Community Created Content (spoilers)

[Fumarole]

Hey all, it's been awhile since I made a map, partially because my game is suspended until this pandemic subsides and partially because I made a bunch in advance and haven't needed any. Today I bought a new map making tool, Dungeondraft, and spent some time drawing up a new map to test it out. So I thought I'd share it with everyone here. This map isn't explicitly laid out in the module, so I made one I thought would be fun, as well as test out a bit of the tools Dungeondraft has. Enjoy!

Cult of Cinders
Blue Pillar

[Aswaarg]

Awesome.

If you take suggestions for other maps to do, I think people could use 1 or 2 "dense jungle map" for random encounters on the Cult of Cinder adventure. There is a lack of that kind of maps in general (all the maps are situated in a clear in the jungle). It could be used for things like the Kishi encounter, random encounters with patrols, etc.

This comes form experience, I had to look on the web for maps for "dense jungle" but didn´t find one that I liked, so I had to improvise a bit with some assets.

[MSAbaddon]

Aswaarg wrote:

Awesome.

If you take suggestions for other maps to do, I think people could use 1 or 2 "dense jungle map" for random encounters on the Cult of Cinder adventure. There is a lack of that kind of maps in general (all the maps are situated in a clear in the jungle). It could be used for things like the Kishi encounter, random encounters with patrols, etc.

This comes form experience, I had to look on the web for maps for "dense jungle" but didn´t find one that I liked, so I had to improvise a bit with some assets.

I don't know how dense you want the jungle to be, but you can try the Jungle Clearing 1, Jungle Clearing 2 and Swamp maps I created.

[MSAbaddon]

Finished basement and subbasement sections of the Red Pyramid as well as an outside view of the structure.
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Ages of Ashes
Hellknight Hill: Citadel Altaerein (original and modified), Goblinblood Caves
Cult of Cinders: Completed
Tomorrow Must Burn: Completed
Fires of the Haunted City: Completed
Against the Scarlet Triad: Duskgate Waystation, Katapesh Streets, Red Pyramid – Outside, Red Pyramid – Basement, Red Pyramid – Subbasement

Extinction Curse
The Show Must Go On: Odlin’s Orchard

Year of the open Road
The Absalom Initiation: Surfaced Wreck, Blakros Museum, Mavedarus Manor, Statue Street

Here the link to all maps I created up until now - both with and without grids.

Pathfinder Maps

Or goto the public maps of Dungeonfog and search for MSAbaddon.
Some of the maps were created using maps from Forgotten Adventures.

[SandersonTavares]

Has anyone made a map for Kite Hill? I know it's supposed to be a simple combat against just one enemy, but playing online my players would much rather have a battlemap than play it off of Theater of The Mind.

[MSAbaddon]

SandersonTavares wrote:

Has anyone made a map for Kite Hill? I know it's supposed to be a simple combat against just one enemy, but playing online my players would much rather have a battlemap than play it off of Theater of The Mind.

What book is this from? Maybe I create one.

[Fumarole]

It's from the third book.

I created some more maps that aren't detailed in the books. These are locations to use for encounters or just perhaps tense situations where it looks like combat might break out.

Cult of Cinders
Temple of Ketephys
Jungle encounter 1
Jungle encounter 2

Fires of the Haunted City
Streets of Kovlar

[superjars]

Anyone have any Cult of Cinders tokens to share?

[MSAbaddon]

Fumarole wrote:

It's from the third book.

I created some more maps that aren't detailed in the books. These are locations to use for encounters or just perhaps tense situations where it looks like combat might break out.

Cult of Cinders
Temple of Ketephys
Jungle encounter 1
Jungle encounter 2

Fires of the Haunted City
Streets of Kovlar

Thanks for the info, I'll have a look.

[MSAbaddon]

Completed maps for book 5: Bhetshamtal Estate added
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Ages of Ashes
Hellknight Hill: Citadel Altaerein (original and modified), Goblinblood Caves
Cult of Cinders: Completed
Tomorrow Must Burn: Completed
Fires of the Haunted City: Completed
Against the Scarlet Triad: Completed

Extinction Curse
The Show Must Go On: Odlin’s Orchard

Year of the open Road
The Absalom Initiation: Surfaced Wreck, Blakros Museum, Mavedarus Manor, Statue Street

Here the link to all maps I created up until now - both with and without grids.

Pathfinder Maps

Or goto the public maps of Dungeonfog and search for MSAbaddon.
Some of the maps were created using assets from Forgotten Adventures.

