The Main Road to the Capital
by Rafael Lopes VivianAnother battlemap from my series inspired in Tower of Doom, The Main Road to the Capital, which is a section right after the first main boss. This one had a few challenges (there's always something I never did before in these maps), but it was fun to make.
40x52 squares 5ft. each, done with Dungeondraft, some five hours work, with assets from 2 Minute Tabletop and Essendi.
The Main Road is dangerous, crawling with monster raiders. Kobolds are all over, setting up ambushes and traps for travellers.
In the night, the group finds a tight and well protected spot from the road, but is still ambushed by a couple of nasty owlbears. Strangely, a close inspection would show they have marks of captivity in them.
After the fight, the group hears a moan. In the thicket, a wounded soldier moans in pain, with a kobold brigand ready to finish him off, until he sees the party and runs. The soldier tells them The Fort was heavily hit by monsters. There are survivors, but they're scattered or trapped. He suggests the group tries to save at least the survivors, as the thick of the fighting is already over. The survivors are scared, but they are from the Tenth Legion, and will fight if properly led.
If the PCs refuse to help, the guard says he must get a message to Darokin, to send backup as soon as possible. If they seem to lean into going straight to the Capital, he pleads them his last asks: "find the Military Advisor, show him my badge, tell him The Fort felt and needs rescue. If you see my wife by the market square at the fishes stall, tell her I only regret not being with her longer. She knows." With this, he holds a bloody wound with a painful expression and slowly stops moving.
