Lothburgh: River Monster's Lair

Hello everyone, and happy New Release Monday! Today, I am bringing you my next installment from the new campaign setting being developed by Lunch Break Heroes called Lothburgh!

You can learn more about this setting by checking out LBH's work here. I have been given the honor of creating the maps for the various adventures from the campaign/world setting, and this map is the sixth installment of this growing cityscape! I bring to you The River Monster's Lair.

This map is featured in the quest "The Missing Postman," where your party of investigators is hired to locate and find a postman who never returned from his route. After following clues, talking to leads, and re-tracing his steps, your party will quickly learn that something is amiss near the River Jass. The brackish waters of this large river separate the various boroughs of Lothburgh and are constantly filled with boating activity. Many of the nearby warehouses and factories dump their waste and sludge into the sewers to empty out into this river, and occasionally... this can create adverse side effects such as mutating a large grouper to feed on human flesh!

For this map, I have featured a bit of the River Jass as well as the retaining wall leading up to the city. Here you will find sewer pipe runoffs and a large culvert that leads to an underground flood control passage.

As your party braves the dark, foggy tunnel, they will find a small portion of collapsed wall leading to a tiny opening where it appears a few local fisherman have been living and eating their catch. However, further investigation gives way to tattered bedrolls and smears of blood as if something large was dragged further into the tunnel.

You'll find the flood channel is blocked from a recent cave-in and another hole leading to a twisting tunnel. The stench is becoming more and more unbearable.

The sound of rushing water gives way to a larger cave-in section of the underside of the city above. This cavern has been filled with drainage water from the pipes and is a perfect feeding ground for the large mutated Grouper that has been taking its prey here to eat later. Will your party get here quickly enough to save the postman? Or will he meet a grisly demise...

Be sure to check out the range of Lothburgh maps I've created for this very cool setting! It's currently being developed and play tested, and I'm very excited to see this hit Kickstarter in the future! And don't forget to swing by and check out more setting details with the good folks over at Lunch Break Heroes.

Click the download link below for your tier to download all the map files.

The Foundry / Champion Tier Download

The Foundry / Champion Tier Printable PDFs Download

The Grand Library Tier Download

The Grand Library Tier Printable PDFs Download

The Great Hall Tier Download

I hope you enjoyed this spooky month of creepy maps! I took you deep into the Hag's Lair, where the coven casts its nefarious magic. You've got to enjoy the macabre toys of the Gothic Toy shop, meet its eccentric owner, and explore the clacking beach of Crabber's Cove to discover the evil within the misty beach. And now, you (hopefully) can save the victim of a muted fish-beast that has been terrorizing the good citizens of Lothburgh!

Next month, I have more exciting maps to bring you! Including new additions to Vallaki, CoS: Reloaded, and Saltmarsh, which you won't want to miss.

I'm so thankful for all of you and your continued support! Not only do you allow me to keep the lights on and put food on the table, but you also help me give back to the artist community by hiring talented asset artists and a developer to bring you the incredible Foundry Modules. I promise you all I will continue to work very hard to bring you the best maps I can, but you, as the DM of your table, are the true hero, helping bring fantastical worlds to life for your players.

Cheers friends,

DM Andy