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Warlock of Firetop Mountain - The Dungeon Map 3

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Okay the last update was two weeks ago. There are a few reasons for this: I was getting sick of putting out crappy little map scraps every week. I had exams throughout last week. Nobody reads this shit so who really cares? So instead of another small update last week at the expense of exam revision, I decided to delay the update a week so I could put out something with at least a small amount of care and effort put into it. Wow!

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - The Dungeon Map 2

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Happy New Year!

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - The Dungeon Map 1

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Merry Christmas! What the heck are you doing reading some nerd's blog? I was originally planning to release the whole map at once, probably with some additional encounter guidance. But then I realised that would mean several hours of map drawing and writing on Christmas Eve, and honestly I just can't be arsed.

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Monsters and Magic

In this post, I will be detailing any custom statblocks necessary for this adventure, in addition to any and all magic items in the adventure that need more detail to be run in D&D than is provided in the book.

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Dungeon Structure 2

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This is my second post looking at the structure of the dungeon presented in "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain", and how this structure fits into a D&D adventure. In this post, I look at the sections of the dungeon that come after the underground river, comprising the area leading into the maze, the maze itself, and the final boss area in the dungeon

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Dungeon Structure 1

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Alright, now with all the encounters in the dungeon looked at, I'll start looking at the other aspects of the dungeon. In this post, I will be taking a look at the structure of the dungeon as a whole.

Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Encounter Analysis 7

This batch of encounters covers the final section of the dungeon, including the Maze of Zagor! As well as just looking at encounters in this post, I've also looked a bit at how the maze is run in the book, and running mazes in D&D in general.