Into the Underdark with HellHound

[HellHound]

This was once a temple used by Kuo-Toa - that's the structure at the south end of the map with the well in front of it in the rough cave. They also had the back exit. Later it was taken over by slavers, who built the double fortress fronting the main cavern, as well as the look-out tower that has since collapsed by the back entrance. Now, it depends on what you want it to be. In my campaign, it has just been put back together by another group of slavers, but they haven't found the two secret door, and have not bothered to move into the back entrance area.

(Hand drawn in pencil, parchment created entirely digitally. This was my first scanned map, so the grid was lost and I had to create a grid in photoshop to superimpose over the map)

[HellHound]

Here's the next one in the set, and old monestary, now abandonned.

It was a rare drow monestary back in the day. A bastion of law for drow who sought the training provided here. It was a small monestary, but the power of those who resided within kep ti safe for generations. In time, a few other monks joined the order, finally including two githzerai, one of whom became the master of this enclave. It was the githzerai presence that brought about the end, however, as an inquisition of mind flayers struck in order to destroy their hated ex-slaves, and they not only killed the master of the order and his brother, but also all but two of the monks, and destroyed the stone bridge that linked the island monestary to the shore and the underdark caves.

Who lives there now? Up to you... in our game it will -probably- be the base of some aboleth slaves who have whatever item the party is seeking.

(Hand drawn in pencil, overlaid on scanned paper with digitally created edges)

[HellHound]

Here's how the party is getting to the ocean in question - the ancient Dwarven Stair. This access to the shores of the dark sea navigates down 120 feet from a small abandoned fortress at the top with accesses to the underdark, to the stony shore of the sea itself.

(Hand drawn in pencil, overlaid on a digitally created parchment)