[generaltwig]

I posted this in the GM Reference thread, but here again: Here is a quote from Tuskhead Stoneworking for the renovation of the Citadel. My party didn't want to do any of the work themselves, so this contains all the costs if outsourced 100%. The special requests were things they specifically wanted added to the Citadel. Link to PDF is on dropbox over HERE!

[Fumarole]

Here are a few more maps, one of which was requested in this thread. Hopefully your group finds it useful.
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Cult of Cinders
Cliff-Top Temple

Tomorrow Must Burn
Kite Hill

[MSAbaddon]

Added a Dense Jungle map for Cult of Cinders and Kite Hill for Tomorrow Must Burn.
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Ages of Ashes
Hellknight Hill: Citadel Altaerein (original and modified), Goblinblood Caves
Cult of Cinders: Completed
Tomorrow Must Burn: Completed
Fires of the Haunted City: Completed
Against the Scarlet Triad: Completed

Extinction Curse
The Show Must Go On: Odlin’s Orchard

Year of the open Road
The Absalom Initiation: Surfaced Wreck, Blakros Museum, Mavedarus Manor, Statue Street

Here the link to all maps I created up until now - both with and without grids.

Pathfinder Maps

Or goto the public maps of Dungeonfog and search for MSAbaddon.
Some of the maps were created using assets from Forgotten Adventures.

[Fumarole]

Here are some maps from the last book. The archives map in the book has an error, which Luis clarified in that book's GM Reference thread.

Broken Promises
Citadel Archives
Citadel Prison

[Tarondor]

Here's one I made, listing all the actions for RULING CITADEL ALTAEREIN

[Fumarole]

Excellent! I made something similar myself but didn't end up sharing it, I just printed a copy to hand to my players.

[TheWanderingM]

Sorry I didn't check the forum for a while. I reuploaded the map should it still be of relevance.

Map

[Conjurer1612]

MSAbaddon wrote:

Has been a productive night – Katapesh Streets finished

Thank you very much for your hard work. This has been a real boon to my game. Again, thanks.

[GimmeYourShoes]

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

[GimmeYourShoes]

Here are the Fires of the Haunted City Maps

https://imgur.com/a/slf4YXG <----- complete, may edit if better assets come out

Feedback is appreciated. Enjoy

[Fumarole]

I think your Crystal Tunnels map is at the wrong scale. The worm wouldn't fit in those tunnels.

[GimmeYourShoes]

Thanks, Fumarole I'll double-check that. Here are the Book 5 maps

https://imgur.com/a/7svVCZR <----------Against the Scarlet Triad Maps

[dharkus]

if anyone has a to do list, pls put the vengegate map on it! just took a snip of it fullpage from the maps pdf, and i can't line up the grid properly with the squares cause the lines are so bad and low res! fortunately i'm prepping well ahead (players are at start of B5!) so plenty of time!
all the ones i've seen are really great btw - keep up the good work!

[Fumarole]

I'm currently working on those six maps (three done so far) but have run into a bug in Dungeondraft when exporting maps. Hopefully I can find a solution soon.

[MaxAstro]

Fumarole wrote:

I think your Crystal Tunnels map is at the wrong scale. The worm wouldn't fit in those tunnels.

The map is at the correct scale. The tunnels are smaller than the worm - I imagine the assumption is that they slightly collapse behind it.

[TomParker]

I was inspired by DrDakka's deed to create my own for my group. I've trimmed and rewritten a bit to fit onto a single page. I'm not particularly handy with image editing but thought I'd share it in case anyone else could use it.

Deed to Citadel Altarein

Like most people, we're having to play via Roll20. I've made a home page/landing page using the Vile Tiles: Table Tops set, and as they progress through the AP I'll be updating the table to have important things they acquire on it. The starting table top is a bit of a hodgepodge of stuff, but over time more of it will be related to Age of Ashes.

Roll20 Landing Page

[GimmeYourShoes]

MaxAstro wrote:

Fumarole wrote:

I think your Crystal Tunnels map is at the wrong scale. The worm wouldn't fit in those tunnels.

The map is at the correct scale. The tunnels are smaller than the worm - I imagine the assumption is that they slightly collapse behind it.

No Fumarole was right, they were the wrong scale, I’ve updated them. It was a good catch

[Fumarole]

TomParker wrote:

I was inspired by DrDakka's deed to create my own for my group. I've trimmed and rewritten a bit to fit onto a single page. I'm not particularly handy with image editing but thought I'd share it in case anyone else could use it.

