Notice Board | September Updates

Hail Travelers and Friends!

Well, I’m going to be honest, all of this is growing much faster than I expected and I couldn’t be more delighted by that. Thanks to all of you, I can’t wait to get more of my ideas into your hands and hopefully to your gaming tables!

This marks the end of the first month of being live and I think things have gone well. If you have thoughts, questions, or ideas please let me know. I hope to use your feedback to help shape the future of the content and direction here.

September Map Ideas
I have begun work on the September maps and laid out a tentative plan for the month:

• Forest Waterfall
• Artic Fort
• Ship Interior/Naval Engagement
• Vineyard

If you have any thoughts on these or would like to propose variants for any of them let me know.

Polls
Please take a moment to fill out these three polls [P1, P2, P3] about your desired map content. I want to make sure I am getting in map types that are useful to you all. Ill be closing this set on the 20th of September and tallying results. I will open polls back up periodically in the future to gauge changes in interest as well as to include any new patrons.

Seasonal Map Pack - Trailblazers
Since this is the first time releasing one of these season packs I wanted to go over exactly how I see it working. My plan is to release them at the end of each quarter, Sept 31 for the upcoming one. Trailblazer patrons will get access to the map set and the accompanying adventure guide/supplements.
The current pack, Temple of the Broken Dream, is well underway with the maps ~90% complete, I started putting together the pdf, and I am currently play testing the module with my personal group so hopefully I can iron everything out. 

Goal Fulfillment
Like I said, I honestly thought it would take more time to get 3, let alone 5, of you onboard. With that I was not able to budget in the time to fulfill all the goals we reached. I still owe all of you a free dungeondraft map, and now owe you a my first one-shot. I am working on getting those into the que. Ill provide updates as I get things going on both. Very excited to see how you like the one-shot, it was not only my first attempt at a homebrew adventure, but also my first attempt at DMing.

Future Goals
We have now smashed through all three of my initial goals and I want to put the next three out there. For each of our 10, 15, and 20 patron goals I plan to release a set of battle/scene maps for the lair of a monster/villain that the community chooses. I think these will be valuable to everyone. If you have any thoughts or ideas on possible lairs that interest you, let me know.

“Inkarnate for Beginners” and “How to” Tutorials
In the background I have stated considering common questions that come up when people start map making and constructing battlemaps. There is content out there that covers some of this but I think I have some ideas to add to the body of knowledge. With that, I thought the best place to start would be to create a series on how to use the software I currently use, Inkarnate. My main focus is on making maps, so I would not expect this to come to fruition quickly.

Time lapses
I am making an effort to record my map making process whenever I am working and post time lapses of each pack. This should be minimal more work and will get easier once the workflow is all in place. Each of September’s maps should have an accompanying video. I hope you all like seeing these!

Again, thank you for the continued support and Im excited to have you all aboard!

Cheers,

-Nate | Bearworks