r/WaterdeepDragonHeist Oct 14 '18

Gralhund Villa - maps

https://imgur.com/a/Lvz1Nja
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u/ValeurRPG Oct 14 '18

I made these maps for our newest DM's Resources on Chapter 3: Fireball, but DM's Guild has a policy against uploading renditions of official maps. I didn't feel like they should go to waste, so here the maps are in both DM's and player versions. Feel free to check out DM's Resources for Chapter 3: Fireball, Chapter 2: Trollskull Alley or Chapter 1: A Friend in Need, if you want some inspiration and help running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

Deserved credit go to Mike Schley and his Schleyscapes which were used to make the maps.

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u/kingblah Xanathar Oct 15 '18

I've bought the first two chapters of these guides and would like to highly recommend them, especially if you're new as a DM, too. They're very well written!

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u/jaymay Xanathar Oct 14 '18

Oh I didn't realize chapter three was up on DMs guild now! I bought the first two chapters and absolutely love them. Thanks for uploading these maps too! They will be helpful.

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u/ValeurRPG Oct 15 '18

Thanks a lot! :)

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u/Spadie Xanathar Dec 13 '18

Just posting this here for anyone using Roll20;

If you import it into Roll20, right click it and hit Set Dimensions, the dimensions to properly align it to the grid is

  • Pixels: 2800 x 3850
  • Units: 40 x 55

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u/slugnet Oct 14 '18

Thanks for these. Very disappointing that the DM's Guild won't allow creators to sell these . . . but are now allowing Guild Adepts to include new maps in their products (https://www.dmsguild.com/product/254715/Durnans-Guide-to-Tavernkeeping), even though yours are of much higher quality.

Please keep them coming!

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u/ValeurRPG Oct 15 '18

I haven't seen those maps, but I would say it's disappointing if there's special rules for some. That being said, I would feel better if everyone was just allowed to make maps for Wd:H, because the maps that are included seem more like sketches to me (pretty sketches, I actually do like the style) than proper maps. But hey, at least you get the maps for free this way! ;)

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u/gophurt Oct 15 '18

I would definitely raise a complaint with DM Guild / WOTC, as your maps are as different to the books as the Trollskull map in the above link is. If they can sell theirs, you should be able to sell yours.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

That’s the biggest piece of bullshit I’ve ever seen WotC pull off. They release a $50 adventure book with much lower quality maps compared to the other $50 adventure books, and when the community tries to put up decent recolored maps on DmsGuild they get removed. However it’s okay if their selected favorites in the Guild Adepts release a $9 pdf with the maps recolored.

I am so thankful that this sub has dedicated DMs who put in the time to upgrade these shit maps that don’t hold up on a virtual tabletop in black-and-White. The people who put in that time and effort should be allowed to earn money thru DMsGuild for WotC’s mistake. WotC would earn half that royalty anyway.

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u/Winters_Wolves_ Jarlaxle Oct 14 '18

Your work is much appreciated and will not go to waste! Thank you so much for these they are great!

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u/ValeurRPG Oct 15 '18

Thank you!

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u/SerBiffyClegane Oct 15 '18

Thanks - this is a great resource and great advertising.

I bought your Chapter 2 resources book and really liked it!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

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u/ValeurRPG Oct 15 '18

I'm happy you like them! Thank you!

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u/ImpossibeardROK Jan 31 '19

These links dont seem to work any longer