paizo.com - 0one's Black & White: Lair of the Black Cult PDF

It is said that beyond the river lies the hidden Lair of the Black Cult, a vicious cult worshipping an unnamed marine entity. It is also said that the cult kidnap unwary people to feed the obscene manifestations of their deity.

This product details an underground cult lair and contains a Referee Map and 25 customizable tiles

This product line brings you simple tiles for your favorite RPGs. In each product you will find a whole fantasy location fully fleshed out in miniature-scale tiles with the usual 0one Games top-notch customization capabilities. The B&W maps are simple line-art battlemaps you can customize to suit your needs and then print.

These tiles are accurate, detailed, inexpensive, and not ink-eaters.

A Referee map detailing a fantasy location
The whole location broken in US Letter sheets in miniature scale (each sheet contains an 8x10-inch tile)
A short description of each area of the location with suggested plots

The Rule the Dungeon Feature:
This 0one Games exclusive feature allows you to customize the look of your map by adding furniture, toggling the grid, hiding the room numbers, and much more. On the Referee Map, you will find a big “Rule the Dungeon” button. By clicking this button, options will be shown as detailed below. A checkmark will appear beside the active options.

Text: toggle room numbers and tile numbers
Tiling: toggle the page tiling (Referee Map only)
Furniture: toggle furniture
Doors: toggle doors
Square/Hex Grid: toggle square grid and hexagonal gri
No Grid: turn off the grid
Black Fill: toggle the black in the walls
Grey Fill: toggle the grey fill in the walls
No Fill: toggle the white fill in the walls
All: toggle default state/empty state (with just the walls)

Vector Graphics: always get maximum print resolution
Fully Bookmarked
Enhanced Navigation and Printing: Clicking on the Referee Map gives you choices for navigation and printing

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An RPG Resource Review
Reviewer: Megan Robertson
Tue, Sep 29, 2009, 11:33 AM

The basic concept of this product is to provide a ready-to-use fantasy location, with a one-page referee map and a set of customisable maps breaking that location down into 8" x 10" sections suitable for use with miniatures. 0one's usual high technical standards aid you in presenting the map just the way you like - and there are even scenario ideas if the location hasn't already started to spawn ideas in your mind.

So, this location is the home of a rather dubious-sounding religious organisation, rumoured to kidnap the unsuspecting for unspeakable rituals. Or, of course, they might be really nice people and your adventurers have a completely different reason for visiting their home. Or, indeed, it could be a base for your characters...

Be that as it may, the place is disguised as an orc camp - who knows, your adventurers might have chanced on it and fancied a night of orc-bashing... and are in for a bit more than they bargained for! For those who delight in adventure locations that can actually be the dwellings of whatever or whoever you put there, essentials such as a latrine, kitchen and sleeping quarters are incuded. (I once ran a game in which the players spent quite some time exploring the ablutions on the grounds that they must have some significance because they were there on the map! Even monsters need relief, you know.)

It's a nice compact complex which, with suitable introduction and population, should provide a good evening's play. The customisation allows you to display (or not) the grid, furniture, etc.; while labels only appear on the referee map. You can also turn off the black fill completely on such as walls, or switch it to grey, depending on how you like your maps to look or if you wish to conserve ink.

Overall, a nicely-presented lair suitable for use the next time your players have a run-in with an evil cult or the like. All you need to do is decide who's in there for them to fight. A useful resource to keep to hand.