If you saw my last post, you’ll see the players are in Gracklstugh. One of the other important locations here that I was unable to find a single encounter map for the Gholbrorn’s Lair, which is an Inn. In fact, its the only Inn that will allow non-Duergar in. Its in the Darklake Distract, which is the tourist and trade district (kind of like Saint Petersburg in Russia). I looked at the descriptions in the book, and once again used the map as reference for size and actually developed a huge, sprawling set of maps from it. However, I’ve only finalized the main lobby so far.

As part of the Out of the Abyss campaign for Dungeons and Dragons 5E, the characters venture to a city in the Underdark known as Gracklstugh. I’ve covered this a little bit already for an encounter map in the streets of Gracklstugh. Now, the characters are going to a tavern on a small island just offshore on Darklake, known as the Shattered Spire. It’s named this since its built on top of a huge broken stalagmite. I searched everywhere but never found a single encounter map inside this tavern. There are plenty of general tavern maps that could have worked, but I wanted one the right size and shape. I used the map of Gracklstugh and got the approximate size of the building and the island and got to work in Blender. Here is what I developed. Both an encounter map and some imagery to give context.