Deed to Citadel Altarein

That is excellent, thanks for sharing.

[GimmeYourShoes]

dharkus wrote:

if anyone has a to do list, pls put the vengegate map on it! just took a snip of it fullpage from the maps pdf, and i can't line up the grid properly with the squares cause the lines are so bad and low res! fortunately i'm prepping well ahead (players are at start of B5!) so plenty of time!

all the ones i've seen are really great btw - keep up the good work!

Ask and ye shall receive, I'll keep adding as I make them... https://imgur.com/a/dsW8t9k

[crognus]

I was not happy with the Citadel Altaerein upgrade subsystem. It was tedious, and the rooms were not exciting. Here is an alternative system that greatly simplifies building rooms, and includes 16 more upgrades.

Citadel Altaerein Upgrades
Citadel Altaerein Upgrade Sheet

[TomParker]

crognus wrote:

Citadel Altaerein Upgrades

Citadel Altaerein Upgrade Sheet

Those both appear to be private links.

[crognus]

I was not happy with the Citadel Altaerein upgrade subsystem. It was tedious, and the rooms were not exciting. Here is an alternative system that greatly simplifies building rooms, and includes 16 more upgrades.

Citadel Altaerein Upgrades
Citadel Altaerein Upgrade Sheet

**Fixed Link**

[doctorfabius]

GimmeYourShoes wrote:

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

thanks a lot for your work guys, it really pushed my AoA forward!!! I have a question, hope you can help. I'm trying to use those maps on roll20 but I can't align them properly with the grid. Any suggestion on the page settings to use? thanks again!!!!

[TOCHMY]

doctorfabius wrote:

GimmeYourShoes wrote:

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

thanks a lot for your work guys, it really pushed my AoA forward!!! I have a question, hope you can help. I'm trying to use those maps on roll20 but I can't align them properly with the grid. Any suggestion on the page settings to use? thanks again!!!!

This is how I did it: (for Goblinblood caves specifically)

Change grid Cell Width to 100.

Page size width: 62 height 32.
Expand the map all the way, then finely adjust the map by holding alt and dragging on the wide and long axis, holding alt until you release mouse 1.

Since the grids are 200px it's easier if you change the roll20 grid size to either 50, 100, 150 or 200.

Other than that I'd like to echo everyone else in here: THANK YOU SO MUCH CONTRIBUTORS! Amazing work from all!

[ToiletSloth]

doctorfabius wrote:

GimmeYourShoes wrote:

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

thanks a lot for your work guys, it really pushed my AoA forward!!! I have a question, hope you can help. I'm trying to use those maps on roll20 but I can't align them properly with the grid. Any suggestion on the page settings to use? thanks again!!!!

My general tips for getting a map well aligned in roll20:

1. Count the dimensions of the map's grid (eg: how many squares wide and high it is). Crop out partial grid spaces if necessary.

2. Make a map in roll20 that is the same dimensions.

3. Upload your map, put it on the map layer, right click it. Select "advanced, set dimensions".

4. Set the dimensions of your map to the dimensions you noted earlier.

5. The map should now be exactly the right size. Move it around a bit to make sure that all of it is visible, and your map's grid should be perfectly aligned with the one in roll20.

[MSAbaddon]

Since roll20 was mentioned.

If you play online or use a VTT to run in-person games you should give Foundry VTT a try - it surpassed roll20 in nearly every aspect.

Foundry VTT

[doctorfabius]

ToiletSloth wrote:

doctorfabius wrote:

GimmeYourShoes wrote:

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

thanks a lot for your work guys, it really pushed my AoA forward!!! I have a question, hope you can help. I'm trying to use those maps on roll20 but I can't align them properly with the grid. Any suggestion on the page settings to use? thanks again!!!!

My general tips for getting a map well aligned in roll20:

1. Count the dimensions of the map's grid (eg: how many squares wide and high it is). Crop out partial grid spaces if necessary.

2. Make a map in roll20 that is the same dimensions.

3. Upload your map, put it on the map layer, right click it. Select "advanced, set dimensions".

4. Set the dimensions of your map to the dimensions you noted earlier.

5. The map should now be exactly the right size. Move it around a bit to make sure that all of it is visible, and your map's grid should be perfectly aligned with the one in roll20.

Thanks Tochmy and ToiletSloth, it helped a lot! I also realized there is a "align to grid" feature in advanced submenu. It doesn't works perfectly but it helps.

Thanks MSAbaddon for your maps (which I am using) and for your suggestion. We are veteran in-person players but we are new to VTTs so we are experiencing the free version of Roll20. But I'll take your suggestion on Foundry.

