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Golden Dragon Monastery - Illustrated Scene

Illustration by Mondcuow

Each month, I try and pass along the generosity you show me by employing other artists to create a variety of illustrations, portraits, magical items and other works of art that can be used in your games at home, whether they be homebrew or official modules.

This month, I wanted to highlight one of those pieces -- the Golden Dragon Monastery with art by Mondcuow.

T...

June Fantasy Art Gallery Theme | Interesting Townsfolk

Image by Ha Art.

As voted, June's theme for the Fantasy Art Gallery will be Mundanes and Interesting Townsfolk!

These will be NPC's that you can slot into your games and campaigns to serve as Interesting characters for driving plots, social encounters, shop merchants and corrupt nobles, etc...

We have a few completed already that I thought I would share with you!

Corrupt Noble, by Ha Art

2025-06-08 14:19:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Harper Guild Safehouse Map Pack!

Hey guys!

I'm happy to provide a couple of options for a Harper Guild Safehouse for those of you playing in the Forgotten Realms, or any other kind of base you may wish for in your own homebrew world/campaign.

One of your fellow Patrons mentioned that their party had defeated the Black Spider in LMoP and used the basic layout of the headquarters I'd built for that location, when their Harper PC took it o...

Fantasy Art Theme for June!

I started working on commissioning artwork for a human-only Fantasy Art Gallery in January, 2024 and was able to commission artists every month through March, 2025.

In March, I quit my full-time corporate job of 22+ years to work on Morvold Press full-time, which meant giving up that additional line of income. Due to that, I had to put a pause on the Fantasy Art Gallery I was working toward, because it was just money out of my ...

Morvold Scene | Blacksmith!

Scene by Ken Boledo, Portrait/Token by HIIDRA Studios.

Hey guys!

I'm excited to offer another Morvold Scene to you guys this month, to help improve levels of immersion for your games and give you a backdrop upon which you can hold social encounters, party discussions and more.

What is a Morvold Scene?

Sometimes the party wants to travel to a specific location (i.e. merchant, ...

Town of Bremen Map Pack!

Hey guys!

Apologize for the double ping today, but I've been putting in the work and finally finished this monster of a map -- the Town of Bremen from several modules, including Rime of the Frost Maiden.

This map depicts the town of Bremen, one of the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale, with a few artistic liberties here and there to provide a little framing, but all of the important pieces should be pre...

Illustration Support Pack #20

The download ZIP file containing these images can be found attached to this post, so there will be no Tier Reward Post or separate download URL, but I will add the link to the Master Map Lists.

I am pleased to bring you another Illustration Support Pack, which includes [10] item illustrations, [4] landscape scenes and [8] NPC Portraits & Tokens.

Item Illustrations

This...

Announcing - Backlog Sprites & Promos!

I began updating the Map Pack posts a couple months ago, adding a Character Sprite with every pack that could be used for imagery or as a token, as well as a nicer header for the packs themselves.

I enjoyed this workflow and result so much, that I've engaged with another artist, Sara Pregel, who is helping me work through my backlog of maps to produce Sprites for all of them to help keep with the new aesthetic and prov...

Illustration - Assault on Gold Dragon Monastery!

I released the Gold Dragon Monastery and Gold Dragon Lair maps earlier this month and really fell in love with the location, so I've decided to have some supplemental materials created and work toward writing up a one-shot module for it. This will include illustrated scenes, an action illustration (above), some magic item illustrations (to be released later this month), NPC's and probably a new subclass around the m...

Tunnels of the Deep Map Pack!

Hey guys!

This is my interpretation of the Tunnels of the Deep encounter from Phandelver & Below - Shattered Obelisk.

The map depicts a miles-long tunnel with [3] smaller, encounter maps at different stages of the journey to allow you to provide the party with a sense of travel and discover along the way. The regular map was designed to be played at 50 x 35, but I would likely play the map at 100 x 7...

Gold Dragon's Lair Map Pack!

I am excited to bring you Stage 2 of the recently released Gold Dragon Monastery map, an actual Gold Dragon's Lair set beneath the Monastery that you can use to develop larger-scale and higher-magic plots and narratives!

There are [2] entrances to the lair, a False Lair that through a cave mouth on the northeastern side of the stone pillar on the Monastery map, and a set of secret stairs that exist be...

James RPG Art | "CURSED" Kickstarter!

Hey guys!

I'm helping out my friend James at James RPG Art, who has created some of the wonderful scenes accompanying my maps, and he just launched a Kickstarter. Check it out!

Step into the shadows of a gothic world filled with eerie landscapes, desolate ruins, and chilling atmospheres. Designed for game masters who crave immersive storytelling, this collection of 60 animated scenes will transform your tabletop adventure...

Gold Dragon Monastery & Village Map Pack!

Sprite by Katsudon Art.

I'm super excited to share with you the Gold Dragon Monastery & Village, a tribute to the traditional monk monasteries located high in the mountains, as well as my love of kung-fu theater and that entire realm.

I grew up watching movies like Seven Deadly Venoms, Kid with the Golden Arm, 36 Chambers, Iron Monkey, Drunken Master 2, etc... I've always loved the depiction of monks...

An Illustrated Scene for the Oasis of Selu!

Illustration Art by Mondcuow.

I released maps of the Desert Oasis of Selu over a year ago, representing a massive encampment surrounding a large oasis amidst tall sandstone cliffs in the desert. The map has two main entrances and many different potential uses from a starting location, quest hub, character background location, resource center or combat location.

I'd commissioned Mondcuow to do an illustra...

Introducing Morvold Scenes!

Scene by Ken Boledo, Portrait/Token by HIIDRA Studios.

Hey guys!

So, I'm always on the lookout for ideas on ways to provide you with more resources and ways to improve the level of immersion for your games. This month marks the beginning of a new offering called Morvold Scenes.

What is a Morvold Scene?

Sometimes the party wants to travel to a specific location (i.e. merchant,...