These maps were apparently designed by Jonathan Roberts to accompany an adventure called “A Trail of Poison.” I don’t know anything about that adventure, but it doesn’t matter. Any fantasy setting can use a generic, three-level tower. The artwork is well done in Roberts’s signature style (distinct black outlines with a hand-drawn feel). The layout is well-conceived and leaves everything but the walls and stairs to the DM’s imagination, giving it very high replay value. There must be dozens of towers dotting your fantasy landscape that could be represented with this layout. The download includes both gridded and non-gridded versions, in JPG format, and this brings us to the products big downside. Each map is 15" square, so unless you’re printing direct to poster-sized paper, you’ll need to slice up and tile the maps yourself. A pre-tiled PDF or even JPGs would make the product much easier to use. I would give the product 5 stars for quality, but only 3 for ease of use.
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