NokiMo
DM_Andy
DM_Andy

patreon


Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 4 - 50x40

All "Interactive Tome" maps are inspired by the well-written work of The Aciduous Adventurer, and the original adventure can be found on the DMs Guild here.

Update, March 29, 2020: Thanks to some great feedback from one of our community members, I have created a version of this map which includes the main table dining hall cleared out and the room prepared for the ball at the end of the chapter. In the north are some music stands with music sheets for the band to play along with their lord and master, Strahd at the pipe organ. I've updated the .zip files to include this new variant of the map. Hope you enjoy!

Original Post: 

Hi everyone and happy Monday!

For today's release, we come back to visit the Interactive Tome of Strahd: Chapter 4. This amazing adventure is written by The Aciduous Adventurer which you can check out over on the DMs Guild here. I am so thankful for the author's work and it has proven great inspiration for being able to create digital maps for the various chapters. 

Chapter 4 expands on Strahd's one-sided courtship of Tatyana and takes place in three locations around Castle Ravenloft: The Chapel Courtyard (Area K5), the Dining Hall (Area K10) and Strad's personal dining hall (Area K36). Though there are no battles to take place in this sequence of events, this is a great opportunity to really play up Strahd's obsession with Tatyana and introduce another dinner into the game to get to know some key people from the history (both past and present!). 

For this map, I kept the castle grounds the same from the previous version, but I added more to the chapel garden to make it fuller and more romantic for Strahd to go for a walk with Tatyana. Then I built out areas K10 and K36 and really spent time to get the centerpiece of K10, the pipe organ, just right. 

These maps come in the following versions for my Champion Tier patrons: 

Hope you enjoy these new rooms for this chapter. In the next chapter, we get to explore Strahd's trip to the Amber Temple which means I'll be revisiting my Amber Temple map as well! 

Also, for those not running this adventure, fear not. The next release will include an amazing adventure written by Lunch Break Hereos which includes three full maps and the adventure PDF! I have some generic Barovia locations maps in the works as well and perhaps something special for the Blue Water Inn... (Or should I say the Sanguine Inn?) >:)

As always, thanks for your support and I'll show off a bit of the next release Thursday. 

Cheers,

DM Andy


Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 4 - 50x40 Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 4 - 50x40 Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 4 - 50x40 Champion Tier - Interactive Tome: Chapter 4 - 50x40

Comments

Glad you are enjoying the Interactive Tome of Strahd maps. It really is a wonderful supplement and I've enjoyed running it myself. You're not missing anything regarding the organ, it was just my best attempt to recreate the artwork which features nude, marbled statues that are writhing in agony and pain. I did modify the organ a bit more when I made the Castle Ravenloft Main Floor map and I'd love to go back and update it to look less like corpses and more like marble statues.

Andy D'Amato

Love these maps but just one question, what's going on with the corpses on the pipe organ? I feel like I'm missing something in chapter 4. Thanks!

Macy Osborn

Can't wait to run the ball with my players! They have only done the prologue so far.

Andy D'Amato

Thanks for the update Andy, i would had the same request :)

JM Tixu78

Hey Maria! That is great feedback and I can totally create a version without the table. In fact, reviewing the boxed text from the adventure again, I'll even add some musician stands for some string instruments since it mentions a band playing in addition to the pipe organ. Let me work on this tonight and I'll update the post and comment back here again.

Andy D'Amato

Wonderful work! Love how it matches the JamesRPG art! Wanted to ask for 1 more thing, but I understand, if it's too much! In the chapter 4, there's a ball at the area k10. Can you upload a version also without a table? ( you can upload just the room alone too, so it wouldn't take up a lot of space) Again, wonderful work and I can't wait to see more! So far do not regret becoming your supporter!

Maria Kutsy


Related Creators