map Variants
- Frozen River
- Frozen River, Ice Skating Track
- Frozen River, Ice Skating Track, Snow
- No ice
- Added a proper snow version!
Notes and Tips
- I have supplied three Ice hole assets, 1x1, 2x2 and 3x3. These are PNGs and can be used in Virtual table tops as they are. They are in the VTT zip file.
- The spectators could be positioned on the Bridge or on the River, or both.
- The Ice is treacherous and is classed as difficult terrain unless the players have some type of crampons, which should be able to be bought from a local shop or stall. You could even have it as a requirement to spectate from the ice.
- The race could be an endurance race or a sprint. Rules could be very strict or anything goes, time to play dirty!
- Are the players here to take part or just spectate? Or maybe they are hired as private security.
- The race could be a relay with each member of the party taking a turn.
- There should be pickpockets in operation. The town guard could be in hot (cold?) pursuit across the ice.
- A great sea beast from the far north has swam up the river and bursts through the ice during the race. Dark shapes could be seen moving under the ice before it breaks through.
Thanks again for your support and bring on the new year!
Comments
Joshua Crouch
Your maps are always filled with so much creativity! I love how unique and vibrant they are
Afternoon Maps
Thanks Smile, good to know it will help out :)
Smileforever
Thanks for this, as mentioned in another comment it is a rare find, but since it's currently winter in my campaign it couldnt be more fitting :D
Martin Rimmen
Hehehe. I like it.
Afternoon Maps
Here is an idea. How about using the frosty version and say the local Mages guild freeze the river each year to run the race. Then you can simply say the streets around the river are colder then the rest of the city. Assuming you have some powerful magic guilds in your campaign.
Afternoon Maps
Very true, I'll have to go through my other maps and look at doing some variants, something else to add to the list.
Martin Rimmen
Cold climate + Cityscape is an extremely rare type of map, so I will prolly have a hard time using this (due to lacking maps to use it with) but it is really cool nonetheless.
Afternoon Maps
Thanks John!
monosyllabicmonk
This is really great! Love the creativity and the additional assets to give us a lot of flexibility.
