Looking for a published adventure I can steal material from for my home game. It doesn't need to meet all my criteria, but the more the better. I'm mostly looking for maps, cause I don't draw maps well, so having some that have been professionally produced is nice. Anyways, what I'm looking for...
1. Valley of the Kings - similar to the ancient Egyptian area. It's a valley with numerous tombs/dwellings carved into various areas of the mountain.
2. Ruined city nested in a mountainous valley. I've looked at the one at the end of RotRL, less major metropolis and more ancient ruins.
3. A fortress guarding a valley path/road.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, regardless of publisher. I'm going to populate it myself, so level doesn't matter. Mostly looking for the art and maps.
Not looking for battle map scale stuff (though something that includes that would be cool), but a more broad scale of map (miles or hundreds of yards).
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2. Ruined city nested in a mountainous valley. I've looked at the one at the end of RotRL, less major metropolis and more ancient ruins.
3. A fortress guarding a valley path/road.
For number 2, how about the ruined city of Xak Tsaroth. In Dragonlance, the city is inside a huge cavern, but that could easily be changed...
As for number 3, if you don't mind a semi-ruined castle, the 3.0 module "The Gryphon's Legacy" by Wolfgang Baur has excellent maps of a nice sized castle guarding a mountain pass...
Awesome, I will check them out.
Not looking for battle map scale stuff (though something that includes that would be cool), but a more broad scale of map (miles or hundreds of yards).
Tons & tons of this kinda stuff on Drivethrurpg. Most everything is under 10 bucks and ALLOT is free. Quality varies from fantastic to meh.
For some example stuff to look at and maybe..um..borrow? lets say? try doing a search for maps on deviantart.
Another source I often look at for examples is the Cartographer's Guild, a forum for amateur and professional map designers to share ideas, techniques and get tips on job offers. Many of the members have galleries of their past & current projects posted.
I've been digging around, but image searches are difficult. Most searches are text based, which means you get like 99.9% chaff. Visual searches require an example of what you're looking for, which if I had I wouldn't need to look really. Was hoping something existed and someone might see this thread and be like "Oh yeah, I remember an adventure like that".
If you are looking for maps here are some classic AD&D modules that have Egyptian themes.
B4 - The Lost City (a 5 tiered pyramid dungeon
I3 - Pharoah (an other pyramid with a maze)
I4 - Oasis of the White Palm
D2 - Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (not Egyptian but the map is very reminiscent of an and Egyptian culture.
C1 - The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - (More of an Aztec theme but it has a nice pyramid like temple with multiple tiers.)
Also take a look at the Cartographers guild website. I found this one that is pretty awesome.
http://www.cartographersguild.com/attachments/finished-maps/66764d140846127 8-ancient-egyptian-styled-city-map-duat-anubia7.jpg
-MD