Wizard Tower Map (Campaign Cartographer 3)

[Generic Villain]

So I finished this the other day. It only took me 10 years. Made the first version in 2015 in an earlier version of Campaign Cartographer, and have been sprucing it up ever since. This tower is located high on a lonely mountain peak and belongs to whatever magical BBEG needs it - currently, that happens to be the grandmaster of the Night Heralds. Some fun notes: despite it's massive size, the guy lives here by himself with only golems, undead, and bound outsiders as guardians. He has a banquet hall where he takes his meals alone (room 2); a world class kitchen that is completely bare because all his food is produced magically (room 11); a posh sitting room that he never utilizes (room 20); multiple guest rooms that almost never get used because he's too paranoid to let anyone into his sanctum (the only exception is his fanatically loyal bodyguard); a museum where he keeps his priceless hoard of relics and artifacts that he looks at once or twice a year when he's bored (room 21); and so forth. It's a lavish palace that symbolizes how empty the man's life truly is.

The only room he really values is his sanctum on the fourth floor (room 35). There's a plush carpet with a mountain of pillows where he can sit and indulge in a wide range of narcotics, whilst staring up at the ceiling which, thanks to illusion magic, looks like a starry night sky with a shimmering aurora. Magical gamelan music fills the air.

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Fifth Floor

[Andostre]

Hey wow, that's beautiful. Nice work!

[Generic Villain]

Andostre wrote:

Hey wow, that's beautiful. Nice work!

Thank you friend, I really appreciate that. Nothing gets me in a flow state like cartography. Time allowing, I can easily spend 12 hours nonstop working on maps. It's therapeutic (except for the part where I don't take breaks and often don't eat, but meh).

[Dancing Wind]

That's absolutely stunning work!

I love how you've worked with hexagonal/octagonal rooms, and made the rooms flow so well.

[Generic Villain]

Dancing Wind wrote:

That's absolutely stunning work!

I love how you've worked with hexagonal/octagonal rooms, and made the rooms flow so well.

Thank you! The basic shape is meant to evoke a pagoda, but one that is stylized and somehow off. I have a long document (90+ pages) describing it - stuff like magical defenses/traps, room descriptions, treasures, guardians, etc. This is how I described its appearance:

"Rising nearly 100 feet into the sky, the tower tapers somewhat as it ascends, narrowing towards its peak. The architecture is almost pagoda-like in form, oddly angular in a way that creates a sense of tension. Though it exudes an undeniable air of malevolence, there is also beauty in its haunting symmetry."

I love making weird, non-standard buildings like this.

[Generic Villain]

Hmm. Looks like my initial links died? I'll try again:

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[Generic Villain]

And thanks to AI, this is how I envision it:

Tower Image

[Steve Geddes]

That’s great!

[Andostre]

Generic Villain, are you sharing this just to (understandably) show off the work you've done, or are you inviting others to use it at their tables? If the latter, is a key to all of those rooms available somewhere?

[DeathQuaker]

Wow!! (BTW weirdly the first set of the links worked and not the new ones for me.)

I love CC3, but it is NOT the easiest app to get to do what you want it to. Kudos to you not just for great design but also really getting the proper use out of the software and showing what you can do with it!

If you want to share this with the world I strongly suggest assembling it into a pdf and putting it on your own website so you can control the copyright/rights. :)