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Windmill Path [22x16]
🕑 Added 2024-12-31 20:28:38 +0000 UTC
Welcome back Fellow Darkish!
Urgent voices catch your attention.
In front of the windmill, a group of men is threatening the miller and his family.
When one of the brigands violently grabs the miller’s young daughter, you realize you can’t just stand by and watch.
REWARDS
22x16 Map
Gridded and gridless versions
Day, Night versions!
22x16 Map
Gridded and gridless versions
Day, Night, Rain Day, Rain Night, Bloodmoon, Haunted, Massacre Day, Massacre Night versions!
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22x16 Map
Gridded and gridless versions
Day, Night, Rain Day, Rain Night, Bloodmoon, Haunted, Massacre Day, Massacre Night, Fire Day, Fire Night, Winter Day, Winter Night, Autunno Day, Autumn Night, Fog, Cursed versions!
Printable PDFs
MAP DESCRIPTION:
Windmill Path is a peaceful country trail, where it’s not uncommon to encounter farmers working the beautiful nearby wheat fields or customers heading to buy flour.
The large windmill is a well-maintained stone and wood building of great importance to the local inhabitants.
However, such abundance of food and the bit of money earned from milling and selling flour can attract the attention of criminals, monsters, and tax collectors.
A group of heroes stumbling upon the windmill will surely find something to do.
NOTES
Windmill Path is a perfect encounter map for early levels, where defending the miller and his family provides a good excuse for some action.
The 4 A4 format is convenient to assemble and perfect for immersing players in the countryside atmosphere, enhancing NPC interactions even outside of combat.
The wheat fields offer opportunities for hiding and launching surprise attacks.
The elevation around the windmill is an excellent position to defend it from monsters and bandits attempting a frontal assault.
Beware of fire! The windmill and wheat fields are highly flammable, so aim carefully with Fireballs.
Cruel and greedy tax collectors can be a perfect quest hook leading you to meet the local lord.
The miller could be a retired adventurer who, appreciating your help, might have unexpectedly valuable rewards. A well-developed character can create a truly interesting NPC.
Happy New Year, Fellow Darkish!
This is the last map of 2024, one we’ve wanted to create for a long time!
The windmill theme offers plenty of easy narrative excuses to insert into many games and can lead to unexpected developments.
Who’s causing trouble? Cultists wanting to kidnap the miller’s beautiful virgin daughter? Tax collectors? Werewolves? A dragon rampaging through the area, setting fields on fire?
Find your favorite adversary, insert them into this map, and the story will practically write itself!
We hope you enjoy this map and that it finds a place in many of your games, as always!
Thank you for accompanying us through this fantastic 2024.
We’ve put our utmost effort into every map, and the growth of our Patreon and your affection are rewarding all our efforts.
This year wouldn’t have been the same without all of you!
We promise to work even harder in 2025 to offer you unique worlds to enjoy with your friends, so stay with us this year too, dear Fellow Darkish!
We wish you a wonderful 2025, great adventures, and NAT20!
Marco and Jasmine
The Darkest Maps Team
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