DM_Andy

Sneak Peek - Death House v2.0

Added 2023-08-03 17:30:53 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone, and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! Today, I'm working on re-doing a classic dungeon from Curse of Strahd and a map that was amongst some of my earliest works years ago; Death House.

I'll be working on a two-part release for this map: the full house first, then the dungeon underground.

My approach to this map will be a little different than my first map with the following key differences:

This will be on a 30x40 grid, and I have the full yard surrounded by a rod iron fence along with the approach to the house from outside. This will allow you more space to run encounters with Rose & Thorn outside of the house should you want to use the map for this.
I'm including a roof level, and like my multi-story houses, I will have versions for each floor.
I also plan on adding each floor to a single parchment background map, similar to how I did the spires of Ravenloft, so for those not interested in the outside area and just want to use a single map, you'll have that option as well.
Though this is supposed to be a row house in the Village of Barovia, I isolated it a bit more within the forest as I know a lot of folk like to run the house on its own. I did add a hint of a dirt road at the bottom, so you could also play it up with the Village of Barovia as well for maximum flexibility.
Lastly, I've increased the size by one grid square, making the full house a 13x7 area instead of an 11x6 area. This allows for just a tad bit of breathing room within the house without changing it too much from the original source material.

In the sneak peek image attached, I've also included the original map I did two years ago so you can see a contrast of the difference.

Hope you enjoy this re-work! For those of you curious, I also plan to do a version of Pyram King's "The Counts Manor" as well, and I'll probably slate this closer to October.

Cheers,

DM Andy