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Overgrown Ruins: Reclaim lost Places

Overgrown Ruins: Reclaim lost Places

I've been pestering Ben for a while now to create a bunch of ruins and boy did he deliver!

You always need ruins, whether as a point of interest along the road, the backdrop for a heartfelt camp scene, or a quest location. These ruins give you a lot of freedom when it comes to planning and improvisation: Lost remnants of former grandeur provide powerful imagery and consistently create a wow effect, especially when presented like this:

This release serves as a modular toolkit, providing thematically related locations. The maps can be freely combined with each other or used as one-off locations. The aesthetic blends seamlessly with previous releases.

I love the idea that each of these maps can serve as an impressive centerpiece for an intense, carefully planned encounter, but also work just as well when improvised on the fly as a quest location or random encounter. Lets dive in and take a detailed look at each of them to get the creative juices flowing.

ALL IN ALL:

  • 11 animated Battlemaps

  • 11 animated Sceneries

  • 38 Handouts

  • 3 Ambient Soundtracks

  • 1 Player Intro Sequence

  • Optimized for FoundryVTT, usable for other VTT platforms. One Click installation into your Foundry VTT World with Moulinette.

A detailed look

Its always important to keep an open mind when looking at our maps, as they are intentionally designed to offer plenty of room for your interpretation; while keeping the players immersed and, hopefully,  excited thanks to the distinctive aesthetic of the god rays, the swaying vegetation, and the imposing structures.

Every map has a scenery to capture its flair, a battlemap to fight and explore on and several handouts to illustrate the details!

Tower and House

Fond memories of Firelink Shrine.

Shrine

This collapsed shrine here is bathed in god rays and, despite its ruined state, loses none of its serene sanctity.

Shrine and House

The interior of the ruin can only be reached via two weathered stairways: perfect chokepoints to defend with implacable guardian constructs

Old Road and Shrine

The overgrown walls are perfect ambush spots, but they also invite the players to climb them and take advantage of the vantage points.

Collapsed Tower

The fallen debris forms a barrier, but also acts like a ramp toward the overgrown plants on the tower.

Tower Interiour

It doesnt have to be a tower, it might as well be a staircase inside an old well that leads them deeper into the underbelly of a city.

Tower Ruin

Imagine resting in this supposedly safe spot, only for the surrounding woods to swarm with ghouls during the night.

Tower Top

The location is ideal for confrontations with flying enemies or for a striking story moment!

Road and Ruins

You can see the remains of a church-like building in the upper left, a possible entrance to an ancient place of worship.

Tower, Well and Shrine

The area lends itself well to puzzles that connect the setpieces, maybe centered around the fountain in the middle.

Stairs and Statue

A massive map featuring a grand portal structure, organically enabling passage to whatever you want!

Over at Beneos Tokens, Items and Spells, we have countless creatures fit these maps perfectly: from questing knights and crusaders to overgrown grave golems, goblins, brigands, and vampires — all of them fitting the maps on a narrative, visual, and gameplay level. Each creature comes with story prompts and foreshadowing events that allow you to easily slot them into your game while running it. There are a lot of free ones, too, try it out and you WILL fall in love with how easy it is to set up and run your sessions.

BENEOS SEARCH ENGINE

We have so many battle maps, intros, magic items, tokens, and custom spells that we have our own search engine. It is integrated into the Beneos module for Foundry VTT, but can also be used free of charge online to see everything we have.

Each creature is designed to meaningfully interact with its environments and their foreshadowing events included within their immersive integration can save you a ton of work for bringing these areas to life!

Patron Request: Krampus

Time and schedule allowing, I'm always eager to take a crack at creatures or concepts requested by members of the community!

"Krampus was once a man who committed terrible deeds. As punishment, he was cursed to roam the lands, given the chance to present his soul for reevaluation at the end of each year - if it is free from guilt, the curse will be lifted. Instead of putting in the work, Krampus abducts children in the twisted attempt to pass their innocent souls off as his own and break the curse. He hasn’t been successful, but not for the lack of trying. He is accompanied by Sacklings, ramshackle constructs inhabited by stolen child souls, because naturally it is their fault that his curse is not lifted. "

New Spells: Toxic Touch, Flickerfever, Nightshade Gardens & Earthen Armor

Once a month, we release new spells that you can use to freshen up your players’ spellbooks, give boss monsters some neat extra abilities, or enhance items of your choice. Everything is fully integrated and available to all patrons!

Better production pipeline = shorter release times

As you can see with this video, we have reorganized our work. Leon and Fernando are assisting me with the videos and the Foundry VTT setup, allowing me to focus entirely on creating maps. We're still in a transitionary period, but glimpsing into the future, there should be a significantly shorter release cycle for Beneos Battlemaps releases. - Ben

If you're enjoying our maps, we invite you to consider supporting us here on Patreon. Your support helps us create more content to captivate your players and enrich your gaming experience.

Dream Sequences Static Maps!

All our work is funded by our incredible community. As a token of our gratitude, we're proud to offer all our 2D battle maps for free! This is our way of saying 'Thank You' for your support and contribution.

This pack is now available via Moulinette or in your master list

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Disclaimer: Although I work super hard on my standard of quality, this is no official content! This map pack is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

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