ENJOY THE GAME ;)

[MSAbaddon]

doctorfabius wrote:

ToiletSloth wrote:

doctorfabius wrote:

GimmeYourShoes wrote:

I've updated, embiggened and prettied up my maps.

https://imgur.com/a/XtTkXSd9 <---- Tomorrow Must Burn

https://imgur.com/a/sKLp7sy <---- Cult of Cinders

https://imgur.com/a/MJCNSi9 <---- Hellknight Hill (only 2 maps)

Made in Dungeondraft - mostly 200px grids unless otherwise specified. I'll keep adding maps to these Imgur posts

thanks a lot for your work guys, it really pushed my AoA forward!!! I have a question, hope you can help. I'm trying to use those maps on roll20 but I can't align them properly with the grid. Any suggestion on the page settings to use? thanks again!!!!

My general tips for getting a map well aligned in roll20:

1. Count the dimensions of the map's grid (eg: how many squares wide and high it is). Crop out partial grid spaces if necessary.

2. Make a map in roll20 that is the same dimensions.

3. Upload your map, put it on the map layer, right click it. Select "advanced, set dimensions".

4. Set the dimensions of your map to the dimensions you noted earlier.

5. The map should now be exactly the right size. Move it around a bit to make sure that all of it is visible, and your map's grid should be perfectly aligned with the one in roll20.

Thanks Tochmy and ToiletSloth, it helped a lot! I also realized there is a "align to grid" feature in advanced submenu. It doesn't works perfectly but it helps.

Thanks MSAbaddon for your maps (which I am using) and for your suggestion. We are veteran in-person players but we are new to VTTs so we are experiencing the free version of Roll20. But I'll take your suggestion on Foundry.

ENJOY THE GAME ;)

You're welcome :-)

[Psycoris]

I have been working on my own versions of the maps. I figured I could share them here for everyone to use.

Citadel Altaerein, and some other maps in my devientart gallery

I will probably leave the big spoiler maps up for a week or so and then move them to a watcher only. I don't get enough traffic to worry spoiling too many people.

[TomParker]

The Earthbound Angel encounter says the kishi is dragging the angel back to his lair. Which map are others using? Just one of the jungle clearing locations, or are you using something for the lair?

[xcmt]

Just one of GimmeYourShoes's random jungle clearings. If I made an actual lair my players would spend two hours searching it for extra treasure.

[TomParker]

That's probably what I'll do. Although by lair, I'd assumed a simple cave, not anything that could sidetrack significantly. I'd originally thought GimmeYourShoes's cave map for intended for this encounter.

[Psycoris]

I have finally completed book one maps Hellknight Hill. From the Age of Ashes AP. There is a good amount of Cult of Cinders maps as well I work ahead of my PCs.

Hellknight Hill AP maps

[Fumarole]

After a long break, here are some more maps.
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Broken Promises
Alseta's Landing
Huntergate Node
Jewelgate Node

[DiddlyJones]

Thank you all for your creativity and hard work. You’ve made the life of this new GM a whole lot easier.

[doctorfabius]

Hi guys, I know it's a really miserable work compared with others here, but I want to share my idea of landing page:

- I put a B&W map of the inner sea region which I want to color as long as PCs explore the world (very easy with GIMP, if someone interested I will explain)

- below the map are the portraits of my PCs

- on the right a "remind parchment" with the open questions on my campaign (in Italian)

- below an element of the last session (actually warg puppies stuff from our last one, with time I will update the file in this folder as my Pcs progress on the AP)

Here is a link to the google drive folder with all the stuff inside:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pCIIXXqKDv6_2bv6NxVbxve0tWbTfgph?us p=sharing

there is png file that I finally upload to foundry vtt as a scene. there is also a "candela.webm" that I add as a tile on foundry with a source of light (is an animated GIF of a candle")

you can open xcf files with GIMP (free software) and modify them according to your needs

hope it will be of help to someone!!!

[Ofneverwherelse]

Hey all,

I have gotten a lot of use out of various uploads from this thread and it has made my game-running much smoother as a first-time GM. I appreciate all the hard work!! My group is getting close to closing out Hellknight Hill and I wanted to share some of the resources I made for my game to pass on some ideas and highlights from my sessions for the next group. I grouped and annotated the file uploads to explain their usage / purpose.

