Three Sticks Lake
Three ragged villages cling to the steep shores of the cold, deep lake, built on layers of older settlements from the Long Long Ago. Caravans drag themselves around the harsh coastline, while smaller groups cross on the improvised and salvaged ferries of the Stick Folk.
Poncho inspected the accursed blade. It was very dark, very heavy, and very, very metal.
“How did you not realize this isn’t your sword?” he asked.
“It looked exactly like my sword and I was in a hurry!”
“It literally has the runes for ‘hell blade’ on it.”
“Yes, well, how was I supposed to bother to read those? They’re tiny!”
“Well, never mind. Just keep it sheathed and don’t try to drink our blood again, ok?”
Long Long Ago demons did not wear the skins of animals and men to roam the shores of Three Sticks Lake. Now they do.
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This is a bw version of this map:
Which I created for my Ultraviolet Grasslands patreon - a psychedelic doom metal steppe-crawl for ttrpgs (https://www.patreon.com/wizardthieffighter).
Last edited by Lukc; 02-13-2018 at 04:15 AM. Reason: typo
Wow, this is one of the most unique maps I've seen in a while! And it looks absolutely fantastic. I just love the messy look the lineart has and the colors sort of smeared across the whole thing - what a madly cool style. A good call writing the place names by hand as well, I can't see any font that would have worked with this style.
A fabulous map, one of my favorites in a while! Kudos!
I kinda prefer the b&w version, but in all case, I love what you did here. It's fresh & evocative.
I don't think all maps should strive for National Geographic - there's a lot of representative space to occupy.
You, sir, are a dandy of cartography. Always where you're not expected and I like that !
You are the master of bright fresh colours, and a great backstory
Is this for a novel?
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It was an update for my patreon, there's ... oh, I dunno, 10,000 words to go with this map. I overwrote, I fear.
Wow! That's a novella already
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The full thing is 50,000 ... it's gone way beyond novella. :S
Ooo Exciting!
I do love these little snippets you keep giving us.
When do you plan to publish?
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