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Another excellent set of high detail color maps and resources from Heroic Maps! This one for Inner Alchemy comes with two additional maps (one for the library, another for the forest clearing). It would have been nice to have a version of the library without the corpses, since the bodies stand out as slightly less realistic than the rest of the scene. But that's a minor nitpick. Overall, this set is great value, and I look forward to seeing resource packs for the remaining Candlekeep Mysteries adventures.
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An excellent set of resources for Zikran's Zephyrean Tome, including extra maps for the wilderness encounters. Heroic Maps always does a great job with color maps bursting with detail and these are no exception. However, one map for the laboratory is inaccurate: the doors from L4 to L5 do not match the map in the adventure, showing a partially open door, whereas the doors in the adventure as written and shown on the map are actually closed. Also, the resource map comes at a substantially higher price point than many others in the Candlekeep Mysteries series, and while it does come with some extra maps, I still feel the overall value is lessened by the higher price. The resources are good and include book descriptions and wilderness encounter descriptions, but it would have been nice to have a resource to help make the castle come alive, which as written is the weakest part of the original adventure.
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Thanks for the review - so glad you like the maps!
The information for the door between L4 and L5 being ajar comes from the set dressing box for L4, which reads..
"This chamber appears to have been dug out of the surrounding stone. The floor is slick with moisture but not flooded. This place was once a bedroom. Stains on the floor mark where once stood a bed, a desk, a table, and chairs. The splintered remains of this furniture have been pushed into a corner. A large wooden door to the north is ajar."
The official maps often don't show a door being ajar, so that's why we rely on the text too
Cheers
Joe |
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This pack contains great maps for a daytime ruined and a refurbished Trollskull Manor, and roleplaying-related content for GMs to use, including fleshed out NPCs, tavern menu items, and more. However, as Trollskull Manor is meant to be fully customizable, it would have been great if individual assets (like specific beds and other furnishings) were also included so players could customize the manor more. It would also help to have a Roll20 version that contains each floor together on the same map. It would also be nice to have nighttime versions of the manor, especially since if players reopen the taproom as a bar/restaurant nighttime is when they are likely to see most activity.
Still, these are definitely among the best resources for the manor online. I hope Heroic Maps does maps and resources for Trollskull Alley's shops too: those areas are badly in need of fleshing out the NPCs, and interior maps for those areas would be great to have.
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Four great maps in one value set; this is great for fantasy campaigns!
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This is a great map for Theros or fantasy-themed campaigns, and great value as it includes smaller interior maps. I wish some of the puzzle-related map interiors showed more different stages, but this is overall a great map set.
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A wonderfully thematic spooky map. Good value too, with the interior maps included as well.
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A small map, but great for Halloween-themed boss battles!
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This is a great product. The city encounters are better designed than the others, however, with more intriguing story kernels. That said, it would be worth picking up even if the city encounters were the entirety of the product. For DMs running Theros, this is a must-buy.
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This is an excellent Theros adventure. I think the red herring clues could have been cut down on a bit, and the written clues could have been Theros-ized a bit, but I liked the color puzzle included, and the dungeon has some nice open-endedness to it. If you are running Theros, this is a must-buy.
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An excellent ancient Greek-inspired map set. The maps are beautiful, and the night version is spectacular. For anyone running Theros or Odyssey of the Dragonlords campaigns, this is a great pick.
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A++ quality. This map and DM resources pack is excellent value, combining several high-quality maps that match the descriptions in the adventure (and overlap with the ones in Roll20). The provision of bonus maps for areas that are not mapped in the adventure as-written is also a great touch which enhances this pack further.
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The astral map is beautiful and awe-inspiring and could fit a fantasy or sci-fi adventure. Unfortunately the ethereal map has a bad blurring effect on it that makes the map seem almost like the victim of a printing error, and is a great deal more drab than the astral map.
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This is a great map, but high in price for a single map. Moreover, it bears strong resemblances to other maps Heroic Maps has done, and it would have been great if the map had more variations.
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The items have a lot of variety, but they are not all magic (one of them is literally a set of wax look-alike apples, with no magic properties). The items also don't always strike me as well-designed, with some having reams of text to describe the mechanics that could have been shortened to be more concise, and others with just scraps of text. I get the impression there was an emphasis on quantity rather than quality to get to 100 items.
Another major issue is the high variability of item prices in gold pieces or "sentimental value". The "sentimental value" payment system is wishy-washy and could have used some fine-tuning.
Another minor quibble is that the text is all rather close together, which makes it slightly less legible than it could be. More spacing wouldn't hurt! That said, this will certainly be helpful to Theros GMs to inspire them to create item designs or use aspects of the items here.
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These realistic, beautiful maps fit nicely into Roll20 and come with gridless, gridded, and size-variant versions. Truly the best maps for this adventure (which is one of the best adventures in Candlekeep Mysteries). I also love how the creators included flavor text suggestions for other aspects of the adventure, which can help run the adventure as well.
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