Category: Maps

Lairs and Encounters: Merman

Posted on May 15, 2020May 12, 2020 by Simon Forster

This is the last map that I’ve done so far. Still plan on getting the rest mapped out, but finding the time is tricky at the moment. Here is the merman map, with an attempt at an added ‘water’ layer.

Lairs & Encounters: M is for…

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Simon Forster

It’s been a while since I posted any of these maps, but I’d forgotten that I had a few more to post. These are for Men (Clerics) and Manticores. I have a Merman one too, but need to add to it before I post that.

Ruined City: Part 1

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Simon Forster

Session 43 The demon, Slicer, shows them to the cellar of the ruined watchtower, where they find unsavoury rooms of torture and bones, but also a kidnapped daoine, who they revive and befriend. Her name is Dryann and she’s an elven ranger, based out of an outpost on the outskirts of the ruined city to the west. They offer to escort her home, and she agrees. They also find a magical knife and a magic ring, which Slicer is more

Lairs & Encounters: Lycanthropes

Posted on January 11, 2020November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

Several lair maps today, for the were-folk: -bears, -rats, -boars, -wolves, -tigers.

Lairs & Encounters: Locusts, Cavern

Posted on January 4, 2020November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

The first lair map of the new year is a cavern lair of cavern locusts.

Book of Lairs: Dungeons

Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

My final book of lairs- Book of Lairs: Dungeons– is now live on Drivethru, just before the year ends. This is the last book I’ll be doing of this ilk. Maybe my last RPG book ever, not sure yet. Even thinking of stopping the semi-professional creation of maps, since it’s a niche market and there are so many map-makers out there now, and many are much better than I am. So, my plan for 2020 is to do something different.

Lairs & Encounters: Lizards and Lizardmen

Posted on December 28, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

A bunch of lair maps today: giant lizards and lizardmen.

Lairs & Encounters: Lamia

Posted on December 21, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

This week’s map is the tower lair of a lamia.

Lairs & Encounters: Hobgoblin

Posted on December 14, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

Today’s map is the lair of a warband of Hobgoblins, a military outpost.

Lairs & Encounters: Hippogriff, Hoarflesh, and Hydra

Posted on December 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

Three maps for three monsters: lairs for hippogriffs, hoarflesh, and a hydra.

Lairs & Encounters: Hell Hounds

Posted on November 30, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

Two maps this week, for the lesser and greater variants of the Hell Hound.

Lairs & Encounters: Harpy

Posted on November 23, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

This week’s map is the lair of a bunch of harpies, making their nests in the hollows created by piles of rocks.

Lairs & Encounters: Halflings

Posted on November 16, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

The next map is a Shire of Halflings.

Lairs & Encounters: Griffon

Posted on November 9, 2019November 7, 2019 by Simon Forster

The next of the Lairs & Encounters maps is of several nests on the sloping cliffs, where griffons lair.

And the rest?

Posted on October 16, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

But, what about the others? We know there are more! Well, yes, there are a few more, although none have sold well enough to be a best seller of anything. These, however, are the rest of my current work. I have my final book of lairs due out in the new year, currently creating it and posting it spread-by-spread on my Patreon site. There are three more, two books of lairs, and an adventure for The Black Hack that I

RPG Adventures: Part 4

Posted on October 14, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

This next adventure was a commissioned piece of work, for both the writing and the maps that come with it. It is currently a Best Silver Seller. Ruined City of Cyfandir From the site: From the imagination of designer and cartographer Simon Forster, creator of the Book of Lairs and the popular OSR blog Sky Full of Dust, comes a new adventure for characters levels 5-7. Two hundred years ago, the elven capital of Cyfandir fell to the savage assault of the Great Dragon Aisoth,

Books of Lairs: Part 4

Posted on October 10, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

Continuing with the marketing of my books of lairs, with the final book that has made it as a Best Copper Seller; although there are others in the series (six so far, one to come). Book of Lairs: Abandoned Places My fourth book of lairs is the Book of Lairs: Abandoned Places, again following the now standard format of two-page spreads with the map on one side, text on the other (sometimes spilling over into multiple pages). This book had

Books of Lairs: Part 3

Posted on October 9, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

Continuing with a bit of self-promotion, this is the third part of my books of lairs. The next two in this series are both Best Copper Sellers, which is still not bad, and much better than I ever expected. Vale of the Iron God: The Third Book of Lairs My third book of lairs is the Vale of the Iron God: the Third Book of Lairs, which was a bit of an experiment. This proposed a small sandbox setting, in

Books of Lairs: Part 2

Posted on October 8, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

My second Silver Best Seller on DrivethruRPG is the follow-up to the original Book of Lairs, this time themed around urban settings. The Book of Lairs: Urban Encounters My second book of lairs is the urban-themed The Book of Lairs: Urban Encounters, which is again a series of lairs on A5-sized spreads, maps on one side, text on the other. This has 25 lairs, from a mixture of sources, following the alphabet listing as previously. I think this is my

Books of Lairs: Part 1

Posted on October 7, 2019September 30, 2019 by Simon Forster

I was checking out my publisher’s account over at DriveThruRPG.com the other day, and realised that some of my products had reached the Best Silver and Best Copper Sellers lists. They may still only have sold a modest number, but I’m quietly proud that something that I wrote and mapped has been successful, albeit in small numbers. So, a bit of marketing: here are those books of mine that have achieved such acclaim, which I’ll post about every day this

Lairs & Encounters: Goblin

Posted on October 2, 2019September 17, 2019 by Simon Forster

This week I give you a goblin village. It covers a large area, so the huts are just black dots. Yes, I know, not the best map of a village of goblins, but it serves its purpose.

Lairs & Encounters: Gnome

Posted on September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 by Simon Forster

This week’s Lairs & Encounters map is a gnome village.

Lairs & Encounters: Gnolls

Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by Simon Forster

Blimey! Has it really been a year since I last posted any of these lairs? This is a gnoll village, with a palisade around the main village, and a secondary ring of hedges protecting the cattle. More next week.

Book of Lairs # 6

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Simon Forster

My latest (and penultimate) book of lairs– Book of Lairs: Desolation– is now live on Drivethru. Took a while to get the proof correct, but the copy I opened today looked great. The colours really pop. I’ll be starting to post the first of the lairs for the last book before the end of the month. If you’re interested in seeing these before they are combined into the final book, check out my Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/theskyfullofdust Cheers, Simon.