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Grizzly Hills Village Map Pack!
🕑 Added 2025-03-24 05:33:29 +0000 UTCWelcome to Grizzly Hills!
It is not a coincidence that this shares the name with one of my favorite zones in World of Warcraft. I was listening to background music on YouTube and came across a series of music offerings with visuals and music from all of the various zones of WoW.
Grizzly Hills was one of my favorites, with the combination of pine trees, foothill mountains and winding rivers. It immediately gave me an image in my mind of something I wanted to create, and I decided to couple it with one of my favorite series, Vikings.
Thus -- Grizzly Hills Village was born.
To download the Map Pack, please click on your Tier link below and the download URL will be listed there in map release order.
Tier 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-1-dungeon-81146477
Tier 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-2-world-map-81312503
Tier 3 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-3-master-87793681
Tier 4 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-4-master-87797001
To help set the mood, here is an illustrated scene by Mondcuow:
And here is a version of the map:
The map doesn't depict the entire village, but provides several different areas of interest that should give you a lot of opportunities for social and/or combat encounters, as desired.
11 of the 19 buildings have interiors to explore, and I may release a follow-on map pack with the rest later this month, but I figured this would be a good start. As usual, I've tried to provide a variety of options by way of pathing, elevation, soft and hard cover and some obstacles and/or chokepoints (i.e. river and bridges).
Among the building interiors included are:
Stables - Located at the southeastern part of the village, this large stables accommodates many of the animals kept by the village, including both horses as well as reindeer.
Brewery - North of the stables is a brewery, where the local brewer experiments with various ingredients and other factors to create ale, mead and other spirits.
Hut #1 - West of the brewery is a small hut, providing beds for [2] individuals, which could be the home of the brewer, the stablemaster or simply a norse family.
Guard Tower - Located north of the first hut, this tower stands atop a rise in the foothills, giving sight lines to all of the buildings and some elevation against attacks from the south. Near the tower are a couple of posts affixed with rope for tying up criminals awaiting justice.
Blacksmith - On the small rise on the right side is a blacksmith, forging both weapons and shields, as well as horseshoes, pots and other domestic products for the village.
Storage - Next to the blacksmith is a large storage hut, where the village keeps many of their dried food, barrels of ale and other communal supplies.
Hut #2 - Located on the western side, this hut has a couple beds and a small farm of goats, belonging to a local farmer.
Hut #3 - Located northeast of the 2nd hut, this hut belongs to a powerful hunter of the village that spends much of their time tracking and bringing down local game for food and pelts.
Shaman's Hut - Northwest of the 3rd hut is a large structure dedicated to the village's shaman, who has a strong tie to the eagles and is rumored to have strong clairvoyant capabilities.
Warrior's Hold - At the far northwest part of the village stands a large building, home to the warriors and leader of one of the local factions. It also features a jail cell, should you wish to use the village for a rescue/escape scenario.
Feasting & Leader's Hall - At the far northeast part of the village stands a massive longhouse that serves as the communal feasting hall and home of the leader of this village. In addition to the hall, a private bedroom and office can be found, for the Thane/Jarl to meet with villagers, visitors and other entities.
Cave - A large cave lay behind the feasting hall, which can serve whatever purpose you may want to provide -- the lair of a large bear, mushroom cave for food, a passage through the mountain, etc...
We have a wonderful Sprite from Katsudon Art for this Map Pack, featuring BOTH a norse flavored Barbarian and Shield Maiden!
I hope you guys enjoy this map, and can use it for some fun adventures! =)
Comments
Jason Poirier
So good! Your villages make such great bases for the party to land at and explore, and this one came at a perfect time, thank you!
Jeff Todd
Appreciate it, Dion! This was a fun one to do, while listening to the Grizzly Hills soundtrack. =)
Jeff Todd
Thank you!
Jeff Todd
Fond memories. ;)
Dion Garcia
I always enjoy the art style you use
Jamonster66
Superior artwork on the map and scene-well done
DeMon
Ahh I remember waiting for the Spirit Bear....
Jeff Todd
Thank you! =)
MrDDT
Very nice.
