GM Maps for The Dead Roads

I have started to recreate the maps for book 1, The Dead Roads. Each map comes with and without a grid so it can be used for VTT. Each map was created with 70 DPI and is a much higher quality than the maps from the book. Each map should easily align given the proper dimensions in Roll20 or your VTT of choice. Where possible, I tried to add additional visual detail based upon the descriptions provided.

So far I've completed three maps:

• Roslar's Tomb
  
• Nine Eaves
  
• Palace of Teeth
  

I'm going to use one link for all the files so that I can continue to add maps in the future. Here you go!

Amazing. This will save me a ton of time. Thanks!

The Fantasy Grounds versions come with high quality maps already, but I'll probably use these when I need versions that hide the secret doors better.
Nice work.

These are amazing work. I do have a suggestion to use a grey-colored grid instead of white. Can still see the grid but it doesn't detract as much from the artwork of the map.

Excellent stuff, love it!

You my dear friend are a legend! What settings do you suggest to have them fit into Roll20?

Are you or have you been working on the Scriptorium and Deathbower?

The Rising Phoenix, you my friend, are a god send. I know I'm a bit late to the campaign, but I'm planning to run Tyrant's Grasp for my play group and I was trying to use the maps from the official Interactive Map PDF that comes with the books and the grids on those is just all kinds of messed up and uneven.

The Rising Phoenix, you my friend, are a god send. I know I'm a bit late to the campaign, but I'm planning to run Tyrant's Grasp for my play group and I was trying to use the maps from the official Interactive Map PDF that comes with the books and the grids on those is just all kinds of messed up and uneven.

A nice fella on reddit redid the maps for the first four books and his dropbox is here

sky.dragonfire wrote:

The Rising Phoenix, you my friend, are a god send. I know I'm a bit late to the campaign, but I'm planning to run Tyrant's Grasp for my play group and I was trying to use the maps from the official Interactive Map PDF that comes with the books and the grids on those is just all kinds of messed up and uneven.

A nice fella on reddit redid the maps for the first four books and his dropbox is here

I second the motion! I'm just starting to run this. I thought I was going crazy with the grids in the book. But you fixed it! Thanks.

Allen

A nice fella on reddit redid the maps for the first four books and his dropbox is here

These maps are in a format .webp. That format is new to me. How do I get those into Roll20? Do I convert to another format?

And I looked at one and it was unusably dark. Was I just activating it incorrectly?

Allen

Yakman wrote:

A nice fella on reddit redid the maps for the first four books and his dropbox is here

These maps are in a format .webp. That format is new to me. How do I get those into Roll20? Do I convert to another format?

And I looked at one and it was unusably dark. Was I just activating it incorrectly?

Allen

not sure which one you are looking at.

as far as the format goes, webp doesn't work on roll20.

copy the map into PAINT, then save it as whatever you want, export that to roll20.

Yakman wrote:

A nice fella on reddit redid the maps for the first four books and his dropbox is here

These maps are in a format .webp. That format is new to me. How do I get those into Roll20? Do I convert to another format?

And I looked at one and it was unusably dark. Was I just activating it incorrectly?

Allen

OK. I found a kluge that works for me to "fix" the darkness of the maps:

* Download the .webp files to my local drive.
* Open a file using the free Photos app built into Windows 11.
* Click the Edit button at the top.
* Click the Adjustment button at the top...this should cause a bunch of horizontal sliders to appear on the right.
* Slide as desired to adjust to my liking. Typically this is only sliding both Brightness and Exposure far to the right. (But for some of the maps in Roslar's Coffer I also added a green/yellow tinge to reflect the light filtering by the fettering maw gas dome.)
* Save as a .jpg file. (Photos can read .webp, but not write it. .jpg is fine...but it takes up twice the space as .webp.)
* Start Roll20, launch my game, create a page with the same dimensions as indicted in the map file name. Activate the Map layer.
* Using Windows Explorer drag the .jpg version of the map onto the Roll20 VTT.
* If Roll20 asks whether I want to adjust graphic to fill page or adjust page size, pick the former. Otherwise slide the graphic so that the upper left corner is in the right place. Then drag the lower right corner to expand the graphic to fill the page.
* Back in Explorer delete the huge .jpg file...I don't need it anymore.

I hope this helps others!