1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1blQ8BzumXFEfZKZry_po_DaeIbHV730l/view?usp= sharing
One of my players has the Haunting Visions Background. I have used his dreams to be semi-prophetic if obscure plot-devices. So far foreshadowing the town hall fire and two different takes on the Hunter's Gate Way Station Hazard. This is the "cost" of that info.

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a) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJoEOFih6jeKRWgLfjRRBcOjYmr0FJfQ/view?usp= sharing
b) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uZG41EogAGSlQ6cQ7zIL3w2p5z0wC79w/view?usp= sharing
I have a 5 player group and in addition to modifying combats, I have added a few side quests from NPC's in Breachill to both bring the town to life and control the pacing. I also wanted to introduce a relic (Darkwood Shield: Air and Water Gifts) for the party's Druid and this seemed a good way to do it.

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A) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qc6PhVVGRJ_0yvoMDGBU54T9MeJS2hqt/view?usp= sharing
B) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOeiahEuz8mb7KSJkF_73Lhp6hYwJbmE/view?usp= sharing
C) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N4qiSaOjFCQdBMlOyC5dudv_m-Az3vH8/view?usp= sharing
One of my PC's is a Goblin Alchemist who tentatively worships the Goblin Hero Gods and I wanted to flesh out the Bumblebrashers and use them to give some world building exposition. I had Warbal and the Bumblebrashers host a feast after my PC's cleared the ground level of the Citadel.

4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MWYmEwaGgvLfwvbwuqKTV_nPhdkllsRK/view?usp= sharing
A Bloody Blades Wanted Poster, to clue them in to both the Bounties and the danger of the encounter.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5qperP-0G_H92hjYpBM-asF4Z2M9Qom/view?usp= sharing

I added this as an additional note that Voz was carrying on her person. It manifested as a way to warn the PC's about the Greater Barghest's danger and evilness (for the Goblin Alchemist), but it also serves as a means to tease the Scarlett Triad and a key way to deliver some clues about navigating the 7 mile cave crawl from Guardian's Way to Alseta's Ring which I decided to expand upon in the narrative.

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A)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LT5xxr2chwpkCO6J26_pQUUhijc0C4o4/view?us p=sharing
B)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s4_UCm1haFgQ206DcegZFxQjGj4uGPEx/view?us p=sharing
C)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wp3cQtXiYnmrUODGeHhxXl5nVPBYtkDN/view?us p=sharing
D)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tvRQq5epDPWFBdjcfMs8gQ5U85-lxLAF/view?us p=sharing

This is my expanded quest session / cave crawl for the Goblinblood Caves. Its the most... inventive... and therefore the most confusing, particularly as it's shared.

The idea is small scale semi-blind hexploration in the Goblinblood Caves, based around using Voz's map made from Agler's field report above. I am using roll20 so the pink and green drawings on the map are only visable to the GM. Players just see the brown box over the hexes with the black borders. The map is CONCEPTUAL. Not LITERAL. And the point is that if they meet their survival checks they advance their token correctly along the straight line between miles 1 and 7. Those checks are secret though and therefore their token represents where they THINK they are. The pink lines (which only I can see) represent dead ends in the metaphorical cave system and a way to judge how lost they are. If the party fails a survival check I count up the number of potential hexes they could move into and roll percentile and move them into one of them. Ideally they get a little lost and eat up hexes traveled, but can course correct pretty easily. More hexes traveled, more chances for a random encounter and a need to camp to finish the cave.

This one is "at your own risk" and I am not sure my explanation is making it less complicated than just reading the directions I made in the images, but I thought it would be a fun challenge and something different to represent how insanely difficult cave exploration actually is. Particularly over SEVEN miles of barely explored sprawling caverns, it felt important to make them earn it.

I hope that someone finds some of this inspiring and that it is user-friendly enough to steal / customize. I know the files are view only or screenshots, but I like my privacy (sorry).

- Ofneverwherelse

[Psycoris]

I have completed Hellknight Hill and the Cult of Cinders maps with a few bonus maps tossed in. They are available here:Psycoris Deviantart

[caps]

Anyone have some good token art for the Elokos/Bilokos?

[Hikuen]

Does anyone happen to have made a map of Voz Lirayne's bookshop?

My parties Wizard purchased the shop at the end of Book 2 with a portion of their profits "since nobody was using those books anyways", and put Pid and Zarf in charge of the shop (and nothing bad will ever happen to them Im sure...)

Im thinking of changing the encounter that starts off Book 3 to be the bad guys capturing the kobolds rather than the wagon-smith, but obviously in doing so I need a map that isnt a wagon shop. Thanks in advance for your assistance :D