Jeremy Brint
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Fan Boat vs Dire Gator Chase [30x30]
🕑 Added 2022-02-12 06:00:03 +0000 UTC“See ya later.” - Ida Holly
They say deep in the swamps there is a cult, well they are a druid circle, but once you’ve become convinced that undeath and necromancy are part of the natural cycle… you officially become a cult. They are secretive enough and don't tend to leave the swamp other than during floods…
Thing is, a druid from a different circle came to town, wanted to make contact with them. Headed out on the fan boat to the fishermen's tavern just a few days. And came back looking ghostly pale, could barely make out a word… other than “Aligator god”. No idea what that means. But sure- if you want his fan boat it's parked right over there. Never came back for it.
This map was a cram, but I'm EXTREMELY proud of how it turned out, I honestly think this may be one of my best maps ever. Top three at least! I really got into it and did basically nothing but work on it for two-day straight. Haha, hyper fixation. It includes a variation inspired by Eberron that imagines an air elemental propelling the Fan boat, and a version without the boat and Gator to allow more flexibility for DMs who have “Creative” players.
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Comments
Balatro
Great question! If I ran it would have an NPC driving the boat and have the players making checks to stay on and make attacks keeping things cinematic until the gator is closer. I'd also illustrate the difficulty of pricing the dire gator right away which should lead them to using the harpoon, without forcing anything. If things got really off the rails I'd switch to the Blank background versions and use the PNGs to finish out the encounter like a normal encounter. But that's just how i'd do it!
cody strouse
This map is legit perfect for my upcoming session tonight! It's probably my favorite of them all. Do you have any recommendations on how to run it or what kind of checks they may need to make? Basically what's the "this is how i'd run it"
Ogo Sylla
This is AWESOME! And I agree with you, probably one of your best map! Kudos
